Pieces that have blown you away recently

[kyjo]

While the whole program is great, the 2nd symphony and the opera suite are instant hits. Terrific pieces both.

Interesting stuff, André! How are the performances?

[André]

Performances are excellent, Kyle. The San Luis Potosi orchestra is very good and boasts a solo horn player of stunning ability (fearless in the scherzo).

[kyjo]

Performances are excellent, Kyle. The San Luis Potosi orchestra is very good and boasts a solo horn player of stunning ability (fearless in the scherzo).

Great to hear, André! I'll be giving Carrillo a spin soon.

[Mirror Image]

Great to hear, André! I'll be giving Carrillo a spin soon.

I find this hard to believe since you're one of those listeners who streams music.

[kyjo]

I find this hard to believe since you're one of those listeners who streams music.

Ahhhh, you got me!

[André]

Great to hear, André! I'll be giving Carrillo a spin soon.

Booklet notes speak about influences from Wagner, Bruckner, Rachmaninov, even Satie. I haven't heard any of it, save for Carillo's expert use of thematic transformation. Melodic cells are bold and easy to spot as they undergo rythmic, harmonic or instrumental changes. If anything, I was reminded of the symphonies of Stenhammar (also said to harbor brucknerian influences) and Alfven. A common lineage of influence may be the Berlin-Leipzig-Dresden axis. Carillo, Alfven and Stenhammar all had strong links to these centres of musical influence.

[Symphonic Addict]

Today earlier I listened to the Carrillo Symphony and it is a superb work indeed. Thanks André for bringing it to our attention. I do hear some hints of Bruckner, Wagner and Rachmaninov there. Another composer that came to mind was Richard Wetz. I'm not claiming that the work is derivative, but I do feel a connection with those composers.

[Symphonic Addict]

This:

https://www.youtube.com/v/BM1HMf-LO1M

Nightmarish music!

[Symphonic Addict]

Francisco Mignone: Piano Concerto

Stunning to say the least! An imaginative Neo-Romantic piece.

[Symphonic Addict]

The 6th String Quartet. What a tuneful and infectious piece of music! Love how witty and elegant it is.

[Irons]

The 6th String Quartet. What a tuneful and infectious piece of music! Love how witty and elegant it is.

A great set. Haydn quartets cast a long shadow.

[Mirror Image]

This:

https://www.youtube.com/v/BM1HMf-LO1M

Nightmarish music!

And so far ahead of its' time! I mean there are composers working today who still trying to figure Webern out. I have to say he's the most enigmatic of the Second Viennese School.

[Symphonic Addict]

And so far ahead of its' time! I mean there are composers working today who still trying to figure Webern out. I have to say he's the most enigmatic of the Second Viennese School.

Absolutely. It definitely is enigmatic. I've enjoyed some of his works, something I hadn't expected as soon.

[steve ridgway]

Absolutely. It definitely is enigmatic. I've enjoyed some of his works, something I hadn't expected as soon.

I'm also very impressed by the Five Movements for String Quartet; surprised and delighted to find such unusual music being composed in the early 1900s.

[Symphonic Addict]

I'm also very impressed by the Five Movements for String Quartet; surprised and delighted to find such unusual music being composed in the early 1900s.

For a listener like me it's meant an interesting pass forward in obtaining entertainment or pleasure from works I never considered could like or enjoy. Hopefully I'll find more works that catch my attention by him and others.

[kyjo]

Eshpai: Symphony no. 2 Praise to Light (1962)



https://youtu.be/0XSIcvaQ_qs


OMG!!! I really ought to start paying more attention to this composer!! This riveting symphony is in two substantial movements: the first strongly rhythmic and almost American-sounding, and the second beginning with an extraordinarily atmospheric and melancholic passage featuring Russian folk instruments (?) followed by a viscerally exciting, toccata-like section which is capped off by an affirmative, anthem-like coda. It's all scintillatingly orchestrated and given a throughly involved performance here by the USSR Large Symphony Orchestra under Konstantin Ivanov. Great stuff!

[Roasted Swan]

Eshpai: Symphony no. 2 Praise to Light (1962)



https://youtu.be/0XSIcvaQ_qs


OMG!!! I really ought to start paying more attention to this composer!! This riveting symphony is in two substantial movements: the first strongly rhythmic and almost American-sounding, and the second beginning with an extraordinarily atmospheric and melancholic passage featuring Russian folk instruments (?) followed by a viscerally exciting, toccata-like section which is capped off by an affirmative, anthem-like coda. It's all scintillatingly orchestrated and given a throughly involved performance here by the USSR Large Symphony Orchestra under Konstantin Ivanov. Great stuff!

Thanks for the heads-up.  I see that Qobuz has the 4 volumes of this series in CD quality downloads quite reasonably at the moment...... £4.00 ish each

[vandermolen]

Eshpai: Symphony no. 2 Praise to Light (1962)



https://youtu.be/0XSIcvaQ_qs


OMG!!! I really ought to start paying more attention to this composer!! This riveting symphony is in two substantial movements: the first strongly rhythmic and almost American-sounding, and the second beginning with an extraordinarily atmospheric and melancholic passage featuring Russian folk instruments (?) followed by a viscerally exciting, toccata-like section which is capped off by an affirmative, anthem-like coda. It's all scintillatingly orchestrated and given a throughly involved performance here by the USSR Large Symphony Orchestra under Konstantin Ivanov. Great stuff!

If you don't yet know it Kyle, you have to hear 'Songs of the Mountain and Meadow Mari' (+ Symphony No.5)

[vandermolen]

Patrick Hadley 'The Hills'

[kyjo]

If you don't yet know it Kyle, you have to hear 'Songs of the Mountain and Meadow Mari' (+ Symphony No.5)

Yeah, the Songs of the Mountain and Meadow Mari is a fine work. I believe I heard the 5th Symphony a while ago and recall enjoying it. Have you heard the 2nd Symphony, Jeffrey?