What are you listening 2 now?

[JBS]

String quartets tonight. New acquisitions.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Not quite so in Romanian: sistem (system, singular masculine) but problemă (problem, singular feminine), teoremă (theorem, singular feminine),  as a rule of thumb, any noun ending on a vocal is feminine.

But then again: sisteme (systems, plural feminine)*

* ie, the neutral gender: masculine for singular, feminine for plural --- quite common in Romanian, virtually unkown in any other Romance language.

Who decides the gender of a totally new product and new concept?

[Karl Henning]

String quartets tonight. New acquisitions.

Nice!

[Mirror Image]

NP: Ravel Chansons madécasses (DeGaetani, Kalish et. al.)



As close to Schoenberg that Ravel ever got. Exquisite work.

[Symphonic Addict]

CDs 1 and 2. Upon hearing these film suites it's rather clear to me that Schnittke was one of the most remarkable orchestrators. It's also interesting to notice how versatile he was. Someone who could compose quite dark music, also could write works in an incredibly carefree, romantic and even exhilarating style. Having said that, this film music series is becoming a potential strong discovery to me.

[Symphonic Addict]

Wind Quintet No. 2. This is not the Aho I enjoy. I found it too prosaic and uninspired. I remember enjoying the 1st Wind Quintet, nevertheless.

[steve ridgway]

Shinohara - Alternances.

[steve ridgway]

John Cage - Aria With Fontana Mix.

[Que]

Morning listening:

 

A short introduction into the background of this music (more HERE and HERE):

At the end of the fourteenth century—amidst war, famine, and religious division—an extraordinary musical society flourished in southern France. Nurtured in the courts of wealthy lords, the music of this society reflected and contributed to the prestige of the upper-class society. In this style, now known as the Ars subtilior (the more subtle art), highly trained poet-musicians wrote and performed complex music for the entertainment of an elite, highly cultured audience. Many pieces written at this time were dedicated to specific patrons, celebrating their achievements. One of the principle patrons of this music was Gaston Febus III, count of Foix and Béarn, two small but wealthy territories in southern France.

[vandermolen]

Frank Bridge 'Oration'.
Bridge's orchestral masterpiece (along with 'Enter Spring') and a deeply moving Threnody for those lost in the First World War (including a number of friends of the composer). It reminds me a bit of Bloch's 'Schelomo':

[Harry]

J.S. Bach.
Complete Organ Music, Volume XVII.

Gerhard Gnann, plays on a Johann Andreas Silbermann organs Wasselonne, Temple Protestant, Strasbourg, Eglise Saint-Thomas, Soultz-Haut-Rhin, Eglise Saint Maurice.

The last CD in this set that Gnann recorded. I must say most of it I enjoyed immensely. Up to Volume 18 & 19, with Bernhard Klapprott.

[springrite]

It also includes a substantial Ballade for flute and orchestra which is not showed on the cover art. A solid programme. The Harp Concerto was really special.

I consider the Harp Concerto Reinecke's best work.


Now listening:
Bax Symphony # 4

[Roasted Swan]

Frank Bridge 'Oration'.
Bridge's orchestral masterpiece (along with 'Enter Spring') and a deeply moving Threnody for those lost in the First World War (including a number of friends of the composer). It reminds me a bit of Bloch's 'Schelomo':

+1 re Oration - this is a very fine disc all round

[Irons]

Bax was expressing the inexpressible dimensions of his appreciation for Yeats (and the Irish culture he entrains).  While that poet certainly did have greater sway over him than anything else under the sun, including any single musical influence, one needn't read overmuch into his comment... It's a splendid metaphor, really, for "I really like Yeats."

Fair point. Not to be taken literally.

[Harry]

1941-1945.
Wartime Music, Volume 9.
Alexander Mosolov.

Cello Concerto No. 2.
Symphony in E major.

St Petersburg State Academic SO, Alexander Titov.
Dmitry Yeremin, Cello.

I have become a great admirer of Mosolov's music, and will try to get some recordings together. An excellent and deeply moving cello concerto, coupled with a Symphony in E major, makes for a clear and coherent picture of the composer. If you like these works, you will like the rest of his music too. A recent release on Naxos may be a good start.

