What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?

Sathrandur · Post by **Sathrandur** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:32 am

Last thing I listened to would probably have been Chopin's Military Polonaise, I was playing it on the piano last night. As for recordings, the last thing I think I listened to was Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Suite 2: Montagues and Capulets, or the piano transcription from Prokofiev's Op 75. I also love Rachmaninoff and listen to his works quite a lot, and I listen to Tchaikovsky quite a bit as well, especially his first two piano concerti and his Concert Fantasia Op 56.

Vivaldi · Post by **Vivaldi** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:22 am

Now listening to the first movement of Beethoven's 5th symphony, one of the most famous movements in classical music.

ThaSchwab · Post by **ThaSchwab** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:50 am

Vivaldi wrote:Now listening to the first movement of Beethoven's 5th symphony, one of the most famous movements in classical music.

Funny, I've been listening to the third and fourth movements a lot lately. Slowly growing more and more attached to hit.

Klavieraffe · Post by **Klavieraffe** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:51 pm

William Alwyn's Suite of Scottish Dances.

It's pretty much one of the catchiest pieces I've ever heard.

cherry_coke · Post by **cherry_coke** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:41 am

I just finished listening to vitali's chaconne.
beautiful beautiful stuff.

I hear that Vitali's chaconne isn't really by him.
please explain?

jobdf · Post by **jobdf** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:41 am

At wikipedia you can read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaconne

Examples of chaconnes
...
Tomaso Antonio Vitali: Chaconne in G minor for Solo Violin (a 19th century musical hoax)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_hoax

Actual composer Composition title False attribution
...
Ferdinand David Chaconne Tomaso Antonio Vitali

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_David_(musician)
...
David was also the author of several musical hoaxes, notably the "Chaconne in g-minor by Tommaso Antonio Vitali".

Deinonychus · Post by **Deinonychus** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:14 pm

I'm currently listening to Bryn Terfel singing Rule Brittania at the Last Night of the Proms

Vivaldi · Post by **Vivaldi** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:57 am

Now listening to Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Both are great works of introducing musical instruments to young children.

Deinonychus · Post by **Deinonychus** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:23 pm

I'm currently listening to a song called Misanthropes by a death-metal band called Viatrophy

Post by **Yagan Kiely** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:04 pm

Indiana Jones

I know someone who played a cello part in the original sound track!

ThaSchwab · Post by **ThaSchwab** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:50 pm

Francis Poulenc's Wind and Piano Sextet. I must say, it's a true masterpiece. Especially the first movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWOu1BfRL5k

What was the orchestra, Yagan?

Post by **Yagan Kiely** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:32 pm

No idea, he was a lecturer at my uni for a year (real shame he left). He was also part of the Macquarie Trio in Australia before it broke up. It was on his resume among other rather significant concerts.

He is American, so I am better it would be an American orchestra. Boston? dunno.

Wiki says Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra... which makes sense because they have session musicians.

I'm assuming it was the later movie, because of the session thing, I'm not actually sure which of the three he was in...

ThaSchwab · Post by **ThaSchwab** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:44 pm

Most big top American orchestra don't record movie soundtracks (unless it's only for a separate CD). There are numerous recording orchestras, and I would assume it'd be one of them.

lord_x · Post by **lord_x** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:02 pm

3rd symphony by mahler... it sends shivers up my spine

willard3 · Post by **willard3** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:42 pm

Shostakovich 10.

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