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[Iota]

Holliger: Scardanelli-Zyklus


A towering work that bites deep. The avant garde doesn't come more monumental or sophisticated than this for me.

[Mandryka]

Chaya Czernowin, a half hour long piece for cello and orchestra called Guardian, Séverine Ballon on the cello. Authoritative - what I mean is, it forces you to submit and listen by means of some sort of ineffable logic. How is that possible? I guess that's the craft. The usual indeterminate pitches coming out of traditional instruments  - things have come a long way since Gran Torso. Have we become blasé about it all,  so we need the sort of thing Lachenmann's up to now to give is a jolt? Anyway, Czernowyn is definitely in the tradition of modernism from 20 years ago in this piece. Some familiar gestures, but not many, this music sounds totally fresh. Some magic moments, many magic moments,  other worldly, ecstatic - time managed so that it stands still sort of thing.  30 minutes, but it's good enough to transcend clock time. Like it very much, a great pleasure to hear.  When it finished I wanted to hear it again.

[Traverso]

Scarlatti

CD 6

Sonatas KK 94-112

[Biffo]

Falla: Noches en los jardines de Espana - Javier Perianes piano with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Josep Pons

[Harry]

Charles O'Brien.
Complete Orchestral Music, Volume I.

Ellangowan: Concert overture, opus 12.
Symphony in F minor, opus 23.

Liepaja SO, Paul Mann.

A fine new discovery these World premiere recordings by an unjustly neglected composer. For most this will be boring music, but for me there is so much musical wealth in the orchestral detailing, that my heart leaps forward listening to Ellangowan. The F minor symphony carries the flag even higher on the hill, and makes for perfect sonorities. This guy had a lot to say, but people were not listening, unfortunately. Very good sound and performance.

[kyjo]

Grieg, String Quartet (no.1?) in G minor, op.27



I'm not sure I've ever heard the work before. But I can tell you after 3 minutes that this is a hell of a good recording.

EDIT: Lots of dynamic, exciting music making throughout.

A wonderful work!

[Christo]

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A small step for mankind, but a giant leap for you! 

[Harry]

Franz Krommer.

Symphony No. 1, 2 & 3.

Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Howard Griffiths.

These are the best performances I know of Krommer's sublime symphonies. Great sound and even greater performances.

[Todd]

Disc 2.

[Traverso]

Milhaud

Symphony No.2-4 & 8

[Symphonic Addict]

Cello concertos by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Lodewijk de Vocht



Splendid both pieces. The de Vocht was a nice discovery.

[André]

Charles O'Brien.
Complete Orchestral Music, Volume I.

Ellangowan: Concert overture, opus 12.
Symphony in F minor, opus 23.

Liepaja SO, Paul Mann.

A fine new discovery these World premiere recordings by an unjustly neglected composer. For most this will be boring music, but for me there is so much musical wealth in the orchestral detailing, that my heart leaps forward listening to Ellangowan. The F minor symphony carries the flag even higher on the hill, and makes for perfect sonorities. This guy had a lot to say, but people were not listening, unfortunately. Very good sound and performance.

A fine disc indeed. The slow movement of the symphony is particularly memorable.

[André]

A moving work written by composer Gerhard Rosenfeld (whose violin concerto I cherish) on a libretto by Gipsy author and activist Anita Geigges. Written for solo violin, harp and percussion, with a recitant and mezzo-soprano. The latter is a dubious asset IMO, at least in this version. Christina Ascher has a big, fruity voice of the operatic kind. A more slender voice with little vibrato would have been preferable. But since there's no competition it's hard to pass this by on this account.

[Mirror Image]

Milhaud

Symphony No.2-4 & 8

Frappe la table!

[Karl Henning]

Jn Ogdon playing Rakhmaninov.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Schoenberg
Suite, Op. 29
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (original version)
Boulez et. al.

[Karl Henning]

NP:

Schoenberg
Suite, Op. 29
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (original version)
Boulez et. al.

Beauty!

Thread Duty:

Hovhaness
Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places, Op. 213

[Traverso]

Frappe la table!

sapperdeflap ....

[bhodges]

R. Strauss: Elektra (Met Opera daily livestream) -- What a performance! Incredible cast: Nina Stemme, Adrianne Pieczonka, Waltraud Meier, and Eric Owens, with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting. It's available free until 6:30 (EST) tonight, and I may very well watch the last 20 minutes again.

https://www.metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/

--Bruce