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[Closed] Now Playing ( NON film / game / tv scores ) - Part III

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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeFeb 7th 2009
    I'm still listening to the Brazilian Impressions, a truly marvelous work.
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorWilliam
    • CommentTimeFeb 7th 2009
    sdtom wrote
    http://sdtom.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/h … lume-no-1/

    One that Steven and Timmer would be interested in.


    And I, as well! cheesy
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeFeb 8th 2009
    Check out a clip at classicsonline.com William and I think you'll be impressed.
    Thomas
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeFeb 9th 2009
    Has anyone listened to Brazilian Impressions yet?
    listen to more classical music!
  5. NP: It's Not Me, It's You (2009) Lily Allen

    First impression of Allen's music

    Back to the Start, The Fear and Not Fair are my favourites. Catchy melodies and lyrics
    waaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeFeb 10th 2009
    sdtom wrote
    Has anyone listened to Brazilian Impressions yet?


    There is a playing of the "Dies Irae" in a grim horror like fashion.


    slant
    Doesn't really sound like my cup of tea.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 10th 2009 edited
    Martijn wrote
    sdtom wrote
    Has anyone listened to Brazilian Impressions yet?


    There is a playing of the "Dies Irae" in a grim horror like fashion.


    slant
    Doesn't really sound like my cup of tea.


    If you've not heard any Resphigi before Martijn I'd heartily recommend The Pines / Fountains of Rome which is one of those works that seem to be beloved of film score fans.

    Here's a taste for you...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oqasTguizM

    The finale is like the ending to some huge, epic film with a great triumphant florish, no!?

    And for the record, no. I haven't heard Brazilian Impressions.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeFeb 10th 2009
    No, I've never heard any Resphigi (well, not consciously at any rate, though the title of this particular piece is oddly familiar to me!)

    Hmmm.... a challenging listen, to be sure, though you're certainly right about its filmic qualities!

    I think I will need another listen. I'll try and get a more hi-fi friendly version somewhere to give it the attention it so obviously warrants.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
  9. Last night I heard Osvaldo Golijov's "Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra", live at the City Recital Hall. Dawn Upshaw was the soprano. Master violinist Richard Tognetti led the Australian Chamber Orchestra. (Tognetti might be known to those who know the Master and Commander soundtrack, but if not, he's Australia's Joshua Bell, except he's also the concert master of our main chamber orchestra.)

    There was also a new work for strings on the program to celebrate Tognetti's 20-year career (modernist but one that played well in the venue), two pieces by Mozart (symphony 29 & I can't remember the other), selections from Bartok's Hungarian Folk songs, and Richard Strauss's Morgen! Unfortunately I couldn't stay for the last, which I wish had been programmed earlier in place of the Mozart. (Sacriliege to say, but I'm not a big Mozart fan. I like the piano concertos mostly.)

    But it was the Golijov that felt like the highlight to me. Gorgeous melody, thrilling orchestrations, and blend of languages & folk music devices from different traditions. The first song, 'Night of the Flying Horses' in particular was a thrill - WOW! I was particularly glad to see the audience so taken with this piece, although they had to delay their clapping for another two movements. The tradition of keeping silence between movements has never seemed more unnatural, so strong was the work and the performance of it.

    Note: 'Night of the Flying Horses' is available in three recordings. The album Oceana (Deutsche Grammophon) contains a performance by Dawn Upshaw with an orchestra conducted by the composer. This album also contains the two other songs, and two other works. (I'm not crazy about the title work, but 'Tenebrae' is a wonderful string quartet work.) Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble also performed 'Night of the Flying Horses' without soprano, and using all folk instruments, on their third album, New Impossibilities. And the source of the piece was the short film score Golijov wrote for Sally Potter's film The Man Who Cried. The Kronos Quartet performs the piece in two halves - 'Close your eyes' and 'Cesar's Song'.
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
  10. NP: String Quartet No. 1 ("Between The National And The Bristol") (Gavin Bryars)

    From the ECM album Three Viennese Dancers. I heard this piece accompanying a pas de deux at the recent Morphoses performance in Sydney. Hearing it again brings back memories of the beautiful design and dancing of that piece.
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
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      CommentAuthorWilliam
    • CommentTimeFeb 11th 2009
    NP: Symphony No. 9 - Gustav Mahler

    An amazing work, which served as my introduction to Mahler.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 11th 2009
    William wrote
    NP: Symphony No. 9 - Gustav Mahler

    An amazing work, which served as my introduction to Mahler.


