What are you listening 2 now?

[pjme]

Peter Herrmann: Kammersinfonie.



A recording from the GDR with Gunther Herbig conducting the Berlin Symphony Orchestra.

Gunther Kochan (symphonies, Mendelssohn vars. for piano and orchestra..a brillant , exciting work!!!!), https://youtu.be/Uo095SV93E4

Siegfried Thiele (Gesaenge an die Sonne), E.H.Meyer, Udo Zimmermann, Paul Dessau....
the discs are difficult to find, but in the DDR some fascinating and very good music was written.

I have these sets

[pjme]

I like Thiele's Gesaenge an die Sonne a lot. I vaguely remember seeing the concert on TV in 1981.... :

Over thirty years were to pass until Leipzig was able to proudly call a new concert hall its own: the (second) New Gewandhaus on the south side of Karl-Marx-Platz, the present-day Augustusplatz.

The third Gewandhaus was the only concert hall to be built in the GDR (former communist East Germany). Gewandhauskapellmeister Kurt Masur initiated the campaign for its erection and collaborated closely with the team of architects and acousticians throughout the 57 month construction period.

https://www.gewandhausorchester.de/en/gewandhaus/history/

[steve ridgway]

Bernard Hermann - Prelude / Outer Space / Radar (From "The Day The Earth Stood Still").

[Karl Henning]

The Schwarz is with me:

Schuman
Symphony № 7 (1960)
Symphony № 10, « American Muse » (1976)
Seattle Symphony
Schwarz

[Traverso]

Charles Koechlin

CD 2

[Papy Oli]

An assortment from Collard's Ravel :

[bhodges]

Still more Michael Finnissy, and this extraordinarily beautiful example of his work. "O, Schöner Mai," the second of his three J. Strauss waltz arrangements from 1967 (rev. 1989), was written for Nic Hodges. (Not sure if Nic is the uncredited pianist here.) In any case, always fun to follow along with the score, scarcely 3 minutes long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjGVy3oslDg

--Bruce

[Traverso]

And how was the condition of the CD's ? I have the same twofer and mine are bronzed but (luckely) still playable.

[André]

And how was the condition of the CD's ? I have the same twofer and mine are bronzed but (luckely) still playable.

Forgot to report back. Both discs are bronzed, the second markedly so - a disturbing Trump-orange hue. But both play perfectly. I'll have them copied just in case they become unplayable over time  .

[Traverso]

Forgot to report back. Both discs are bronzed, the second markedly so - a disturbing Trump-orange hue. But both play perfectly. I'll have them copied just in case they become unplayable over time .

Well that is a sensible thing to do.

[André]

From disc one, the 1976 Cello Concerto, played by Matt Heimovitz with the Linz Bruckner Orchestra under Dennis Russel Davies. Recorded in 2017.

My, oh my ! This is quite the thorniest opus I've heard from Yun's pen. He usually composes rather short works, often in sparse instrumentation, although his symphonies are also rather big in scope. The concerto is in a single 30-minute movement and undergoes many moods on this epic journey. Cellist Matt Heimovitz writes of the 'controlled chaos' of Yun's work. He considers that 'the concerto deserves to stand alongside those of Dutilleux and Lutoslawski in the pantheon of the genre's late twentieth century innovations' .  It is quite a ride and Ikll have to give it a few more listens to get the full picture. Performance and sound are outstanding.

[Irons]

Interesting.  You have reminded me it's been a dog's age since I last listened to any of these:



Might give Matthus' Symphony No.2 a spin later.

Gunther Kochan (symphonies, Mendelssohn vars. for piano and orchestra..a brillant , exciting work!!!!), https://youtu.be/Uo095SV93E4

Siegfried Thiele (Gesaenge an die Sonne), E.H.Meyer, Udo Zimmermann, Paul Dessau....
the discs are difficult to find, but in the DDR some fascinating and very good music was written.

I have these sets

Nice, never saw that one.

Thanks for feedback. Recordings from both Nova and Eterna are a treasure-trove of composers and artists barely known in the West.

[Todd]

Better with each listen.

[steve ridgway]

John Cage - Cartridge Music. Amazingly noisy - and it was only 1960.

[Karl Henning]

The Schwarz is still with me:

Schuman
Symphony № 8 (1962)
Seattle Symphony
Schwarz

[steve ridgway]

Takemitsu - Corona.

[bhodges]

From disc one, the 1976 Cello Concerto, played by Matt Heimovitz with the Linz Bruckner Orchestra under Dennis Russel Davies. Recorded in 2017.

My, oh my ! This is quite the thorniest opus I've heard from Yun's pen. He usually composes rather short works, often in sparse instrumentation, although his symphonies are also rather big in scope. The concerto is in a single 30-minute movement and undergoes many moods on this epic journey. Cellist Matt Heimovitz writes of the 'controlled chaos' of Yun's work. He considers that 'the concerto deserves to stand alongside those of Dutilleux and Lutoslawski in the pantheon of the genre's late twentieth century innovations' .  It is quite a ride and Ikll have to give it a few more listens to get the full picture. Performance and sound are outstanding.

Thanks for posting, and this looks fascinating. (I've heard a good bit by Yun, but not any symphonies.) Have added to the very long queue. Also love the cover art.

--Bruce

[Florestan]

From the Overture to the final chorus this is a sheer delight. And of course there's nothing like a French cast in a French opera (Gedda is quite an honorary Frenchman in this respect).

Auber has been quite the 2021 discovery for me. In my book, to put a smile on one's face is a much greater achievement than to make one angry or despondent. Especially in the dire times we're living through, music that makes one happy and cheerful gets the pride of place in my listening habits.

[Karl Henning]

Takemitsu - Corona.

Novel

[Karl Henning]

Thanks for posting, and this looks fascinating. (I've heard a good bit by Yun, but not any symphonies.) Have added to the very long queue. Also love the cover art.

--Bruce

Your queue, Bruce, is the stuff of legend