Five "unsung" works everyone should hear

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Kyle, kudos for mentioning Broadstock. He's such an underrated composer. One of the best composers from Australia along with Sculthorpe and Vine.

[kyjo]

Merikanto: Symphonic Poem Pan
d'Indy: Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major
Bohnke: Symphony
Rudi Stephan: Music for Orchestra (1912, to distinguish it from the piece of the same name Stephan wrote in 1910, which is also excellent)
Gerard Victory: Oratorio Ultima Rerum

[kyjo]

Kyle, kudos for mentioning Broadstock. He's such an underrated composer. One of the best composers from Australia along with Sculthorpe and Vine.

Thanks, John. Broadstock's music has staying power. I like Sculthorpe's and Vine's music a lot, but Broadstock is my favorite Australian composer. He really poured his heart into his highly emotional music.

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Thanks, John. Broadstock's music has staying power. I like Sculthorpe's and Vine's music a lot, but Broadstock is my favorite Australian composer. He really poured his heart into his highly emotional music.

Agreed. His music certainly reveals his soul as his symphonies clearly demonstrate.

[kyjo]

I'll provide links to recordings of all the pieces I've mentioned thus far:

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There! That should keep you guys busy for a while! And doesn't that colorful mosaic of CD covers look so beautiful......

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Except for the Satie, all choices I heartily endorse!

Do you know Socrate?

Another five:

Ravel: Histoires naturelles (and all the other songs, really)
Mompou: Musica Callada (Perianes/Henck/Lin/Mompou)
Ysaÿe: Sonates pour violon solo (Zehetmair)
Henning: Misapprehension
Ottevanger: Around Fern Hill

[Daverz]

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I think this work benefits from better recording quality:

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I think this work benefits from better recording quality:

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+1 I prefer the Kubelik on Wergo, but that's a very good performance from Leitner.

[Daverz]

Chavez Sinfonía índia

It shows up on many discs of Latin American "lollipops".  I've managed to accrue 7 recordings of it without even trying.

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It shows up on many discs of Latin American "lollipops".  I've managed to accrue 7 recordings of it without even trying.

Indeed and I would imagine it wouldn't be too difficult to hear Sinfonia India in Mexico but hearing an American or European orchestra perform it is another matter entirely.

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Indeed and I would imagine it wouldn't be too difficult to hear Sinfonia India in Mexico but hearing an American or European orchestra perform it is another matter entirely.

Nor an Orchestra in India, or Navajo Country!

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Nor an Orchestra in India, or Navajo Country!

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Indeed and I would imagine it wouldn't be too difficult to hear Sinfonia India in Mexico but hearing an American or European orchestra perform it is another matter entirely.

A lot of works that are popular on records never seem to make it onto concert programs. The Martinu symphonies, for example.  Well, any Martinu for that matter.

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A lot of works that are popular on records never seem to make it onto concert programs. The Martinu symphonies, for example.  Well, any Martinu for that matter.

Which is why Sinfonia India is an 'unsung' work. Don't get me started on the neglect of Martinu. It's truly a sad case that I can't hear my local orchestra, the Atlanta SO, or even the New York Philharmonic or the LA Philharmonic perform any Martinu.

[Superhorn]

    Nikolai Myaskovsky : Symphony no 8 .
   
    Roussel : Evocations , for orchestra , chorus and soloists .

    Wilhelm Stenhammar : Serenade in F for orchestra .

    Sir Arthur Bliss :   A Color symphony .

    Mily Balakirev .  Symphony no 1 in C major .
   

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    Nikolai Myaskovsky : Symphony no 8 .
   
    Roussel : Evocations , for orchestra , chorus and soloists .

    Wilhelm Stenhammar : Serenade in F for orchestra .

    Sir Arthur Bliss :   A Color symphony .

    Mily Balakirev .  Symphony no 1 in C major .
   

All top-notch works, Superhorn.

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Which is why Sinfonia India is an 'unsung' work. Don't get me started on the neglect of Martinu. It's truly a sad case that I can't hear my local orchestra, the Atlanta SO, or even the New York Philharmonic or the LA Philharmonic perform any Martinu.

To be fair, LA Phil is one of the most adventurous orchestras in the US, with many world premieres from Salonen, Saariaho, etc., and plays lots of lesser known works, including many Latin American works.

I think they did schedule the Chavez symphony at least once when I was in LA. Either him or a Ponce Concerto (violin?). Either way I missed that concert because as a young man a more urgent opportunity had higher priority at the time, if you know what I mean.

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To be fair, LA Phil is one of the most adventurous orchestras in the US, with many world premieres from Salonen, Saariaho, etc., and plays lots of lesser known works, including many Latin American works.

I think they did schedule the Chavez symphony at least once when I was in LA. Either him or a Ponce Concerto (violin?). Either way I missed that concert because as a young man a more urgent opportunity had higher priority at the time, if you know what I mean.

I agree, Paul. I guess I was letting my anger get the better of me again in regards to Martinu not getting performed enough. FYI, Manuel Ponce is a great composer. His Concierto del sur is a masterpiece IMHO.

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   The  New York Philharmonic has performed   recently, I believe a symphony by Martinu under its music director Alan Gilbert , and other works by him previously .  Even before Gilbert, the orchestra has played n extraordinarily wide variety of repertoire  ranging from baroque
to the latest contemporry composers  ,incluing many,many interesting rrities from the pst under  its music directors and guest conductors .
    Yet for some reason, critics ,local nd elsewhere have been consistently ccusing of being "stodgy and hidebound, even though nothing
could be farther from the truth .  There has been a lot of hype about how innovative Gilbert's programming has been, and although
his progrmming is  very interesting, the same has been true for decades under  Mzel,Masur,nd Mehta .
     

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    Oops. That should be Maazel. I'm having difficulty with the a key on my keyboard .