Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)

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Dry Brett Kavanaugh

Love these fabulous discs.
The review for the cello concerto disc is below.

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2003/apr03/jongen1.htm

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Jongen's concertante works are a sort of hit-and-miss. The Symphonie Concertante, Harp Concerto, Concert à cinq and Concerto for wind quintet contain truly gorgeous music, but the others don't have enough memorable material in comparison IMO.
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Dry Brett Kavanaugh

Quote from: Symphonic Addict on March 28, 2021, 08:13:59 PM
Jongen's concertante works are a sort of hit-and-miss. The Symphonie Concertante, Harp Concerto, Concert à cinq and Concerto for wind quintet contain truly gorgeous music, but the others don't have enough memorable material in comparison IMO.

Fair. Btw, I like his 3 symphonic movements in this disc. A. Samuel's music is mediocre.

P.s. did you get the chance to check the Krejci/Ancerl disc? Just curious about others' opinion.

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Quote from: Dry Brett Kavanaugh on March 29, 2021, 12:05:44 PM
Fair. Btw, I like his 3 symphonic movements in this disc. A. Samuel's music is mediocre.

P.s. did you get the chance to check the Krejci/Ancerl disc? Just curious about others' opinion.

I agree, that Samuel symphony is a complete waste of time.

No, I haven't got that disc yet. I'll keep it in mind.
Part of the tragedy of the Palestinians is that they have essentially no international support for a good reason: they've no wealth, they've no power, so they've no rights.

Noam Chomsky

Dry Brett Kavanaugh

Enjoying the piano works. Likable disc.