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[André]

Ridiculously inexpensive odds and ends from Amz Marketplace.





My first all-Françaix disc.

My first all-Pujol disc.

The six sonatas.

Schoeck's song cycle for voice and SQ.

An unknown composer. His wiki entry seems to point toward a valuable output.


Another outlier. Composers from Liechtenstein (!)

[Irons]

Try Symphony No.5 Lol - a tour-de-force and very moving in the circumstances of its composition. There are several recordings. My thanks to André of this forum for introducing me to this magnificent work and much else besides:

I think you may be alluding to the holocaust, Jeffrey. Read a review of a new biography of Robert Maxwell a couple of days ago. His son walked into a room with film of a Nazi concentration camp on the TV screen with Maxwell on his knees and his nose two inches from the screen. His son asked "what are you doing dad", Maxwell replied "looking for my parents". I can't get the image out of my mind.

[Mirror Image]

Try Symphony No.5 Lol - a tour-de-force and very moving in the circumstances of its composition. There are several recordings. My thanks to André of this forum for introducing me to this magnificent work and much else besides

I just wanted to point out something that seems to be misunderstood: while it is true that Schulhoff died during what was to become the Holocaust, he actually was not executed by the Nazis. He died of tuberculosis in 1942. I also never understood why he was lumped in with other composers like Gideon Klein, Viktor Ullmann or Pavel Haas, because to my knowledge Schulhoff had a successful career as a composer before being captured by the Nazis. I don't think the other composers were as successful or well-known.

[vandermolen]

I just wanted to point out something that seems to be misunderstood: while it is true that Schulhoff died during what was to become the Holocaust, he actually was not executed by the Nazis. He died of tuberculosis in 1942. I also never understood why he was lumped in with other composers like Gideon Klein, Viktor Ullmann or Pavel Haas, because to my knowledge Schulhoff had a successful career as a composer before being captured by the Nazis. I don't think the other composers were as successful or well-known.

My understanding is that he died of TB whilst in a concentration camp - a tragic end to a fine composer.

[Mirror Image]

My understanding is that he died of TB whilst in a concentration camp - a tragic end to a fine composer.

Yes, he was in a concentration camp but I just wanted to emphasize that he wasn't executed by the Nazis, which is what many people seem to believe. But he wasn't going to get out of there alive either way you look at it. Ullmann and Haas were both sent to the gas chambers. It is still not quite known what happened to Gideon Klein as to whether he was executed or just died from an illness.

[vandermolen]

Yes, he was in a concentration camp but I just wanted to emphasize that he wasn't executed by the Nazis, which is what many people seem to believe. But he wasn't going to get out of there alive either way you look at it. Ullmann and Haas were both sent to the gas chambers. It is still not quite known what happened to Gideon Klein as to whether he was executed or just died from an illness.

Ah yes, I see your point John. All were victims of the Holocaust.

New purchase (second - hand)
A controversial figure but I think that Kabalevsky is a rather underrated composer. I love Piano Concerto 1 which I'm playing now (I mean that I'm listening to it rather than being on the keyboard  ). I consider Symphony No.4 to be one of the great Soviet symphonies (much better than the better known No.2) and I think that Cello Concerto No.2 is as deep as anything written by Shostakovich or Prokofiev, but reckon that I'm in the minority here!

[Daverz]

A controversial figure but I think that Kabalevsky is a rather underrated composer. I love Piano Concerto 1 which I'm playing now (I mean that I'm listening to it rather than being on the keyboard  ). I consider Symphony No.4 to be one of the great Soviet symphonies (much better than the better known No.2) and I think that Cello Concerto No.2 is as deep as anything written by Shostakovich or Prokofiev, but reckon that I'm in the minority here!

I was quite impressed by the Kabalevsky cello concertos (Maria Tarasova on Olympia).  I hadn't thought to compare them to Shostakovich or Prokofiev, though.  Time to relisten.

The Tarasova recordings were reissued on Alto:



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A Supraphon haul from Qobuz.

[Daverz]

I didn't realize that Fraulein Helga played the organ!

[ritter]

A Supraphon haul from Qobuz.

That explains the sudden upswing in Czech GDP growth 

[Jo498]

are these physical discs or downloads from supraphon?

[Harry]

Ah yes, I see your point John. All were victims of the Holocaust.

New purchase (second - hand)
A controversial figure but I think that Kabalevsky is a rather underrated composer. I love Piano Concerto 1 which I'm playing now (I mean that I'm listening to it rather than being on the keyboard  ). I consider Symphony No.4 to be one of the great Soviet symphonies (much better than the better known No.2) and I think that Cello Concerto No.2 is as deep as anything written by Shostakovich or Prokofiev, but reckon that I'm in the minority here!

The Colas Breugnon overture is a top performance, the best I ever heard. I never heard a better recorded interpretation, absolute State of the Art recording ++++

[Todd]

are these physical discs or downloads from supraphon?

Downloads.

[Mirror Image]

I might as well put these down here as reminders, because these sets will be instant purchases for me once available (next month):





Edit: I won't be buying the Complete DG set as I already own the first iteration of it. I'm not sure what's going to be in this newer set, but apparently it's expanded.

[André]

Nice covers, too ! Most seem to be by Kandinsky. Must be an interesting collection.

[Mirror Image]

Nice covers, too ! Most seem to be by Kandinsky. Must be an interesting collection.

Yes, I do like the art design very much. It seems similar to what they did in their Debussy, Ravel and Berlioz sets.

[vandermolen]

Nice covers, too ! Most seem to be by Kandinsky. Must be an interesting collection.

+1

[vandermolen]

A very positive Musicweb reviewed compared some of the music to Rosenberg and Blomdahl and I thought that's good enough for me:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/oct08/Borisova-Ollas_pscd171.htm

[akebergv]

I have compared The New Stravinsky Complete Edition (DG) coming out later this year with the earlier 2015 DG Complete Edition. If, like me, you already have the earlier box, I see no need to get the new one. Only three works have been added, and of these two are arrangements (the Bach though is nice). I you missed the earlier box I would recommend the new one, complemented by the Sony box with Stravinsky's own recordings. Since I am a Stravinsky nut I will most likely get the new Warner box as well, but it's not as complete as the other two. Iits main value to me would be the historical Stravinsky recordings.

Start of Disc 21: Arrangement of Bach's Vom Himmel Hoch Da Komm Ich Her, Bwv 769
Track 5 of Disc 28: Arrangement of The Star-Spangled Banner
Start of Disc 30: Chant funèbre (Live in Lucern 2017)

[The new erato]

Some recent arrivals: