What are you listening to right now? (VOL I)

Posted by: Tam on 06 June 2005

Anyway, to kick things off, I'm currently, and probably for most of the rest of this week, listening to Radio 3's Beethoven Experience. They're doing one of the piano concertos at the moment and (number 2 with Glenn Gould). Anyway, the experience thing probably needs its own thread, but, even on this cheapo radio it's proving fairly enjoyable.

So, what are you listening to right now?

Posted on: 28 February 2008 by sammythedog

Posted on: 28 February 2008 by Florestan

Haydn's Op. 51, The Seven Last Words of our Savior on the Cross arranged for String Quartet...

Posted on: 28 February 2008 by BigH47

Posted on: 28 February 2008 by sjust

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Originally posted by Haim Ronen:
quote:
Originally posted by Huwge:
The latest iteration of the Dowland Project - Romaria. Haim, another one for your collection if not already there.

Huw,

I have the first two projects which are really good. How would you rate this one?

Haim

Now, that I am finally listening to it, I need to get a hand on the other ones. This is good stuff.

Posted on: 28 February 2008 by Guido Fawkes

Posted on: 28 February 2008 by Haim Ronen

quote:
Originally posted by sjust:
quote:
Originally posted by Haim Ronen:
quote:
Originally posted by Huwge:
The latest iteration of the Dowland Project - Romaria. Haim, another one for your collection if not already there.

Huw,

I have the first two projects which are really good. How would you rate this one?

Haim

Now, that I am finally listening to it, I need to get a hand on the other ones. This is good stuff.

Thanks Stefan.

The first Dowland In Darkness.. is spectacular. Don't miss it.

Regards,
Haim

Posted on: 28 February 2008 by Haim Ronen

I wish we had some elevation around here.

Posted on: 28 February 2008 by bishopla

Lightbulb Sun - Porcupine Tree

Posted on: 28 February 2008 by bishopla

Tarkus - Emerson Lake & Palmer

Posted on: 28 February 2008 by ewemon

quote:
Originally posted by bishopla:

My favourite Springsteen disc. Need to pull it out for a listen tonight.

Posted on: 29 February 2008 by naim_nymph

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Originally posted by Florestan:
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what's the difference between Rachmaninoff and Rachmaninov?
Is this a varient name spelling of the same composer?

(not to mention Sergey and Sergei : )

regards
nymph

Hi naim_nymph,
Good question. Short answer is that it is all the same guy and the pronunciation should all be roughly the same (ie. ends with the "off" sound.) A "v" in German is pronounced like an "f"). (Someone can correct me if I'm wrong?) The many variants would have come from the time when anglophones or francophones would have tried to approximate a spelling of a Russian name based on how it sounded. I don't know how to switch to a Russian font here but when I look on a Melodiya recording the Russian looks like this: C. PAXMAHNHOB (where the "N" is actually mirrored around center vertical axis).

In the English speaking world and according to Grove Music the first choice is Serge Vasil'yevich Rachmaninoff. The supposed first name alternative is Sergey and last name as Rakhmaninov or Rachmaninov. (I actually think Sergei is more common though?)

Just to show how confusing it is I've noticed that most of my recordings use Rachmaninov and most of my music scores use Rachmaninoff. And even the same publisher can't seem to be consistent with the first name. Boosey & Hawkes does the following: On the Fantaisie (Tableaux), Op.5 for 2 pianos it is Serge Rachmaninoff and the Suite No. 2 Op. 17 for 2 pianos they have Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Not sure if this helped any...I for one am still a bit confused about this as well I have a Russian acquaintance that I'm definitely going to be asking the next time we meet.

Regards,
Doug

Hello Doug, thank you for this interesting reply!
I think you've probably got it right with this translation/variation theary.

But one needs to do 2 Amazon searches!
Rachmaninoff = 306 results
Rachmaninov = 3,102 results

I'll just sit back and enjoy his musik ; )

Kind regards ~
nymph