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[TheGSMoeller]

Dvorak: Symphony No. 7
Szell - Cleveland

Wowzers!! I'm one step closer to buying everything from Szell and Cleveland, I'm continuously impressed with their catalog, and Szell really speaks my language when it comes to interpretation, performances filled with intensity.


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[kyjo]

Dvorak: Symphony No. 7
Szell - Cleveland

Wowzers!! I'm one step closer to buying everything from Szell and Cleveland, I'm continuously impressed with their catalog, and Szell really speaks my language when it comes to interpretation, performances filled with intensity.


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Pounds the table! A visceral performance.

[mahler10th]

Thanks for the tip, John! Found this and other works by Ovchinnikov on YouTube.

Aye, it is a very interesting piece!  And so is this which I'm listening to before bed...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Symphony in F-sharp major, Op.40

[kyjo]

Aye, it is a very interesting piece!  And so is this which I'm listening to before bed...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Symphony in F-sharp major, Op.40

Great recording of an underrated work! I prefer Korngold's Symphony (and his Sinfonietta) to his more
popular VC actually. It boasts a gorgeous slow movement.

[HIPster]

Ockeghem - Missa Cuiusvis Toni
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Amazing recording!

Sound quality is very high, with just the right amount of reverberation.

Endlessly beautiful and fascinating to listen to.

If interested, read the Giordano Bruno review via the amazon link (he's an incredible early music salesman of the highest rank).

[amw]

I can imagine it would be, I've been impressed with more or less every æon release I've heard. One of the better labels around.

NS: Feldman, Rothko Chapel

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Not sure it's my favourite Rothko, the interpretation on the disc with Why Patterns? was probably more striking, but it's lovely music all the same

[kishnevi]

First listen to this recording.
Since I'm a member of the cult,   there is nothing I hear that I don't like, and much that I hear which I do like.

[kyjo]

Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936-): Symphony no. 1: http://youtu.be/EBE1lbQFkGM

I owe it to Scots John for alerting me to this composer! I'll report back once I've finished listening.

[Todd]

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[Mirror Image]

Very interesting, Jeffrey! Have you heard the pretty new Piano Concerto No. 2? I recall enjoying this a fair bit, but it's several months since I heard it from Spotify.

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I personally didn't care much for this recording. I thought the music lacked any substantial ideas and, of course, the music is unmemorable. A shame because I generally like Lindberg's music, but he's written better works.

[mahler10th]

Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936-): Symphony no. 1: http://youtu.be/EBE1lbQFkGM

I owe it to Scots John for alerting me to this composer! I'll report back once I've finished listening.

You owe it to me, I owe it to Cato, God knows who he owes it to!   
I very much look forward to your assessment of Ovchinnikovs first when I wake up.  For the time being, I go to sleep to the sounds of Toru Takemitsu, a fabulously creative Japanese composer whom I have taken a liking for...many of his works have birds, stars, water, nature, this kind of thing as subjects.  He was avant-garde I suppose, influenced by the dreadful John Cage... ...I wouldn't normally listen to such stuff, but it's connecting with me.
Bloody hell, next thing you know I'll be listening to Stockhausen, Schoenberg and even Cage.  What a horrific progression, can't think of any other three composers I'd rather NOT listen to, but if I'm finding some pleasant cerebral tickling with Takemitsu, anything might happen.   

Goodnight all.

Thread Duty:  Toru Takemitsu, Toward the Sea II - from this:

[kyjo]

Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936-): Symphony no. 1: http://youtu.be/EBE1lbQFkGM

I owe it to Scots John for alerting me to this composer! I'll report back once I've finished listening.

I'm really digging this! This one-movement work starts off slowly, almost eerily and develops into a skittish Shostakovichian fast section with some thrillingly blaring brass parts. Ovchinnikov saves the best for last though, as the epilogue is lyrically beautiful with a main theme that rather reminds me of the Balcony Scene from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, interestingly enough. I'll be looking forward to hearing his Symphony no. 2. Thanks again, Scots John!

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Now:



Listening to American Festival Overture. For me, this is one of Slatkin's best recordings. No joke. These are smoking performances.

[kyjo]

He was avant-garde I suppose, influenced by the dreadful John Cage... ...I wouldn't normally listen to such stuff, but it's connecting with me.
Bloody hell, next thing you know I'll be listening to Stockhausen, Schoenberg and even Cage.  What a horrific progression, can't think of any other three composers I'd rather NOT listen to, but if I'm finding some pleasant cerebral tickling with Takemitsu, anything might happen.   

I despise Cage and Stockhausen, but I don't mind Schoenberg at all. In fact, I enjoy a good bit of his music! Takemitsu's a good composer but not one I imagine I'll be returning to often. I have been quite taken by two works of his, though: the Viola Concerto A string around autumn and A flock descends into the pentagonal garden. Imaginative and beautiful contrast of light and shade is the main feature of these works.

[Mirror Image]

I despise Cage and Stockhausen, but I don't mind Schoenberg at all. In fact, I enjoy a good bit of his music! Takemitsu's a good composer but not one I imagine I'll be returning to often. I have been quite taken by two works of his, though: the Viola Concerto A string around autumn and A flock descends into the pentagonal garden. Imaginative and beautiful contrast of light and shade is the main feature of these works.

I feel you, Kyle. I never understood the fascination with Cage or Stockhausen, but I'm sure these people don't understand my fascination with a composer like Chavez or F. Martin. We all enjoy different things.

[Daverz]

I despise Cage

What works of his do you despise?

[kyjo]

What works of his do you despise?

Well, I haven't heard every single work of his, but I've heard enough to determine that Cage is not a composer worth my time. His "art" isn't even music IMHO. Moving on......

[Todd]

[Daverz]

Well, I haven't heard every single work of his,

One single work then?

[Karl Henning]

Cage fans, unite!