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Forum: General Talk
04-06-2024, 06:38 PM
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One of my favorite Sibelius symphonies, along with his Second.
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Forum: General Talk
04-02-2024, 04:23 PM
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Last night I enjoyed Bernstein's interpretation of Tchaikovski's 6th Symphony on YouTube Premium. He was truly a master conductor.
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Forum: General Talk
03-18-2024, 07:16 PM
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Samuel Barber was an American composer perhaps best known for his Adagio, which is truly lovely. I've recently discovered his Toccata Festiva, a wonderful work for pipe organ and orchestra. Try it, you might like it!
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Forum: General Talk
03-06-2024, 08:06 PM
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Rachmaninoff's 2nd Symphony; Vasily Petrenko with the Oslo Philharmonic. This on YouTube Premium; no ads.
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Forum: General Talk
02-18-2024, 07:51 PM
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Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, Op 45. Wonderful late night music.
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Forum: General Talk
01-24-2024, 12:21 AM
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Sibelius Third Symphony. Wonderful late at night.....
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Forum: General Talk
01-13-2024, 08:11 PM
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Now listening to: Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 / Vasily Petrenko / Oslo Philharmonic A truly excellent performance of this wonderful late Romantic symphony.
Also try Anna Fedorova's wonderful performance of Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto. Do your ears a favor with either of these superlative pieces.
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Forum: General Talk
01-05-2024, 08:29 PM
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Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2, the Romantic. Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony. Note that at 10.19 is the end title music for the classic horror film "Alien".
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Forum: General Talk
12-23-2023, 09:58 PM
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The Wexford Carol, performed by Allison Krauss and YoYo Ma. Wonderful.....
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Forum: General Talk
12-08-2023, 08:38 PM
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Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto, performed by The Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra. Johann Sebastian is the Master!!
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Forum: General Talk
12-06-2023, 08:54 PM
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Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor with images from the Hubble space telescope...Truly magnificent as played on a wonderful tracker pipe organ by, IIRC, Ton Koopman.
It's on YouTube. Try it on a decent audio system at a LOUD volume.
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Forum: General Talk
12-02-2023, 08:50 PM
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Listening to Elgar's Cello Concerto. Yo Yo Ma, with David Zinman and the Baltimore Symphony. Just marvelous......... Next up I'll revisit Elgar's Enigma Variations.
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Forum: General Talk
11-21-2023, 10:38 PM
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Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, performed by The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Davis. What makes this performance special is that is it is in the Gloucester Cathedral where it was first performed in 1910 conducted by Vaughan Williams. Find it and play it LOUD if you have good speakers. The performance is wonderful, and the acoustics of that ancient building are breathtaking. No amplification in this recording!!
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Forum: General Talk
11-20-2023, 02:13 PM
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Good choice! Back in the day I heard the Quartet at my college, the University of Richmond in Virginia. I was seated perhaps 25 feet or so from the group, and got some wonderful atmospheric photos - available light - during the concert.
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Forum: General Talk
11-19-2023, 10:17 AM
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Nice record deck! What make, what pickup? Good to see a classic Dust Bug in use.
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Forum: General Talk
11-16-2023, 09:21 PM
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Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto #2, Anna Fedorova
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Forum: General Talk
11-15-2023, 08:28 PM
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A little Sibelius. Symphony No 2, hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Susanna Mälkki. An excellent performance.
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Forum: General Talk
10-06-2023, 07:27 PM
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Just now I was listening to Sibelius' Fifth Symphony on YouTube. At about 8 minutes into the first movement an obnoxious ad broke in. While I can appreciate the need for ad revenue, why can't ads be shown between works of music, or at the least between movements?
Any one know how to "force" such spacing of ads?
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Forum: General Talk
03-20-2023, 08:50 PM
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First, Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2, Oslo Philharmonic/ Vasily Petrenko, to be followed by Ralph Vaughan-Williams Five Variations on Dives and Lazarus/ The Orchestra of the Swan.
Then RVW's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Andrew Davis. The Tallis is performed in Gloucester Cathedral, the venue intended for it by Vaughan Williams, when it was first performed in 1910. The acoustics and videography of this recording are spectacular! Play it loud over good gear, and enjoy. It is certain to soothe the soul.
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Forum: General Talk
02-15-2023, 09:14 PM
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On YouTube an excellent performance of a perennial favorite:
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade op.35 - Leif Segerstam - Sinfónica de Galicia
Killer sound and interpretation! The camera work is superlative! The whole experience is highly recommended.
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Forum: General Talk
12-20-2022, 06:26 AM
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The other evening we caught a performance of the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah, by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. The ASO is a first rate band, as is the Chorus. Wonderful music. We are in our Christmas music mode!
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Forum: General Talk
11-11-2022, 03:28 PM
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Vaughan Williams is certainly one of the finest composers of the first half of the 20th century. His Tallis Fantasia is my go-to for meditative listening late at night. Really helps put the problems of the just-finished day in perspective.
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Forum: General Talk
11-02-2022, 07:44 PM
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Some late night music:
Rachmaninoff's Symphony #2, Op. 27. Vasily Petronko conducts the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Quintessential Rachmaninoff.
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Forum: General Talk
11-01-2022, 08:09 PM
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Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic's 1986 recording of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique." Lenny and the band do good work. The 6th seems appropriate for these times....
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Forum: General Talk
09-28-2022, 08:09 PM
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Listening to Vaughan-Williams Five Variations on Dives and Lazarus Soon to follow is Vaughan-Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis, played in Gloucester Cathedral, the venue for which it was written and performed in 1910. Gorgeous late night meditative music.
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