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    Past few days and weekend:

    Suk - Asreal Symphony
    Shostakovich Symph 4 - Petrenko/Royal Liverpool
    Shostakovich Symph 4 - Gergiev/Kirov
    Shostakovich Symph 5 - Gergiev/Kirov
    Shostakovich Symph 5 - Petrenko/Royal Liverpool
    Shostakovich Symph 5 - Previn/Chicago SO
    Shostakovich Symph 7 - Barshai/WDR Sinfonieorchester
    Shostakovich Symph 7 - Petrenko/Royal Liverpool
    Shostakovich Symph 8 - Petrenko/Royal Liverpool
    Phish - Junta
    Broadside Band - John Playford: Popular Tunes in 17th Century England
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    Quote Originally Posted by chalkpie View Post
    Past few days and weekend:

    Suk - Asreal Symphony
    Shostakovich Symph 4 - Petrenko/Royal Liverpool
    Shostakovich Symph 4 - Gergiev/Kirov
    Shostakovich Symph 5 - Gergiev/Kirov
    Shostakovich Symph 5 - Petrenko/Royal Liverpool
    Shostakovich Symph 5 - Previn/Chicago SO
    Shostakovich Symph 7 - Barshai/WDR Sinfonieorchester
    Shostakovich Symph 7 - Petrenko/Royal Liverpool
    Shostakovich Symph 8 - Petrenko/Royal Liverpool
    Phish - Junta
    Broadside Band - John Playford: Popular Tunes in 17th Century England
    Jethro Tull Spotify comp
    Cardiacs Spotify comp
    What do some of those albums sound like and why do you like them? Just asking on behalf of the uninitiated. For instance, when you list "Shostakovich Symph 5 - Previn/Chicago SO", what is that music like? And, more importantly, how does that piece, or movement, differ from "Shostakovich Symph 7"?
    Are there more keyboards and guitar on "5"? Or, is there a progression from one to the other that draws you in.

    I mean, just listing albums you listened to is nice, but how about a little commentary and descriptive insight into each piece to enlighten others as to why they are important recordings.

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    Havergal Brian - Symphonies 11 and 15/For Valour/Dr. Merryheart
    Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies 1 and 2
    Bryan Ferry - Mamouna
    Ange - Au-dela du Delire
    The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
    Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies 3 and 4

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    Quote Originally Posted by SunRunner2 View Post
    What do some of those albums sound like and why do you like them? Just asking on behalf of the uninitiated. For instance, when you list "Shostakovich Symph 5 - Previn/Chicago SO", what is that music like? And, more importantly, how does that piece, or movement, differ from "Shostakovich Symph 7"?
    Are there more keyboards and guitar on "5"? Or, is there a progression from one to the other that draws you in.

    I mean, just listing albums you listened to is nice, but how about a little commentary and descriptive insight into each piece to enlighten others as to why they are important recordings.
    Since you asked....

    So I've been doing a pretty big Shostakovich survey of his symphonies. We classical music nerds seek out multiple recordings of the same piece since there are so many variables: tempi, recording space/acoustics, the conductor's shape of flow and phrasing, timbre, color, etc etc. All of this makes a huge difference within the same piece. I don't have time to get into specifics into these recordings I've been listening to, but I think as a newbie to Shostakovich you may want to check out the following:

    Symphony No. 4 - Gergiev or Petrenko
    Symphony No. 5 - Previn or Haitink
    Symphony No. 7 - Petrenko or Barshai

    If I were to narrow it down to only two to check out, start with 5 and 7 first. The 4th symphony is an absolute beast though and possibly my favorite Shostakovich symphony. If you research the conditions and political climate in which Shostakovich composed these works, especially under the thumb of Stalin, it makes the works even more amazing. But you can still enjoy the works without any historical context of course. David Hurwitz YouTube channel is also a great place to start with specific recordings and composition overviews. This just scratches the surface, and most of Shostakovich's works are well worth hearing multiple times, and hearing multiple recordings of each.

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSf...oEE-QVmOAhHqVg
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    Edgar Froese: Solo (1974-1983)/The Virgin Years – CD 1, Aqua plus the first half of Epsilon in Maylaysian Pale
    Chicago: VII – I’ve never been a big fan of Chicago, but all the reviews on the front page lately prompted me to pull out one of the few discs I have.
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    Shostakovich: Symphony #15 – Bernard Haitink/London Philharmonic
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    ^ I'm making my way up to Shost 15, stuck on 8 currently. Amazing.

    How is that Rother album? I have Flammende Herzen on LP and really dig it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chalkpie View Post
    ^ I'm making my way up to Shost 15, stuck on 8 currently. Amazing.
    I love the 15th. Right up there with #5 and #10. I like Shostakovich symphonies that are divisible by five. I like the story that Maxim didn't tell the players at the first rehearsal about the William Tell Overture quotes in the first movement because his dad wanted to see their faces when they found themselves playing it.

