Lux Apollo Posted July 9, 2017 Posted July 9, 2017 Some fun piano miniatures from Niels Gade for a lovely Sunday afternoon/evening. 2
AC Benus Posted July 9, 2017 Author Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Tiger said: Interesting. I think the tempo they chose does them a disservice.... a little breakneck rushing through most of the nuances in the fugue, imo. (btw, if you scroll back, I've posted quite a few saxophone quartet vids - it's a form I generally like ) Here's a performance I think is stellar https://www.gayauthors.org/forums/topic/41927-dead-composers-society/?do=findComment&comment=642715 Edited July 9, 2017 by AC Benus 3
AC Benus Posted July 9, 2017 Author Posted July 9, 2017 @Lux Apollo You might like this one: "Oblivion" performed by the Budapest Saxophone Quartet (with an added flute... ) 3
AC Benus Posted July 9, 2017 Author Posted July 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Lux Apollo said: Some fun piano miniatures from Niels Gade for a lovely Sunday afternoon/evening. Very lively. Is the composer himself playing here? There are some particularly skillful renderings in the up-tempo numbers 2
Lux Apollo Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 1 hour ago, AC Benus said: Very lively. Is the composer himself playing here? There are some particularly skillful renderings in the up-tempo numbers No, Gade passed away in 1890. I am unaware of the reputation and broader work of the pianist in the recording. 1
AC Benus Posted July 14, 2017 Author Posted July 14, 2017 Carl Ditters has an almost totally unique distinction: as a major composer, the oboe was his instrument. I've read that at least a dozen oboe concerti are known to have been written and performed by him. The attached vid records the six surviving. The solo instrument shines in virtuosity and subtlety too. Ditters was great influence on how Mozart's concerti advanced to truly 'concert' levels. I hope you enjoy 3
Lux Apollo Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 15 hours ago, AC Benus said: C.P.E. Bach, wq 168, slow movement Why is C.P.E. Bach so awesome? 2
Parker Owens Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 15 hours ago, AC Benus said: C.P.E. Bach, wq 168, slow movement How I love it when you post something I have never heard. This is a particularly moving piece. I had an almost Beethovenesque sense for a moment, but the plaintive flute line reminded me of both year and yearning. Thank you for sharing this. 1
AC Benus Posted July 20, 2017 Author Posted July 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Lux Apollo said: Why is C.P.E. Bach so awesome? He's very modern, I think. Without him, the state of the art would not have progressed to the degree it did. Mozart would never have been Mozart, that much is sure. 2
AC Benus Posted July 20, 2017 Author Posted July 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Parker Owens said: How I love it when you post something I have never heard. This is a particularly moving piece. I had an almost Beethovenesque sense for a moment, but the plaintive flute line reminded me of both year and yearning. Thank you for sharing this. I love to explore new music; always an adventure. Interesting you mention Beethoven - I hear great influence in this piece on Beethoven's liebermeister, Antonio Salieri. There's one aria I can think of that might be illustrative....if I can find it on youbute 2
AC Benus Posted July 20, 2017 Author Posted July 20, 2017 4 minutes ago, AC Benus said: I love to explore new music; always an adventure. Interesting you mention Beethoven - I hear great influence in this piece on Beethoven's liebermeister, Antonio Salieri. There's one aria I can think of that might be illustrative....if I can find it on youbute The aria starts about min 12:33 (although I think this performance is lackluster as best.....). Here are strong Beethoven elements before Beethoven was Beethoven.
George Richard Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 1 hour ago, AC Benus said: He's very modern, I think. Without him, the state of the art would not have progressed to the degree it did. Mozart would never have been Mozart, that much is sure. For those who frequent this forum, it's probably not news, but in his time, C.P.E. Bach was better known than his father, who was considered old-fashioned. --George 3
northie Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 24 minutes ago, George Richard said: For those who frequent this forum, it's probably not news, but in his time, C.P.E. Bach was better known than his father, who was considered old-fashioned. --George Looking forward and not back was very much a feature of C18 musical life. Novelty (as in newness) was everything.
AC Benus Posted July 20, 2017 Author Posted July 20, 2017 32 minutes ago, George Richard said: For those who frequent this forum, it's probably not news, but in his time, C.P.E. Bach was better known than his father, who was considered old-fashioned. --George Yes, the elder Bach's style was lambasted in his time as too eccentric and far far from mainstream currents (which it was!). It's ironic that folks nowadays think of him as the leading composer of his time. It was only with the near-accidental posting of the Baron von Sweeten to Berlin that he encountered J.S.'s music and brought it back to Vienna where composers like Mozart encountered a forgotten master. I love the story that on his way to Berlin himself, Mozart stopped in Leipzig and had to see Bach's organ. As he was playing J.S.'s music, an old man - who had been one of Bach's students - clambered into the church thinking it was doomsday; that his master had risen from the dead.
AC Benus Posted July 20, 2017 Author Posted July 20, 2017 13 minutes ago, northie said: Looking forward and not back was very much a feature of C18 musical life. Novelty (as in newness) was everything. ...nice to see you back here... 1
AC Benus Posted July 23, 2017 Author Posted July 23, 2017 Music for a quiet evening.... Haydn Piano Trio No. 39. I'm particularly feeling the slow movement today...melancholy in sway, although bright in the face it shows the world... 1
Daddydavek Posted July 24, 2017 Posted July 24, 2017 (edited) Vivaldi's Four Seasons is one of my favorites and here is a recording from the fifties of "Summer-Presto" Edited July 24, 2017 by Daddydavek 2
Daddydavek Posted July 24, 2017 Posted July 24, 2017 In contrast, here is Borra playing it on an electric guitar--note some of the finger spreads! 2
Drew Espinosa Posted July 26, 2017 Posted July 26, 2017 It's been a while since I posted here. I have no idea if this was already posted, so I apologize in advance. This is a channel on Youtube dedicated to traditional music from around the world- everything from Armenian to Zulu music. I hope you all like it! 3
AC Benus Posted July 26, 2017 Author Posted July 26, 2017 For a more serious morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl4Ix-H1BYc 1
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