[vandermolen]

1941-1945.
Wartime Music, Volume 9.
Alexander Mosolov.

Cello Concerto No. 2.
Symphony in E major.

St Petersburg State Academic SO, Alexander Titov.
Dmitry Yeremin, Cello.

I have become a great admirer of Mosolov's music, and will try to get some recordings together. An excellent and deeply moving cello concerto, coupled with a Symphony in E major, makes for a clear and coherent picture of the composer. If you like these works, you will like the rest of his music too. A recent release on Naxos may be a good start.

I really enjoyed the Naxos disc Harry, so must look out for the Northern Flowers CD, which I have somewhere in my collection. Since you've been enthusing about Alexander Moyzes recently, I've fished out symphonies 11 and 12 to play later (Marco Polo release). I find No.7 to be a deeply moving work.

Now playing, Leshnoff 'Piano Concerto' - a most inspiriting work, with echoes of Rachmaninov,Prokofiev and Mike Oldfield:

[pjme]

D'Hoedt's Chroniques brèves de la vie bourgeoise, hopefully not too brief!

Hi Sturmisch, did you like this symphonic poem? Only very few works by D'Hoedt were ever recorded. Imho he is a very good orchestrator and I like his sense of humor.
On YT there's another -old - Decca recording of Çhroniques breves', by the Belgian National Orchestra under Desire Defauw .

https://www.youtube.com/v/cfqOU6Q-Eo0

I. Prelude at the Start of a Productive Day (Fugato)
II. Plumes and Sabres (Carnival and Military Parade)
III. Erotic Outpourings of the Heart (Five O'Clock Tea)
IV. The Official Speech (Fateful Intermezzo)
V. Nocturnal Pleasures (Rumba for the Hour of the Last Judgment)

The still from Bunuel's ''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie' is fun.....

"Henry George D'Hoedt studied at the Conservatory of his birthplace, Ghent. There he was taught by teachers such as Oscar Roels (solfège), Paul Lebrun (harmony), Edward Blaes (bassoon), Emile Mathieu (fugue) and Leo Moermans. After his schooling in Ghent, he followed courses of completion and lessons in orchestral accompanient. After having played the bassoon at the orchestra of the Royal Flemish Opera in Antwerp for a while, he was appointed at the Royal school/Academy of music in Ghent in 1916, first as an assistant for solfège, then also as a harmony teacher.

In 1920 D'Hoedt gained a Second Prize of Rome with the cantata La légende de Béatrice. Four years later he was appointed sixth director at the municipal Conservatory in Louvain. In this position, which he was to hold until his death, he attached great importance to the concerts of conservatory. At these concerts, he regularly programmed works of his predecessors, such as Emile Mathieu. In Louvain he also conducted the male choir 'Zang en Vermaak' to which he dedicated his Trilogie antique.

His most famous works are the opera Klaas in luilekkerland (Klaas in Paradise, première in 1926 at the Royal Flemish Opera in Antwerp) and the tone poem Chronique Brèves de la vie bourgeoise (1934). Furthermore he wrote the tone poems Narcisse and Poème pantagruélique, chamber music, songs and choral works.

In Flemish music, D'Hoedt is considered as a transitional figure between late romanticism and impressionism."

Source : https://www.svm.be/content/dhoedt-henry-george?display=biography&language=en

Peter

[vers la flamme]

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.7 in E major. Georg Tintner, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

[Harry]

Alexander Moyzes.

Symphony No. 11 & 12.

Slovak Radio SO, Ladislav Slovak.

What a impressive first movement of No. 11. Such music has an immediate effect on the mood set by it. Every movement is a space on its own, connected through sheer creativity in the scoring. The melodies emerging in a single movement are abundant and totally captivating. You fall from one surprise in another, like a chocolate box, however much you are eating it never gets depleted. This Orchestra knows the music by heart, and is led by an excellent conductor. Sound throughout is superb.

[Papy Oli]

Good morning all,

This Reinecke was due a listen again. Timely reminder. Playing now.

It also includes a substantial Ballade for flute and orchestra which is not showed on the cover art. A solid programme. The Harp Concerto was really special.