Dead-Composers Society

[northie]

I know I'm rarely to be seen round these parts, but I can't resist sharing a piece I was playing in this time last week. Britten's Violin concerto was new territory for me, for all I do enjoy his music. It is wonderful, and the final few minutes are magical.

 

 

 

[AC Benus]

2 hours ago, northie said:

What a curious hybrid of an instrument - spent most of the time watching the player. Particularly when he was doing pizzicati behind the fingerboard - makes me wish I could see what was going on. Thanks, AC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baryton

[AC Benus]

10 hours ago, northie said:

I know I'm rarely to be seen round these parts, but I can't resist sharing a piece I was playing in this time last week. Britten's Violin concerto was new territory for me, for all I do enjoy his music. It is wonderful, and the final few minutes are magical.

 

 

 

Thanks for posting this. The music is more inviting than I was anticipating  

[AC Benus]

@Lux Apollo I don't know anything about this composer (but I'm thinking you might). I've listened a few times, and as always, Plentev's performance is captivating. The poster of the vid did not mention the name of the orchestra, but they are also very good! Perhaps it's a Russian ensemble. 

 

Tsfasman - Jazz-Suita

 

     

[AC Benus]

@Drew Espinosa Some Kreisler for your afternoon. Magical stuff  

 

 

[Jsgo]

Personally I have a love/hate relationship with this piece. It is quite amazing though 

 

[Parker Owens]

@AC Benus, Thanks for letting us all take a ride in Drew's Kreisler. It was wonderful.

[Parker Owens]

@Jsgo, Thank you for posting this! I have neglected my listening for Chopin and his contemporaries this summer. This is a perfect antidote.

[Jsgo]

4 minutes ago, Parker Owens said:

@Jsgo, Thank you for posting this! I have neglected my listening for Chopin and his contemporaries this summer. This is a perfect antidote.

Glad you enjoyed it Parker 

[Drew Espinosa]

On 9/18/2017 at 1:29 PM, AC Benus said:

@Drew Espinosa Some Kreisler for your afternoon. Magical stuff  

 

 

Thanks AC!

 

I found this amazing recording from Jascha Heifetz!

 

[Page Scrawler]

 

Beethoven's "Kreutzer Sonata", as performed in the anime series Your Lie in April.

[Parker Owens]

Can I offer this as one of my favorite recordings? Heifetz and Toscanini...

 

 

 

[AC Benus]

Two wistful, melancholy pieces for tonight 

 

 

 

[mogwhy]

very nice. loved the 1st one and the art that went with it. the 2nd was nice, but not a favorite

[Parker Owens]

@AC Benus : Thank you for both of these. I was particularly drawn to Yea Though I Walk, and its exquisite choral harmonies. How did you know I would be a sucker for this one? It is most wonderful.

[Azorf]

Hope I've done this right....

 

 

Karl Jenkins, I love 'The Armed Man' and this track is probably one of the best on that. However he is very much alive, so as I am heavily into electronic music I will add Isao Tomita and one of his many adaptations of classics.

 

Edited September 29, 2017 by Azorf

[northie]

11 minutes ago, Azorf said:

However he is very much alive

 

Non-dead composers are allowed as well.  Welcome.  Don't think we've had any Karl Jenkins before. The Armed Man is a hugely popular work in the UK, and this movement shows why. Thanks. 

[Tiger]

 

 

[AC Benus]

@Lux Apollo Been missin' ya, buddy.

 

I was listening to this today and thought you might like (or love ) it.

 

Rachmaninoff, Op. 34: No. 14. Vocalise in E Minor, sung by Mera. 

 

 

[AC Benus]

More from the Carion Wind Ensemble, this time doing Carl Nielsen's Quintet No. 43. It's a great recording

 

 

Edited October 21, 2017 by AC Benus

[AC Benus]

Some fine Italianate sunshine for our afternoon  

 

Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Piano

 

 

[FormerMember4]

9 minutes ago, AC Benus said:

Some fine Italianate sunshine for our afternoon  

 

Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Piano

 

 

Beautiful arrangement. Happy and uplifting. Nice choice AC.

[Parker Owens]

5 hours ago, AC Benus said:

Some fine Italianate sunshine for our afternoon  

 

Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Piano

 

 

Thank you, AC! Sunshine for my afternoon it was!

[AC Benus]

I don't know if I posted this already, but two years before Emanuel Schikaneder and Mozart collaborated to bring The Magic Flute to the stage, the impresario did a project with one of the leading figures of Viennese music at the time, Paul Wranitzky. 

 

Here is the overture to his incredibly charming fairy tale opera, Oberon - King of the Elves, 1789  

 

 

 

Edited November 2, 2017 by AC Benus

[Solus Magus]

So much eargasms in this thread. Wow!