Name that piece! The game

[Hattoff]

Prokofiev...........Betrothal in a Monastery, otherwise The Duenna.
Among my very favourite operas.

I should add that my other favourites are by Prokofiev as well


This one's unusual in a singular way.

http://www.4shared.com/audio/TQAGIUfD/colslaw.html

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

I should add that my other favourites are by Prokofiev as well


This one's unusual in a singular way.

http://www.4shared.com/audio/TQAGIUfD/colslaw.html

Sounds like scene painting, Wagnerian Forest Murmurs seen through a Debussyste filter.

[Grazioso]

Roussel's symphony No. 1?

[Brian]

This one's unusual in a singular way.

http://www.4shared.com/audio/TQAGIUfD/colslaw.html

Wow, that clip is awesome.

No clue what it is - not Roussel, though.

[Hattoff]

Wow, that clip is awesome.

No clue what it is - not Roussel, though.

Boy, are you in for a surprise

And, you are right it's not Roussel.

Debussyste is goodly, Johan.

[madaboutmahler]

Viteslav Novak it is, a Czech composer who was an almost exact contemporary of Strauss. The piece about the weather is The Storm, and the actress is blonde bombshell Kim Novak, who starred in Vertigo and The Picnic (with Holden), among others.

So it was Novak.... I have to admit that I do not know his music very well so this small excerpt was a nice introduction! I intend to look more into his music now, thank you Grazioso!
Daniel

[listener]

reminds me a bit of RESPIGHI's Brazilian Impressions (Butantan mvt)

[Amfortas]

Another clip with a prominent Cor Anglais at the end  '

Sounds nice....I never thought of Respighi, could be right!

[Amfortas]

Damn! A Speed Round 

Yes that was a speed round! I never even knew about it until it was over 

too bad, I'd have guessed Prokofiev too 

[Hattoff]

Amfortas, how could you?...... Guess??......... I'm deeply, deeply hurt I knew it within the first two notes. I nearly fell off my three legged stool, I thought I'd pulled the wrong knob on my steam driven computer and brought up my own music. It was a frantic moment

Yes, it is similar to the Respighi (nice one) but it was written just a little earlier.

[Amfortas]

Amfortas, how could you?...... Guess??......... I'm deeply, deeply hurt I knew it within the first two notes. I nearly fell off my three legged stool, I thought I'd pulled the wrong knob on my steam driven computer and brought up my own music. It was a frantic moment

Yes, it is similar to the Respighi (nice one) but it was written just a little earlier.

Hatoff, you may know and love Prokofiev even more than I do! 

[Grazioso]

So it was Novak.... I have to admit that I do not know his music very well so this small excerpt was a nice introduction! I intend to look more into his music now, thank you Grazioso!
Daniel

He should appeal to anyone who likes lush late Romanticsm like Strauss, Zemlinsky, etc. I really think some of his works could become repertoire staples if only they got more exposure. A few I like are Lady Godiva, In the Tatra Mountains, and Pan. The Storm has gotten raves here, but I haven't heard it yet.

And, you are right it's not Roussel.

On the bright side, it caused me to break out his first symphony for the first time in a year or two. A fine quasi-impressionistic work.

[listener]

something Amazon-y by Villa-Lobos?

[Hattoff]

No, not Villa Lobos

Clue time.

This was orchestrated by Charles Koechlin as the composer was not up to it.

I uploaded the clip because I think it's a lovely piece of music but the composer, although very well known, was not primarily a serious music composer.

I shall put a message on the  Charles Koechlin thread, to see if anyone there knows!

[Amfortas]

No, not Villa Lobos

Clue time.

This was orchestrated by Charles Koechlin as the composer was not up to it.

I uploaded the clip because I think it's a lovely piece of music but the composer, although very well known, was not primarily a serious music composer.

I shall put a message on the  Charles Koechlin thread, to see if anyone there knows!

It's COLE PORTER!

[Hattoff]

Amfortas, You're too good

It's from his Ravelesque ballet 'Within the Quota'.

It's no longer available on CD but if anyone wants a copy I can upload the whole thing, it only lasts 14 mins.

Over to you Amfortas.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Surprising!!

[Amfortas]

Yes, that was a good one, Hatoff....


Now here's a slightly easier challenge:

http://www.4shared.com/audio/u0bclbBh/2Mystery_10_Sept.html

[Grazioso]

Dvorak, In Nature's Realm or one of that trilogy of overtures.

[Amfortas]

Sorry, no it's not Dvorak

Reposting it for the new page:
http://www.4shared.com/audio/u0bclbBh/2Mystery_10_Sept.html