Quiet coach?

[JFLL]

I wondered (tentatively, of course) whether anyone would welcome a thread called ‘Quiet Coach’. You get the idea, I hope – no politics, no SHOUTING, no ad hominem insults, no name-calling, no emoting, no asterisks, no Australian QCs, no confrontation, (and no references to pots and kettles, please). Topics to include only civilized, urbane, refined or understated works (e.g. the Art of Fugue, Fauré’s chamber music, Duparc’s Mélodies) or performances. Music for late-night listening with the unwinding tipple of your choice.

(And if you didn’t like the idea you could always damn well STAY AWAY!!! )

[teamsaint]

like, could somebody nicely suggest the best Glenn Gould/ Goldberg variations disc, please?

[Ferretfancy]

If I find Faure a teeny bit dull at times, could I be allowed to stay ?

[Simon]

I wondered (tentatively, of course) whether anyone would welcome a thread called ‘Quiet Coach’. You get the idea, I hope – no politics, no SHOUTING, no ad hominem insults, no name-calling, no emoting, no asterisks, no Australian QCs, no confrontation, (and no references to pots and kettles, please). Topics to include only civilized, urbane, refined or understated works (e.g. the Art of Fugue, Fauré’s chamber music, Duparc’s Mélodies) or performances. Music for late-night listening with the unwinding tipple of your choice.

(And if you didn’t like the idea you could always damn well STAY AWAY!!! )

Good luck if you try it. Some of us already do this "off-board" - it's great and you can discuss things with respect and courtesy, in your own time, without losing things in a mass of irrelevant stuff.

[antongould]

like, could somebody nicely suggest the best Glenn Gould/ Goldberg variations disc, please?

TS I would, nicely of course, suggest Gould's final studio recording of the Goldbergs in fact I think I'll just go to it now with a nice glass of Bells. I love Faure - the Nocturnes are lovely late night listening........I think Mr. Gould did not like him ....it takes all sorts....

[Nick Armstrong]

Topics to include only civilized, urbane, refined or understated works (e.g. ... Fauré’s chamber music...) or performances.

Great idea.

I skated past this thread for the last 24 hours thinking it must be about football managers from the non-Alex Ferguson school.

A perfect haven to share my suitably restrained excitement at the arrival on the doormat today of tickets to the following series at the (yes, I do like the definite article in the name of the) Wigmore Hall:



30 April 2013

Renaud Capuçon, violin; Gérard Caussé, viola; Gautier Capuçon, cello; Nicholas Angelich, piano; Michel Dalberto, piano

Fauré

Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor Op. 108
Piano Trio in D minor Op. 120
Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 109
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15




2 May 2013

Renaud Capuçon, violin; Gérard Caussé, viola; Gautier Capuçon, cello; Nicholas Angelich, piano; Michel Dalberto, piano

Fauré

Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor Op. 117
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Op. 13
Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor Op. 45




4 May 2013

Quatuor Ebène; Michel Dalberto, piano; Nicholas Angelich, piano

Fauré

String Quartet in E minor Op. 121
Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor Op. 89
Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor Op. 115



Can't wait. And Ferret: don't give up!

[Pabmusic]

I wondered (tentatively, of course) whether anyone would welcome a thread called ‘Quiet Coach’. You get the idea, I hope – no politics, no SHOUTING, no ad hominem insults, no name-calling, no emoting, no asterisks, no Australian QCs, no confrontation, (and no references to pots and kettles, please). Topics to include only civilized, urbane, refined or understated works (e.g. the Art of Fugue, Fauré’s chamber music, Duparc’s Mélodies) or performances. Music for late-night listening with the unwinding tipple of your choice.

(And if you didn’t like the idea you could always damn well STAY AWAY!!! )

A good idea. I wonder if there will be a boarder equivalent of the person who constantly leaves the quiet coach to stand in the vestibule talking on the phone?

Here's my contemplative evening concert (played last night):

Lars-Erik Larsson: Pastoralsvit
Gerald Finzi: Earth and Air and Rain (John Carol Case/Howard Ferguson)
Robin Milford: Fishing By Moonlight

[David-G]

Not Glenn Gould - but I heard the Goldberg played by Andreas Staier at the Wigmore Hall last year, on a harpsichord. It was marvellous. He has recorded it on Harmonia Mundi.

[kernelbogey]

Not Glenn Gould - but I heard the Goldberg played by Andreas Staier at the Wigmore Hall last year, on a harpsichord. It was marvellous. He has recorded it on Harmonia Mundi.

I'm mildly obsessed with the Goldberg Variations and have been listening to a friend's CD of the arrangement for string trio which I found fascinating - almost as a commentary on the keyboard original. (Sorry I've given it back to him now so can't quote personnel, but it's an arrangement by the fiddler.)

I like the idea of the quiet coach. If you're listening to music while typing please be respectful of other passengers.

[Belgrove]

Sadly I will not be able to attend the Faure series at the Wigmore Hall, three sublime concerts. Le Sage and the Ebene's latest disc of the two quintets has usurped in my affections the great recordings by Domus. There is a greater sense of drive and trajectory of the musical argument, which can give the impression of ellipsis and noodling in lesser hands.

Faure's chamber music provides so much joy, enrichment and satisfaction, the works provide a complimentary experience to Brahms' chamber works, which are equally satisfying but occupy a different soundscape. As antogould says, Faure befits late night listening, ideally with a decent single malt accompaniment.

[french frank]

I skated past this thread for the last 24 hours thinking it must be about football managers from the non-Alex Ferguson school.

I thought it was going to be an adverse comment on train so-called 'quiet coaches'...

But on a stream of consciousness (a sort of musical association), I don't have Staier's Goldbergs but I do have his Diabelli Variations which received rave reviews when it was released last(?) year. Very interesting HIPP, in many ways.

[amateur51]

Good luck if you try it. Some of us already do this "off-board" - it's great and you can discuss things with respect and courtesy, in your own time, without losing things in a mass of irrelevant stuff.

Yes I agree

[Richard Tarleton]

Music for late-night listening with the unwinding tipple of your choice.

May I tenatively offer this (there's much more like it) as something one might listen to without annoying one's fellow passengers? The essence of stately Spanish urbanity from circa 1546, played here by Australian (hence the shorts) guitarist David Russell. The full title of this piece by Alonso Mudarra is "Fantasia which imitates the harp in the manner of Ludovico". There are some strange (for 1546) harmonies towards the end, and on the score Mudarra wrote "From here on there are some false notes but if well played they don't sound bad".

I have been known to raise my voice in the quiet coach when fellow passengers have refused to switch off their devices

[HighlandDougie]

This was a fine way of unwinding after a day of interviewing:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dclassical&field-keywords=mompou+larrocha

And there is the following to look forward to next weekend (quite brave for the somewhat conservative audience here in the glens):

http://www.horsecross.co.uk/about/news/2013/concert-weekend-sets-out-reveal-true-faure/

[MrGongGong]

Feldman ....... nuff said

(but if you want more details Rothko Chapel would be a good start)

(i'm assuming it's not like a real "quiet coach" ? where I can book tickets for me and my dysfunctional children and if i'm wearing a suit I can talk loudly on the phone and the staff will ignore all of this ...................... and relax)

careful now , this could be "relaxing classics with single malt"