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[SonicMan46]

Disc 9

+1 André - have really enjoyed that collection! Dave

[Symphonic Addict]

Symphony No. 5

Incredible the dramatic change from sunny compositions to forbidding and dark works like this. Nevertheless, this symphony is engrossing.

Edit: That Largo movement is tremendous. Perfect for a terror movie.

[André]

Whatever language they are sung in, songs with piano accompaniment are not what I like most. This is a successful recital though, with 5 fine groups of songs, sensitively sung and accompanied. To be savoured in two sittings.

[MusicTurner]

Claude Debussy: Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre. Aldo Ciccolini, Jean Martinon, Orchestre National de l'ORTF

First listen to this work. Really enjoying it so far, it's a very beautiful piece with great writing for piano and orchestra alike. Maybe not one of Debussy's more "revolutionary" pieces, but plenty of nice impressionistic washes of sound. I love the sound of Martinon's orchestra. The slow movement is sublime.

Yes, I agree, also liking that recording.

[MusicTurner]

Interesting. I didn't know that.

Sarge

+1, about Giulini's WW II experiences.

[MusicTurner]

We had a lovely holiday there and I highly recommend it. Not only Walton's house and gardens which is open to the public but a very pretty island. The ferry crossing across the bay of Naples is unforgettable.

That's very nice to hear ... 😀

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Leontyne Price...this one.  O.k. sound, but oh, the singing!   



PD

[vandermolen]

Indeed. They should be better known. I'm especially fond of the Piobaireachd Concerto with its Scotch flavour.

+1

[vers la flamme]

Gustav Mahler: Das Klagende Lied. Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

First listen to this work, which was a glaring omission from my library up until this past week. So far, so good. Quite Wagnerian, I think.

[Karl Henning]

CDs 10 &11:


Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin (1918-19, 1924), Op. 19
Divertimento (1939)
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Doráti

Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1937)
Geza Frid & Luctor Ponce, pf
Members of the LSO
Doráti

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in f minor, Op. 36
Francesca da Rimini, Symphonic Fantasy, Op. 32

Borodin
Overture to Prince Igor
LSO
Doráti

[Daverz]

A nice program of Weinberg works with clarinet:

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[Karl Henning]

A nice program of Weinberg works with clarinet:

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Sweet!

[Madiel]

Claude Debussy: Claire de lune; 2 Arabesques; Feux d'artifice; Pour le piano; etc. Philippe Entremont

First listen, so far, so good!

I've got that one. I should pull it out.

[j winter]

Been spending parts of the last several days reading Tolstoy (approaching the 3/4 mark on War and Peace), and getting reacquainted with Tchaikovsky, who really does seem the perfect musical accompaniment.  Tonight another set of 4,5,&6, this time Igor Markevitch LSO, followed by Sawallisch conducting Swan Lake....

[Mirror Image]

Sinfonia Concertante

[vers la flamme]

Morton Feldman: Three Clarinets, Cello & Piano. Carol Robinson, Pierre Dutrieu, Olivier Voize (clarinets), Elena Andreyev (cello), Vincent Leterne

This is one of the rare late Feldman works which includes fortissimo dynamics. It's really striking when it happens, the clarinets sound like they're screaming at you. An interesting piece.

[Karl Henning]

Sinfonia Concertante

Tangentially, John, that beautiful portrait of Britten kind of makes me think of an English Norman Rockwell 

[Mirror Image]

Tangentially, John, that beautiful portrait of Britten kind of makes me think of an English Norman Rockwell 

Hah! Yes, indeed, Karl.

[Symphonic Addict]

Music of the Spheres

I only knew the Chandos recording of it so far. I don't know why I waited for so long to hear this smashing recording! This may sound well-known for everybody, but yes, this piece is visionary beyond words taking into account it was composed between 1916 and 1918.

The end: Antichrist - Christ section has one of the longest and/or sustained timpani passages I know. I didn't recall that moment at all, and how thrilling it was, even more so if played at high volume. All in all, an exceptional creation, just mind-blowing, utterly original.

[Mirror Image]

Music of the Spheres

I only knew the Chandos recording of it so far. I don't know why I waited for so long to hear this smashing recording! This may sound well-known for everybody, but yes, this piece is visionary beyond words taking into account it was composed between 1916 and 1918.

The end: Antichrist - Christ section has one of the longest and/or sustained timpani passages I know. I didn't recall that moment at all, and how thrilling it was, even more so if played at high volume. All in all, an exceptional creation, just mind-blowing, utterly original.

A marvelous recording, Cesar! Love Langgaard!