    I wish I could get into Mahler but try as I might I can't. I like odd bits here and there but I just can't digest his entire works.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeFeb 11th 2009
    NP: AN IRISH SYMPHONY.....SIR HERBERT HAMILTON HARTY Really nice material. A little on the schmaltzy side but so what.
    Thomas
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeFeb 11th 2009
    And Martijn the Brazilian Impressions is well worth a spin.
    Tlhomas
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorWilliam
    • CommentTimeFeb 11th 2009
    NP: Symphony No. 7 - Gustav Mahler

    Another favorite. smile
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeFeb 12th 2009
    William you should look into the 30 CD Chandos set for around $60. A swell deal.
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 12th 2009
    NP : ALLELUIA TIMPANIS - David Bedford



    I haven't listened to this for a long time and I was astounded to hear just how Elliot Goldenthal like in sound it is, incredible!? shocked And when it does big it does BIG!

    The piece was written in 1976.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 12th 2009
    Timmer wrote
    NP : ALLELUIA TIMPANIS - David Bedford



    I haven't listened to this for a long time and I was astounded to hear just how Elliot Goldenthal like in sound it is, incredible!? shocked And when it does big it does BIG!

    The piece was written in 1976.



    NP : SYMPHONY # 1 - David Bedford



    Fantastic three movements 18 minute work that's like film music ( well, good film music anyway ). A shame Bedford has never really gone down that route besides orchestrating Mike Oldfield's THE KILLING FIELDS and being choral director on Ennio Morricone's THE MISSION.

    I would also have preferred Bedford orchestrating Oldfield's MUSIC OF THE SPHERES over Karl Jenkins.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  19. Timmer wrote
    NP : ALLELUIA TIMPANIS - David Bedford



    I haven't listened to this for a long time and I was astounded to hear just how Elliot Goldenthal like in sound it is, incredible!? shocked And when it does big it does BIG!

    The piece was written in 1976.


    How may this piece best be heard in 2009?
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 12th 2009
    franz_conrad wrote
    Timmer wrote
    NP : ALLELUIA TIMPANIS - David Bedford



    I haven't listened to this for a long time and I was astounded to hear just how Elliot Goldenthal like in sound it is, incredible!? shocked And when it does big it does BIG!

    The piece was written in 1976.


    How may this piece best be heard in 2009?


    On a stereo??? wink

    I could send it to you, but I'm still waiting to fit some software.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  21. NP: String Quartet 1 (Gavin Bryars)

    Yay... another minimalist voice to discover!
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 12th 2009
    franz_conrad wrote
    NP: String Quartet 1 (Gavin Bryars)

    Yay... another minimalist voice to discover!


    want!
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeFeb 14th 2009
    Symphony #3 "A Pastoral Symphony" Ralph Vaughan Williams

    What a way to wake up to a lazy Saturday afternoon! The third movement of this symphony is probably well-suited to a film music fan,
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeFeb 14th 2009
    Elgar - Violin Concerto; Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending London Symphony Orchestra (C. Davis)

    A clunky title for an album, but at least it's self-explanatory! Hillary Hahn is the soloist on this album... and I think I'm in love. love
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 14th 2009
    Steven wrote
    Symphony #3 "A Pastoral Symphony" Ralph Vaughan Williams

    What a way to wake up to a lazy Saturday afternoon! The third movement of this symphony is probably well-suited to a film music fan,



    It's the second movement that always gets me though Steven, an achingly moving 'last post' like elegy for the fallen. I've heard it used once with a montage of war images that showed the tragedy of war and it worked perfectly. Even the triumphant third movement has a tinge of tragedy about it.

    IMO one of the great works of the 20th Century though unfortunately it's a work you would be very unlikely to hear in the concert hall, I guess it's just not "showy" enough? The only RVW symphony I've seen played live was Symphony # 6 with the LSO conducted by Andre Previn when I was 16-17.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeFeb 14th 2009
    I'm still listening to Brazilian Impressions
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorJim Ware
    • CommentTimeFeb 14th 2009
    franz_conrad wrote
    Timmer wrote
    NP : ALLELUIA TIMPANIS - David Bedford



    I haven't listened to this for a long time and I was astounded to hear just how Elliot Goldenthal like in sound it is, incredible!? shocked And when it does big it does BIG!

    The piece was written in 1976.


    How may this piece best be heard in 2009?


    The CD appears to have fallen out of print within the last year or so.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Bedford-A … B00000HZAV
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 15th 2009
    Jim Ware wrote
    franz_conrad wrote
    Timmer wrote
    NP : ALLELUIA TIMPANIS - David Bedford



    I haven't listened to this for a long time and I was astounded to hear just how Elliot Goldenthal like in sound it is, incredible!? shocked And when it does big it does BIG!

    The piece was written in 1976.


    How may this piece best be heard in 2009?


    The CD appears to have fallen out of print within the last year or so.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Bedford-A … B00000HZAV


    How much?!!! shocked
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 15th 2009
    NP : AMERICANS - John Barry



    SERIOUSLY. NEEDS. A. CD. RELEASE.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2009
    Sooner or later they'll all be released
    listen to more classical music!

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