an attempt at a general "What are you currently digging re. classical music" thread

That's...interesting. I was listening to a piano recording a few days ago, felt something, maybe I'm a bit paranoid about my listening at times.

Anyway, onto Rabelais

Just the cover I'm digging (the real soundtrack is Boulez/Cleveland La mer from DG's Debussy Edition).

http://http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/richmedia/images/cover.gif

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Bah check it out yourselves: http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/richmedia/images/cover.gif

Triple fail so this better work: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X3sdwEv7L._SL500_AA280_.jpg

^ worth a click

Sorry about that horrorshow but yes, I believe it is.

Curretly working through my medieval obsessions w/ars subtilis from Italy. Its a captivating yet aimless desert, you usually find an oasis if you walk around long enough.

The stuff from France isn't as long or "ambient" sounding as this from what I can tell.

Whereas The Island of St. Hylarion CD its a lot more song like and gorgeous.

this is a really good disc for music from that era:

http://www.amazon.com/Homage-To-Johannes-Ciconia-1370-1412/dp/B000000R38

Yeah, was just looking at that.

Hitting Ensemble PAN p/hard at the moment.

this is really good too:

http://www.amazon.com/Codex-Chantilly/dp/B0011BAV06

incredibly strange and fascinating music

Yeah I first heard about it from a bunch of modernist composition friendly folk at another board I used to frequent.

Smokin'

think jon recommended this uphthread or elsewhere.

what else sounds like the first couple of minutes of zadok the priest?

sorry to hear about your hearing troubles jl. it's interesting to me - when the ringing started for me, and I lost my mind and felt for quite some time that I would never be able to function again, it was piano music that saved me - specifically playing it. hope you do not have further stress about this!

I am on a Franck kick right now when I'm not listening to opera. Tonight I listened to the first disc of this while making dinner. I <3 Anna Netrebko I know some people don't but I do.

big fan of, big crush on netrebko

yeah I'm crushed out too I can't lie. there's a recital disc with Barenboim that's just awesome as is this shot of the set being presented live

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You may not know......but Luigi Nono is one of the best kept musical secrets of the 1900's! He was not only one of the most innovative and creative Italian composers, but unlike most of his colleagues or peers, he enjoyed a personal and artistic relationship with Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini, two authentic musical giants. This recording is conducted by Abbado, in splendid form, and played by, arguably, the best orchestra in the world (Berliner Philharmoniker). The set also includes a Kindertotenleider of rare beauty, here in the soprano version. The booklet explains that this recording is devoted to victims of absurd and avoidable wars, which perfectly matches the text of Nono's "Il canto sospeso". If you like something bit more challenging than Gorecki, and also like atonal beauty, this disc is for you! The Nono foundation in Venice has a very pleasant web site where you can learn about his music. For those who were around at the time the Nono piece was writtenm(50's), this is a serious trip to perhaps more complex yet happy times. Highly recommended.

i just asked this on facebook, i'll ask it here too:

every once in a while - VERY rarely though - customers who buy rock or jazz or r&b at my store will buy a classical record and its almost always a record by the same composer. can you guess who it is?

mahler? or nono, probably mahler

stravinsky

i'll let you know if you hit it. definitely the number one *what do people who don't buy classical buy when they buy classical* in my store over the last 4 years. and to make it easier its not glass or riley cuz like i said on facebook i almost consider them pop cuz they are as easy to sell as kate bush and tom waits records.

Wagner?

Vivaldi's Four Seasons

górecki

last guess - Debussy

stockhausen

i should also say that number two on the list of classical that people who don't buy classical buy would be anything by glenn gould.

Rhapsody in Blue

Carmina Burana?

John Adams?

Gilbert and Sullivan?

Bach

haha! oh man if i could unload some gilbert & sullivan box-sets i would be a happy guy.

i wish it were bach too. i got so much great bach.

i assumed Sideshow Bob was representative

it's andré boucourechliev isn't it?

What's Lang Lang's latest? Are the Three Tenors still selling well?

scott said composer tho

Cage

Sousa

Got confused when he said second place was Glenn Gould.

John Williams

I mean, someone has to guess Beethoven or Mozart, right?

i can't work out if the answer is gonna be surprisingly kitsch or surprisingly modernist

it's satie

That would've been one of my guesses after flipping through my book of wedding piano music.

Rachmaninoff or Chopin

"it's satie"

bingo! winner by a mile.

Hah, and I'm sure they all only listen to that one thing, too.

there's a couple that people recognise i think