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What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III
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I have spent the day listening to the numerous vplumes of Villa-Lobos' piano works by Sonia Rubinsky. I have about six of these and the music is fascinating. It strikes me that he was not incumbered by being a pianist and therefore was not restricted in how he wrote for the instrument. In my opinion, he is seriously under-rated. He was something of a maverick. The discs i have are recommended if anyone is unfamiliar.
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Working through some of Mysaskovsky's symphonies. Just listened to 20 in E major Op 50, and now on 14 Op 37.
USSR SO, Svetlanov.
These are/were a cheap download from Classic World Select of all the symphonies - though I also have the set on CD.
Perhaps not really that interesting, but I felt it was time to try some things I've not listened to before, or for some time.
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Originally posted by Dave2002 View PostWorking through some of Mysaskovsky's symphonies. Just listened to 20 in E major Op 50, and now on 14 Op 37.
USSR SO, Svetlanov.
These are/were a cheap download from Classic World Select of all the symphonies - though I also have the set on CD.
Perhaps not really that interesting, but I felt it was time to try some things I've not listened to before, or for some time.
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Soir Païen (Pagan Evening) – French mélodie and chamber music
by Roussel, Caplet, Koechlin,
Debussy, Hüe, Ibert, Delage, Emmanuel, Ravel, Gaubert
Anna Reinhold (mezzo-soprano) & Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)
Emmanuel Olivier (piano), Alexis Kossenko (flute) & Magali Mosnier (flute)
Recorded 2019 Église luthérienne Saint Pierre, Paris
Aparté, CD
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More a case of “would have liked to listen to” – Rachmaninov’s piano concerto no. 2 in tonight’s Radio 3 concert was almost unlistenable. I suspect microphone placement was to blame – and not for the first time. Maybe I should have posted this on the Grumble Thread?
My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)
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Beethoven Symphonies. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink.
I've had much pleasure revisiting this forty-year old early-digital -era set, very much the equivalent of Weingartner's 1930s recordings, I think: reliable, comfortable, a good version for anyone new to the series, no gimmicks or eccentricities for instance, and if that sounds like faint praise it's not meant to be. There's a lot to be said for straightforward honesty.
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Gounod
‘Le tribut de Zamora’ grand opera in four acts (prem. 1881)
Judith van Wanroij (Xaima), Jennifer Holloway (Hermosa), Edgaras Montvidas (Manoel),
Tassis Christoyannis (Ben-Said), Boris Pinkhasovich (Handjar), Juliette Mars (Iglésia)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks,
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Hervé Niquet
Recorded 2018 Prinzregententheater, Munich
Bru Zane, 2 CD-book
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Interesting comment, oliver. For years I thought Ravel a little lightweight , apart from Daphnis et Chloe which I'd always loved ever since hearing Boulez conduct it at the Proms c. 1970, but in recent years I've come to appreciate him more. A good book is Ravel the Decadent by Michael J Puri (Oxford) which explains in great detail Ravel's highly individual approach to composition.
To understand Ravel's music I think one must try to understand the man. I've wondered if he was in some way transsexual . I don't think he had a physical relationship with anyone.
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Originally posted by smittims View PostInteresting comment, oliver. For years I thought Ravel a little lightweight , apart from Daphnis et Chloe which I'd always loved ever since hearing Boulez conduct it at the Proms c. 1970, but in recent years I've come to appreciate him more. A good book is Ravel the Decadent by Michael J Puri (Oxford) which explains in great detail Ravel's highly individual approach to composition.
To understand Ravel's music I think one must try to understand the man. I've wondered if he was in some way transsexual . I don't think he had a physical relationship with anyone.
His biography of Poulenc is similarly rewarding:
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