What are you listening 2 now?

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Saariaho
Neiges (version for 12 celli)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Clément Mao-Takacs

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Manuel de Falla
El amor brujo

Lorin Maazel & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

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Rorem
Symphony No. 3
Bournemouth SO
Serebrier



I've revisited this symphony quite a few times over the past six months. Beautiful work that I believe deserves more attention and really this goes for Rorem's music in general.

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Reger
Piano Quintet, Op. 64
Kolja Lessing, Michael Gross, Parnassus Akademie

[foxandpeng]

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Holmboe
Symphony No. 8, Op. 56, ''Sinfonia Boreale''
Aarhus SO
Owain Arwel Hughes

From this set -

Good call. Always good to see Holmboe in the WAYLT...

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Good call. Always good to see Holmboe in the WAYLT...

Yeah, it's a nice symphony. I really ought to revisit more of Holmboe's music.

[Linz]

William Alwyn Symphony No. 2, Overture to a Masque, Symphonic Prelude "The Magic Island", Overture "Derby Day", Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

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Crumb
Otherworldly Resonances
Quattro Mani



Eerie work and wholly fascinating. I should spend more time with Crumb's work. I own most of these Bridge releases.

[foxandpeng]

Arnold Bax
Spring Fire
Vernon Handley
RPO
Chandos

Prompted by the Bax thread. Symphonic, pagan-influenced, outstanding Bax. Suitable for the near ending of astronomical Spring.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Carter Pann piano concerto.

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Following @foxandpeng...

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Bax
Spring Fire
Royal PO
Handley

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major ''Romantic', 1878/80 Version (1880 with Bruckner's 1886 revisions) - Ed. Leopold Nowak, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal

[Que]

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Lenny.

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Arnold Schönberg
Gurrelieder

Riccardo Chailly & RSO Berlin

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Berio
Folk Songs
Cathy Berberian
Juilliard Ensemble
Berio

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Now playing for a first-listen:

Weill
Down in the Valley
Ilana Davidson, Marc Acito, Donald Collup, James Mabry, Donald P. Lang, Linda Mabry, Klemens Koerner
Fredonia Chamber Singers, Dortmund University Chamber Choir, New York University, wind players, Westphalian Chamber Philharmonic
Willi Gundlach

From this OOP recording -

[foxandpeng]

Vagn Holmboe
Symphony 7
Owain Arwel Hughes
Aarhus SO
BIS

Further Holmboe because these are so fundamental to my appreciation of classical music.

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Axel Borup-Jørgensen
Duo for Violin and Viola
Anette and Helge Slaatto
Dacapo

Affinities with Holmboe? Possibly. But really interesting, nevertheless.

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Walton
Symphony No. 1
LSO
Previn

From this Japanese remastered import -



This performance is still one of finest Walton's 1st on record, IMHO.