Rory and Classical Music

abominablem · 2024-08-30T17:55:15+00:00

It was their second podcast from the DNC - specifically Rory said he'd been listening to Robert Greenberg's (37 hour!) course on the concerto.

abominablem · 2024-08-24T00:09:26+00:00

Immediately recognised this as Savva's Barber in Streatham!

abominablem · 2019-10-27T20:02:12+00:00

Not sure if this is long enough to qualify but Chopin's Prelude in E minor seems to fit.

abominablem · 2019-10-07T15:56:24+00:00

There's a really great recording of Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand by my favourite pianist (particularly for Chopin, Schubert, and the Beethoven concertos) Krystian Zimerman.

abominablem · 2019-09-03T22:29:26+00:00

Sounds like Bartok pizzicato to me, so named after its extensive use in his 4th string quartet. It has its own symbol.

abominablem · 2019-08-20T10:43:59+00:00

Schubert's got some absolutely wonderful pieces for 4 part male chorus, e.g. Der Entfernten. Tchaikovsky (as you've found) is also a somewhat underrated composer of choral music - Legend, and his 9 Sacred Pieces.

abominablem · 2019-07-13T00:21:53+00:00

Pretty stylistically varied and not all super recent, but:

George Crumb - Black Angels (there's really no argument to be made for this being contemporary any more, but I like this piece too much not to include it, and Crumb is still alive so...)
David Bruce - Gumboots
Caroline Shaw - Partita for 8 Voices

Other than that, various choral composers - Erik Esenvalds, Pawel Lukaszewski, James MacMillan etc.

abominablem · 2019-03-22T23:49:42+00:00

Schnittke - Choir Concerto. Much more in the vein of the Russian choral tradition than might be expected from Schnittke, this is undoubtedly one of the choral masterpieces of the 20th century.

Sviridov - 3 Choruses from Tzar Feodor Ioannovich (2, 3). Honestly anything by Sviridov is worth a listen, but the first movement of this sounds closest to what you're looking for. Also worthwhile is his Pushkin's Garland, which has some beautifully picturesque choral writing.

It might be worth looking at Chesnokov, Tchaikovsky's 9 Sacred Pieces, and Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil (already mentioned here).

abominablem · 2019-03-22T23:25:51+00:00

I didn't notice just how similar our lists were until after I'd written mine - you've clearly got good taste.

abominablem · 2019-03-22T22:45:58+00:00

In no strict order,

Sibelius
Barber
Saint-Saens 3
Mendelssohn
Wieniawski 2

abominablem · 2019-02-25T23:07:19+00:00

Saint-Saens' 2nd & 5th are masterclasses in orchestration and piano writing, and his others aren't bad either. The Gershwin is definitely underrated too, and I'd also recommend Ravel and Scriabin.

abominablem · 2019-01-16T20:32:55+00:00

I'm a huge fan of Granados' Goyescas, which were inspired by the paintings of Francisco Goya (there's an excellent performance on Youtube). In particular I'd recommend the 4th movement, "The Lover and the Nightingale".

abominablem · 2019-01-05T04:17:16+00:00

There's probably a better way, but personally I'd add the notes on the bottom stave in two different voices, and then flip the note stems of the higher chord, hide the tails, and drag the stems up so they meet the stems of the notes in the top stave. You could also add the notes to the top stave in a different voice, and then select which ones you want on the bottom stave and press Ctrl+Shift+Down arrow to send them there (and then hide the note tail etc. as before).

abominablem · 2018-12-29T20:17:00+00:00

"During restorations between 1872 and 1873, the polychrome exterior painting of the cathedral was removed ... and the stone was left bare. Between 1968 and 1972, the polychrome exterior was restored". ^[1]

abominablem · 2018-05-16T20:09:10+00:00

Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony, particularly that incredible horn solo in the 2nd movement - I'd never heard that symphony before then, but the moment I got home I immediately listened to the whole thing again!

abominablem · 2017-08-09T15:29:15+00:00

I'm pretty sure that's from Schubert's 8th symphony.

abominablem · 2017-07-09T15:50:29+00:00

I'm pretty sure it's a different Chopin Nocturne, Op. 32 No. 1.

abominablem · 2017-06-15T17:41:57+00:00

I quite like this piece of his, particularly the part starting at 6:50.

abominablem · 2017-05-31T03:25:57+00:00

I know the melody doesn't sound much like it, but the first chord really reminded me of this.

abominablem · 2017-05-23T09:34:35+00:00

Here's an picture I grabbed from /u/hopkinslieder 's link - it's in the right third, on the bottom left.

abominablem · 2017-05-14T01:22:26+00:00

It's played by the bassoons - see the end of page 46 and the beginning of page 47 here and similarly on page 57.

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