Elgar’s own recordings of his symphonies
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Monday, 10 June 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
hmmm, what do i have from that era
the cortot, thibaud, casals trio is great, i have their recording of beethoven's "archduke" and schubert's piano trio no. 1
the early recordings of rhapsody in blue are nice (if abbreviated) - i prefer the acoustic version to the subsequent electric version though
haven't heard elgar conducting his symphonies, but the violin concerto with yehudi menuhin from 1932 is great
pushing bast '38, but schonberg's recording of pierrot lunaire and stravinsky's second rite of spring (both from 1940) are great shit
gieseking's first recording of the emperor concerto (i think it's from '35?) is nice
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Monday, 10 June 2019 23:45 (four years ago) link
RAG, are you a fan of Sunn O)))? If yes, I recommend Anna Thorvaldsdottir, a living composer whose albums Aerial, In The Light Of Air and Aequa are all amazing. They don't sound like "classical music" in the Bugs Bunny sense at all; at times they remind me of Autechre or Einstürzende Neubauten.
https://burningambulance.com/2018/12/28/anna-thorvaldsdottir-2/
https://burningambulance.com/2015/09/08/anna-thorvaldsdottir/
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 00:41 (four years ago) link
willem mengelberg's beethoven symphonies are fantastic (for old recordings)
― clouds, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 21:33 (four years ago) link
i've only heard aequa but it rules
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 23:46 (four years ago) link
Thanks for all the recs.
I really think Havergal Brian's Gothic and Mahler's Das Klagende Lied fit into my "prog rock epic" orifice very nicely. They have that dramatic panoramic quality, big awesome landscapes traversed in exciting ways.
Bartok has long been on my list, Art Zoyd comparisons helped that along.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 15 June 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
Went to a performance of Mahler's 9th last night. It was incredible and worth checking out. Surprised how lengthy it was and how fast it blew by.
― octobeard, Saturday, 15 June 2019 22:19 (four years ago) link
1st movement of Mahler 9 is about as good as music gets imo
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 16 June 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
the first person i ever read repping for Mahler was C Bukowski!
― calzino, Sunday, 16 June 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
Are there many "show must go on" stories like this one?
Five weeks after the outbreak of the Gulf War, 23.2.1991, the audience filled the Jerusalem Theatre: Jewish-American violinist Isaac Stern arrived in Israel as an act of solidarity with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Zubin Mehta.A deafening alarm sounded in the hall, disrupting Mozart's Concerto No. 3 for violin and orchestra. The orchestra players went offstage to wear their masks, and Stern stepped off the stage, too, wanting to continue with the concert, but it was impossible to continue playing the concerto while the musicians wore masks. He decided to play the Adagio from Bach's Sonata Violin No. 1 in Bach Minor, with the alarm still wailing in the background, and the audience stood up and burst into applause, which was accompanied by a siren. Stern wore no mask. He later said that he did not believe that Saddam Hussein would launch Scud missiles at Jerusalem, its mosques and the extensive Arab population– (Jerusalem Theatre)
A deafening alarm sounded in the hall, disrupting Mozart's Concerto No. 3 for violin and orchestra. The orchestra players went offstage to wear their masks, and Stern stepped off the stage, too, wanting to continue with the concert, but it was impossible to continue playing the concerto while the musicians wore masks. He decided to play the Adagio from Bach's Sonata Violin No. 1 in Bach Minor, with the alarm still wailing in the background, and the audience stood up and burst into applause, which was accompanied by a siren. Stern wore no mask. He later said that he did not believe that Saddam Hussein would launch Scud missiles at Jerusalem, its mosques and the extensive Arab population– (Jerusalem Theatre)
The concert was filmed – while he plays, many of the audience are in gas masks, so it's slightly disturbing to watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZFWV0UIuNM
Another famous concert in adversity was Shostakovich's 7th symphony in 1942.
― sbahnhof, Tuesday, 31 December 2019 08:45 (four years ago) link
keep coming back to kyle gann's hyperchromatica
― The Cognitive Peasant (ogmor), Thursday, 21 May 2020 13:41 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW_ZBcqe5KQ
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 11:06 (two years ago) link
was listening to DJ Rupture/Julius Eastman Memory Depot the other day - sick album.
― calzino, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 12:17 (two years ago) link
I’ve gotten obsessed with Ştefanu Nicolescu since hearing Ison II on a BBC Radio 3 concert and made my own YouTube playlist since so little is officially available to stream https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjXRMRMaO8qd5234s3IZiQHy35gVGPR3j&si=CXA7QZkslXvxcewG
― Expansion to Mackerel (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 10 December 2023 02:52 (five months ago) link
wow, this certainly justifies your enthusiasm
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 20:05 (five months ago) link
soooo many ads tho
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 20:17 (five months ago) link
https://kamdzhalov.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/G%C3%B3recki_Symphony_No_3-bigger-grey-1080x675.jpg
This is a good, if mournful, listen. Lisa's voice is pretty understated in this recording, no doubt in service to the material.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 22:05 (five months ago) link