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March 17, 2015 at 12:17 pm
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2015 at 12:20 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(March 17, 2015 at 3:14 am)Alex K Wrote: Here's a Jazzy antidote to ze krautified music Here is krautified antidote to krautified music at the same venue: who would have thought germans also have knee joints.  beethoven's violin concerto  RE: (western) classical music discussion
March 17, 2015 at 12:34 pm
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2015 at 12:59 pm by Alex K.)
Ach, Anne-Sophie! *sigh*
Talking about unkrautified Anne Sophie Mutter, Penderecki wrote a very cool violin concerto especially for her, unfortunately it's not online in good quality with her playing in the original recording (but at least it's P. conducting, but I like his original version better, he seems to lose tension here). Here's herself playing it with a different conductor, which is in mono, but better Talking about beethoven sonatas, here's two very different people playing #9
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
Hey Alex K, I absolutely loved Tchaikovsky's piece, it's beautiful and I love how it starts slowly and picks up. As for the first one, well the sound is extremely familiar and I've heard it several times in movies, I enjoyed it as well, very powerful
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
(March 18, 2015 at 4:35 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Hey Alex K, I absolutely loved Tchaikovsky's piece, it's beautiful and I love how it starts slowly and picks up. Yeah right? It has this solemn tone and then develops into something grand.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
Arne's "Rule Brittania" from the Proms.
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March 18, 2015 at 5:04 pm
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2015 at 5:14 pm by Alex K.)
Haha, that is absolutely hilarious.
Actually, I'd love for Britannia to rule the waves, if they could do it with a bit lower unemployment rate? Somehow, I feel compelled to post HMS Pinafore now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odBDjYK1gz4 Star Trek and The West Wing Fans, join in at appropriate times (32:40 , 1:10:00 respectively) For reference:
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
At the moment, I'm going through a big Mahler kick.
In fact, as I write this, I'm busy ripping a CD of Solti's version of the Eighth and Pierre Boulez' cycle of the Lieder (for whatever reason, recordings collecting Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen, Ruckert-Lieder, AND Kindertotenlieder are surprisingly rare; I don't know why, but they are. Fortunately, Boulez is an excellent Mahler conductor. So, here's Gustavo Dudamel's version of The Eighth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuve8eKeqKA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmxdDTu1O68
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March 19, 2015 at 4:49 am
(This post was last modified: March 19, 2015 at 5:12 am by Alex K.)
That screen full of people already tells you that it's some serious shit
 He must have seen what Bruckner was doing and thought... nah, too short, too small, let's write a real symphony! Awesome! Must be intimidating as a vocal soloist to literally have a zillion choir singers standing behind them... It's Easter soon, time to get some Jesus betrayal going... Everyone says that SMP is greater and superer than SJP, but that beginning right there alone has such a modern and dramatic sound, with those swirling strings and melismatic singing that it leaves me very impressed. Especially in Gardiner's fast rendition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKRvnS2HFF4 Others sound a bit more laid back
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
I still prefer the St. Matthew Passion, and if I have enough time on a Good Friday, I will listen to the whole damn thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm1os4VzTgA Of course, my preferred version is the much slower Otto Klemperer version with Peter Pears and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Of course, I still find it disappointing that Picander actually included Matthew 27:51-3, but didn;t dramatize the dead coming back to life on the streets of Jerusalem.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad. RE: (western) classical music discussion
March 19, 2015 at 9:39 am
(This post was last modified: March 19, 2015 at 9:51 am by Alex K.)
Lol!
Yes I adore the SMP as well, and I actually plan to go see it performed on good friday. I admit I like the fast version, I have the McCreesh version on CD, which I really like because it is fast and all sung by a very small cast of soloists, which gives it a particularly dynamic quality imho. It's a pity with the zombies, though. Maybe Bach simply didn't quite know how to fit zombies into his musical scheme of recitatives, arias, turbas and chorales. Maybe an extra-turbulent and draggingly slow turba with grunting sounds, closed by a fugue set to the words Brains! Brains. Brahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa, hahahahahaaaahaaahaaaaaaaa, hains! Brahahaha hahahahaa brahahaha haaaahaha Brahaha-hains instead of an amen fugue.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
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