What are you listening 2 now?

[Symphonic Addict]

Sweden has given us many special composers (Alfvén, Stenhammar, Atterberg, Nystroem, Rosenberg, etc.) and I have nothing but admiration and appreciation for them. I wish I could manifest the same enthusiasm for Edvin Kallstenius (1881-1967) judging by what I heard on this disc which I revisited today:



The inspiration, the magic, the cohesive ideas one hears in the aforementioned composers, are completely absent on him. This is some of the most gaseous music by anyone I know. It's just purposeless music. No wonder why CPO didn't continue recording his works.

[SonicMan46]

Dave, did you investigate the series on Brilliant? And what do you think?

Hi Que - I own all of the CDs in the box as individual purchases when released - there is a Dussek Thread that I started way back in 2007, not long but Gurn and I discussed this series on multiple posts a number of years ago - take a look - plus today I added a link to Howard Craw's PhD dissertation on Dussek, divided into a biography + his cataloguing of works that might be of interest to you?  Dave

[brewski]

Tonight's Bowdoin concert, a good one so far:

Grieg: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13
Ian Swensen, violin • Weicong Zhang, piano

Schnittke: Hymn I (1974)
Jeffrey Zeigler, cello • June Han, harp • Luke Rinderknecht, timpani

Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio (1921)
Robin Scott, violin • Ahrim Kim, cello • Julian Martin, piano

-Bruce

[JBS]

[Crosspost with the main Opera thread]

And after dinner, something of an oddity from the Sony Mitropolous set:


As the cover said, abridged, with entire scenes deleted: no opening scene (the recording begins with the Coronation Scene labelled as Act 1 Scene 2), no Inn Scene, no Forest scene.
So we get the Coronation, Cell, and Terem (Kremlin) scenes, the Polish act, then the St Basil's scene and Boris's death. I don't have a libretto handy, so I don't know what further cuts may have been done. Total length is about 100 minutes.
And it's sung in English. Giorgio Tozzi sings Boris.
Recorded in 1956.

[Symphonic Addict]

Bax: Piano Sonata in E-flat and Piano Sonata No. 1

Some might not like Bax's music for X or Y reason, but it's undeniable that his voice is quite distinctive. I tend to enjoy most of his works, and when he was really focused (displaying it on his pieces), he did wonders. Anyway, these sonatas have some elements of the focused and the unfocused that manage to give a good impression overall.

[Bachtoven]

[JBS]

[Symphonic Addict]

Some Kabalevsky for me too: His Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor and Violin Concerto in C major



Compact yet full of concentrated material that fetches the ear.

[NumberSix]

Streaming some Telemann from Ms. Podger to wind down the night.

[NumberSix]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 1
Barenboim, Berlin Philharmonic

[steve ridgway]

Schnittke: Cello Concerto

[NumberSix]

John Williams: Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker

[Harry]

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[AnotherSpin]

[ritter]

To all concerned, I do not get emails and notification from GMG anymore, due to the fact that GMG is blacklisted by Google and Microsoft. This I found out by contacting the Google help desk. This must be fixed by Rob when he has time. It will befall to all on this site, so I am told. Anyways, since I do not get emails anymore, it can be that I miss notifications. I am not wilfully ignoring any of you. so you know.

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[Roasted Swan]

Bax: Piano Sonata in E-flat and Piano Sonata No. 1

Some might not like Bax's music for X or Y reason, but it's undeniable that his voice is quite distinctive. I tend to enjoy most of his works, and when he was really focused (displaying it on his pieces), he did wonders. Anyway, these sonatas have some elements of the focused and the unfocused that manage to give a good impression overall.

These are very fine versions by Endres - he has a degree greater objectivity (and bags of technique!) that can help avoid the music just lurching from one big gesture to another.  But I do really love these four sonatas plus the Symphony 1/ Sonata in E flat which Endres includes

[Traverso]

Juan de Anchieta

[pi2000]

Bruckner 7 Lovro von Matacic
Czech Philarmonic 1967

[Linz]

Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
Mendelssohn Ein Sommernachtstraum, Op. 21, Overture, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della RAI, Rudolf Kempe

[Harry]

Leif Kayser.
Volume I.
Symphony N0 2. (1939)
Symphony N0.3. (1943-1953)
Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Matthias Aeschbacher.
Recorded: 2005, at the Aalborghallen, Denmark.

I always like the music by Leif Kayser. His remarkable technical mastery and rich tonal expression is superb.
Good performances and sound