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More Bax:

Northern Ballads Nos. 1-3
BBC PO
Handley

[Harry]

Gottfried von Einem. 1918-1996
String Quartets No. 2 & 4.
See details on back cover, including recording dates.
Artis-Quartett.


The Artis Quartet are eloquent and committed advocates of the rarely played works, who give the scores an extremely careful and at the same time highly expressive interpretation. Added to this that I find the music by von Einem highly interesting. Creative scoring, not afraid for unusual tone changes, and somewhat of the road harmonies. Hugely appealing though, and well performed. Sound is good too. After the first disc in this series I was hooked, stock and barrel. A pity that little of his works are recorded let alone performed on the Bühne.

[pjme]

Oh, my!  I've enjoyed accordions in various types of folk music, but don't recall ever hearing them in classical music.

Ohlala, you'll be amazed at the vaiety of works written for all kinds of accordeon..;

Styles vary from très français et très "café chantant 1925"- Jean Wiener ( or Jean Francais,

.... to atonal musings with large orchestra and written by Dutch composer Tera de Marez-Oyens...in 1991...( or Tristan Keuris, or more recently the concerto by Mathilde Wantenaar), George Aperghis and a host of concertos from Nordic countries - Arne Nordheim's "Spur"...

All kinds of (more or less unknown...) Russian composers wrote many concertos, Penderecki wrote one...and Sofia Gubaidulina and her works for bayan...

Still we must not forget la Reine de l'accordeon : Yvette Horner!!  - and keep smiling!

[Harry]

More Bax:

Northern Ballads Nos. 1-3
BBC PO
Handley

Arnold Bax versus Vernon Handley....a winning team. I did not hear a single recording by them that I did not like.

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Arnold Bax versus Vernon Handley....a winning team. I did not hear a single recording by them that I did not like.

Indeed, @Harry. Fantastic performances from Handley/BBC PO.

[Que]

Christobal de Morales.
The Seven Lamentations.
See back cover for details.
Utopia.
Griet De Geyter, Soprano,  Countertenor Bart Uvyn, Tenor Adriaan De Koster, Baritone Lieven Termont and Bass Bart Vandewege, supplemented in two lamentations by tenor Jan Van Elsacker.
Recorded: 2016.
No PDF file attached.


Morales settings, collected and reconstructed by Utopia from numerous sources, reveal a beautiful polyphonic voice weave. Utopia impress with beautiful technique and sublime colouring. They blend superbly and produce a rich, deeply satisfying texture and balance. Cleanly intoned, their voices blossom wonderfully into a light yet tension-filled ensemble sound that savors the moods underlying the compositions without exaggeration.  The members of Utopia show vocal mastery, which I already noticed in their previous recordings. Superb sound.

Of their early recordings, I liked that one best! It sounded not very Spanish, but that was my only quibble.. 

[Linz]

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony,  London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens
Sibelius: Tapiola, London Symphony Orchestra, Tauno Hannikainen

[ChamberNut]

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony,  London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens
Sibelius: Tapiola, London Symphony Orchestra, Tauno Hannikainen

Feel free to cross post into the Russian Symphony March thread! 

Enjoy the day!

[Traverso]

Beethoven

 

[VonStupp]

WA Mozart
Violin Concerto 1 in B-flat Major, K. 207
Violin Concerto 2 in D Major, K. 211
Violin Concerto 3 in G Major, K. 216
Rondo in C Major, k. 373
Berlin PO - David Oistrakh

I'm not wild about the dry acoustic, but no one plays these Mozart VC's like Oistrakh.
VS

[SonicMan46]

Bach, JS - Well Tempered Clavier, Bks. I/II with Andras Schiff - reviews attached, if interested.  Dave

 

[Roasted Swan]

Oh, my!  I've enjoyed accordions in various types of folk music, but don't recall ever hearing them in classical music.

K

Vaclav Trojan's "Fairy Tales" is a real charmer;

then there are massed accordions in Tchaikovsky's Suite No.2!

[ritter]

Oh, my!  I've enjoyed accordions in various types of folk music, but don't recall ever hearing them in classical music.

K

[ChamberNut]

Via: Idagio Streaming

Back into guitar mood!

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NP:

Schumann
Myrthen, Op. 25
Ian Bostridge, Dorothea Röschmann, Graham Johnson

From this set -

[Kalevala]

Yes, I've seen that cartoon before!

K

[ChamberNut]

Via: Idagio steaming.

Onto volume II. Really enjoying this.

[pjme]

Don't forget Roberto Gerhards La peste, however ...with accordeon!

[Harry]

Of their early recordings, I liked that one best! It sounded not very Spanish, but that was my only quibble.. 

That's true enough!

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Now playing disc 2 from this Handel Pinnock set with Simon Preston: