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vandermolen

#40
April 24, 2015, 11:50:49 AM
Quote from: Dax on April 19, 2015, 02:39:40 PM
Liszt Dante
Vermeulen
Prokofiev
Hanson

Interesting choices. Must listen to the Liszt which I have somewhere and the Vermeulen.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Mirror Image

#41
May 27, 2015, 07:41:10 AM
I would like to add Stenhammar's Symphony No. 2 in G minor to my existing list. What a work! Also, Nielsen's Symphony No. 2 "The Four Temperaments".

San Antone

#42
May 27, 2015, 07:48:32 AM
Bernstein - "Age of Anxiety"

8)

springrite

#43
May 27, 2015, 07:51:06 AM
Beethoven
Mahler
Piston
Wellesz
Stennhammar
RvW
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

North Star

#44
May 27, 2015, 07:51:49 AM Last Edit: May 27, 2015, 07:53:48 AM by North Star
Quote from: springrite on May 27, 2015, 07:51:06 AM
Beethoven
Mahler
Piston
Wellesz
Stennhammer
RvW
RvW? ;)

I voted for Prokofiev before. Other favourites: LvB, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, Sibelius, Vaughan Williams, Nielsen, Dutilleux, Schnittke.
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

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jochanaan

#45
May 27, 2015, 08:01:48 AM
Someone mentioned Howard Hanson's Second, "Romantic."  Here's another vote to include!

I am also exceedingly fond of Hovhaness' #2 "Mysterious Mountain."  And for recordings, you can't do better than the classic Reiner/Chicago on RCA Living Stereo. ;D
Imagination + discipline = creativity

vandermolen

#46
May 27, 2015, 10:48:48 AM
Quote from: springrite on May 27, 2015, 07:51:06 AM
Beethoven
Mahler
Piston
Wellesz
Stennhammar
RvW
The Wellesz is his best I think.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#47
May 27, 2015, 10:50:10 AM
Quote from: jochanaan on May 27, 2015, 08:01:48 AM
Someone mentioned Howard Hanson's Second, "Romantic."  Here's another vote to include!

I am also exceedingly fond of Hovhaness' #2 "Mysterious Mountain."  And for recordings, you can't do better than the classic Reiner/Chicago on RCA Living Stereo. ;D
Yes, that is a great recording. I think that Hovhaness was quite influenced by Vaughan Williams's Tallis Fantasia in that work but I like it very much too.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

springrite

#49
May 28, 2015, 12:11:47 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on May 27, 2015, 10:48:48 AM
The Wellesz is his best I think.

Absolutely!

Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

The new erato

#50
May 28, 2015, 01:54:46 AM
Perhaps not my absolute favorite (that is a tie between Honegger, Mahler and Brahms, with Stenhammar a fine runner up) , but Grace Williams' 2nd is pretty awesome and deserves a mention.

mc ukrneal

#51
May 28, 2015, 01:58:29 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 18, 2015, 08:20:30 PM
It's back to Delius probably permanently.
Delius sure changed a lot in that picture! :)
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Sergeant Rock

#52
May 28, 2015, 03:51:13 AM
Quote from: MN Dave :) on April 21, 2015, 05:50:20 PM
What recordings do you like for the Mahler and Elgar 2?

Mahler 2:

Kaplan/Vienna
Bernstein/New York (DG)
Maazel/Vienna

Elgar 2

Sinopoli/Philharmonia
Tate/LSO
Barbirolli/Hallé 


Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

jochanaan

#53
May 28, 2015, 07:15:31 AM
Quote from: The new erato on May 27, 2015, 11:59:53 AM
Ralph von Williams
Actually: Ralph (pronounced "Rafe") Vaughan Williams. :)
Imagination + discipline = creativity

North Star

#54
May 28, 2015, 07:22:12 AM
Quote from: jochanaan on May 28, 2015, 07:15:31 AM
Actually: Ralph (pronounced "Rafe") Vaughan Williams. :)
As if Erato didn't know that. But 'von' isn't that far from how it's actually pronounced.   :laugh:
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

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springrite

#55
May 28, 2015, 09:20:01 AM
Quote from: The new erato on May 27, 2015, 11:59:53 AM
Ralph von Williams

All the trouble because I failed to capitalise the V...  :(
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Sergeant Rock

#56
May 28, 2015, 09:29:03 AM
Quote from: springrite on May 28, 2015, 09:20:01 AM
All the trouble because I failed to capitalise the V...  :(

The butterfly effect.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

vandermolen

#57
May 28, 2015, 09:34:51 AM
His great friend was Gustav von Holst so I think it only right that we should rever to RVW as Von Williams.  8)
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Wanderer

#58
May 28, 2015, 09:52:38 AM
Quote from: North Star on May 28, 2015, 07:22:12 AM
As if Erato didn't know that. But 'von' isn't that far from how it's actually pronounced.   :laugh:

For the love of Shakespeare, when did English orthography/spelling have anything to do with how something is actually pronounced?  :o  ;)

springrite

#59
May 28, 2015, 09:58:04 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on May 28, 2015, 09:52:38 AM
For the love of Shakespeare, when did English orthography/spelling have anything to do with how something is actually pronounced?  :o  ;)

Now, that is the best possible argument for Spanish to me made Official Language for Planet Earth!
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.
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