    How is that Rother album? I have Flammende Herzen on LP and really dig it.
    Pleasant, nothing very special. But then even Neu has never really grabbed me all that much.
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    Terry Riley - Shri Camel
    Sonny Rollins - Way Out West
    Kodaly - 2CD set of orchestral works
    Josef Suk - Asrael Symphony
    Joe Henry - Thrum

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    Gottfried Finger-Sonatae Pro Diversis Instrumentis Op.1
    Archie Shepp-Life(Live) At Donaueschingen Music Festival
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    Quote Originally Posted by walt View Post
    Archie Shepp-Life(Live) At Donaueschingen Music Festival
    Frank Zappa: "There's a recording that I picked up in Europe that had 'The Shadow of Your Smile' with Archie Shepp playing on it. He played this solo that just sounded to me immediately like there was this fucking army of pre-heated rats screaming out of his saxophone. That's what it sounded like. That's where I got the title of the Hot Rats album."
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    Quote Originally Posted by chalkpie View Post
    Since you asked....

    So I've been doing a pretty big Shostakovich survey of his symphonies. We classical music nerds seek out multiple recordings of the same piece since there are so many variables: tempi, recording space/acoustics, the conductor's shape of flow and phrasing, timbre, color, etc etc. All of this makes a huge difference within the same piece. I don't have time to get into specifics into these recordings I've been listening to, but I think as a newbie to Shostakovich you may want to check out the following:

    Symphony No. 4 - Gergiev or Petrenko
    Symphony No. 5 - Previn or Haitink
    Symphony No. 7 - Petrenko or Barshai

    If I were to narrow it down to only two to check out, start with 5 and 7 first. The 4th symphony is an absolute beast though and possibly my favorite Shostakovich symphony. If you research the conditions and political climate in which Shostakovich composed these works, especially under the thumb of Stalin, it makes the works even more amazing. But you can still enjoy the works without any historical context of course. David Hurwitz YouTube channel is also a great place to start with specific recordings and composition overviews. This just scratches the surface, and most of Shostakovich's works are well worth hearing multiple times, and hearing multiple recordings of each.

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSf...oEE-QVmOAhHqVg
    Thank you for expounding on your last weekend's album listening experience. It brings them to life and tells the reader something insightful about the music contained therein and about your musical tastes. Very interesting, indeed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister Triscuits View Post
    I love the 15th. Right up there with #5 and #10. I like Shostakovich symphonies that are divisible by five. I like the story that Maxim didn't tell the players at the first rehearsal about the William Tell Overture quotes....
    Cool story. Are 5, 10, and 15 the only three that you dig? Or are those just your favorites? Any fav recordings?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister Triscuits View Post
    Frank Zappa: "There's a recording that I picked up in Europe that had 'The Shadow of Your Smile' with Archie Shepp playing on it. He played this solo that just sounded to me immediately like there was this fucking army of pre-heated rats screaming out of his saxophone. That's what it sounded like. That's where I got the title of the Hot Rats album."
    Yeah, it's on the second track, about halfway in.Another gem that deserves reissue.
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    Elton John-Madman Across The Water-sacd in 5.1.......next month is the 50th anniversary of the release of this album btw.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hwkn View Post
    Elton John-Madman Across The Water-sacd in 5.1.......next month is the 50th anniversary of the release of this album btw.
    Looking forward to Svetty / Monet pulling the review out of the Rolodex.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chalkpie View Post
    Cool story. Are 5, 10, and 15 the only three that you dig? Or are those just your favorites? Any fav recordings?
    Nah, I dig Shosty in general, but those are the ones I listen to the most—except that I misspoke, it’s #7, not #10 that I play a lot. I’m not well versed enough in different versions to have favorites, except that my favorite #15 is the premiere recording with Maxim S. conducting the Moscow Radio Symphony. The #7 I’ve listened to the most is the Temirkanov/St. Petersburg Phil. For the rest I have the box set by Haitink. One of these days I’m going to find a copy of the sub-budget label recording of #5 by Vladimir Golschmann that was the first Shostakovich I ever heard.

    Today:

    Beethoven: The Late Quartets (all of ‘em) - Melos Quartet
    Shostakovich: Symphony #5 - Haitink/Concertgebouw Orch.
    Frederic Rzewski: Variations on No Place to Go but Around / Anthony Braxton: P-JOS**4K-D (Mix) / Hanns Eisler: Third Sonata
    John Coltrane: Coltrane Time (the one that was previously released as a Cecil Taylor album)
    Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven - an electronic music composition, on CD and vinyl
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    http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Pr...MCD-spc-7.aspx

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    Quote Originally Posted by SunRunner2 View Post
    Thank you for expounding on your last weekend's album listening experience. It brings them to life and tells the reader something insightful about the music contained therein and about your musical tastes. Very interesting, indeed.
    No prob. I'd be curious to hear what you think of Shostakovich, especially if you have never heard his symphonies. Go for it!

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    Karcius - Episodes
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    Kodaly - Orchestral Works

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