Past Purchases (CLOSED)

[Lethevich]

I'm curious about the Kletzki. As a conductor, the recordings I have heard have been ear-grabbers - I should hope that his music has a similar quality.

[jlaurson]

I'm curious about the Kletzki. As a conductor, the recordings I have heard have been ear-grabbers - I should hope that his music has a similar quality.

Kletzki is great.
http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2010/12/best-recordings-of-2010-9.html

# 9 - New Release


Kletzki, Piano Concerto, various Piano Pieces, Thomas Sanderling / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Joseph Banowetz, Naxos 8572190

I'm a little surprised to find that there actually is another recording dedicated to the music of Paul Kletzki (1900-1973), generally known (if at all) only as a conductor. There is a 2004 BIS recording, conducted by Thomas Sanderling (the eldest of Kurt Sanderling's conducting gaggle of sons), with the Third Symphony and a Flute Concerto. And there I thought the excuse for never having known of Kletzki's composing side was that the Naxos disc of the Piano Concerto (and several solo piano pieces) was the first disc focusing on that repertoire. Well, the discovery wasn't any less revealing for having come a little late; with Thomas Sanderling being at it again conducting the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra in this stunningly effective, pleasantly bulky concerto.

Kletzki—championed as a composer and conductor by Furtwängler—composed from 1921 until the early 40s...

[Sergeant Rock]

More Haydn: Masses by Weil, the Stabat Mater, and an Orpheus CD recommended by Neal and Monkey Greg (this was shipped by the French seller on the 19th....arrived today. Apparently the French post office is as efficient as the British).






Sarge

[Lethevich]

Kletzki is great.
http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2010/12/best-recordings-of-2010-9.html

Ooh, danke!

[Geo Dude]

I can't comment on any of the recordings, but this is a pretty cool cover!

[71 dB]

You people buy too much Haydn! 

[Opus106]

You people buy too much Haydn! 

It's part of an agenda against the Brianists -- at least that's what I've heard.

[The new erato]

These two on offer at hmv.co.uk:

[Sergeant Rock]

It's part of an agenda against the Brianists -- at least that's what I've heard.

I'm in both camps, Haydn and Brian...a double agent 

Sarge

[madaboutmahler]

This is good to hear, Greg. I caught some videos of Edward Gardner conducting and I was very impressed with what he brings to the music. Lachrymae is one of the only Britten orchestral works I haven't heard. This, from what I have read, was one of his last works too. Should be interesting. I think Gardner is definitely a conductor to lookout for. He's going places I think.

I agree with you, Edward Gardner is great. He has a brilliant control of the orchestra and has produced some very fine performances so far. I saw him live at the BBC Promsonce, conducting the Britten Sea Interludes, a new Watkins concerto and Shostakovich 5. Absolutely excellent. I was seated behind the orchestra as well, so could see his every move. Very clear, emotional, convincing.

Two presents from my aunty which were recieved yesterday:

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Shall start spending my Christmas money soon!

[The new erato]

Anybody in the market for some Mahler should act real quick while there's still some left.

[prémont]

..  if you like the Fretwork, you will probably also want to get at some point their recording of the Goldbergs

Not sure about their Goldbergs. This work is IMO idiomatic keyboard music, and generally I do not go for instrumental arrangements of it.

Have and very much like that one [Hewitt´s Bach box].

Hope I can say that too in a foreseeable future.

[Elgarian]

You people buy too much Haydn! 

You're not kidding. I just ordered this:



.... and am thinking seriously about ordering this:



Be warned: you enter the Haydn Haus at your peril. They accept no responsibility there for your consequent plummeting into insolvency.

[listener]

another trip downtown to pick up these lp sets
GOETZ The Taming of the Shrew   for the libretto, the lps appear to date 1952 and have artificial stereo
Mykola M. ARKAS   Katerina   (the 1st opera in Ukranian to appear in my collection)
KIENZL   Der Evangelimann

[kishnevi]

Not sure about their Goldbergs. This work is IMO idiomatic keyboard music, and generally I do not go for instrumental arrangements of it.

Fretwork makes it seem to like idomatic viol consort music. 

Thread duty: found among the used CDs at FYE: duPre in Haydn Cello Concertos 1 & 2 and the Grutzmacher Cello Concerto in B flat.on themes by Boccherini (well, the track listings say Boccherini, but apparently Grutzmacher did so much recomposing that it's not fair to say Boccherini wrote it), from EMI's GROC series. 
And this one from Chandos, too cheap to pass up, even though I have never heard of this composer until I saw this CD.  And I'm very glad I bought it.  Some traces of Sibelius  and overall a fairly mainstream late Romantic, or so it would seem from the first hearing.
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Of course, since I now want to get more of his music, perhaps it wasn't such a cheap purchase after all. :

NB: the image is not showing for the ASIN link, but the link itself seems to be working, so I'm leaving it in with the regular image.

[Lethevich]

Madetoja is very good, though a bit "pleasant", I agree. Erkki Melartin is another Finn to look into if you haven't yet - I find his symphony cycle (on Ondine) more interesting - it has the feel of a composer pushing his expressive boundaries a little more than his compatriot.

(Edit: I believe if the Amazon entry has a user-submitted rather than Amazon-added image, then it will not display using the forum's ASIN code.)

[Mirror Image]

You people buy too much Haydn! 

Not me!

[springrite]

Not me!

OK, take away the name Haydn then.

"You people buy too much!!!"

[Mirror Image]

I agree with you, Edward Gardner is great. He has a brilliant control of the orchestra and has produced some very fine performances so far. I saw him live at the BBC Proms once, conducting the Britten Sea Interludes, a new Watkins concerto and Shostakovich 5. Absolutely excellent. I was seated behind the orchestra as well, so could see his every move. Very clear, emotional, convincing.

Yeah, he's really good no doubt about it. I saw a YouTube video of him conducting Part's Cantus In Memoriam Of Benjamin Britten and it was enough to convince me that he has that emotional drive in him that makes his performances special. I can't wait to hear the two Britten recordings I have of his coming. I bet that Britten Sea Interludes performance was excellent as well as the Shostakovich 5th. He seems to do very well in 20th Century music, which is a big plus for me.

Daniel, here is that YouTube video I mentioned above:

http://www.youtube.com/v/82-xbhfNR2g

[Mirror Image]

OK, take away the name Haydn then.

"You people buy too much!!!"

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