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[Mandryka]

The ocassional instrumental accompaniment was something to get used to, but it is subtle and nicely done.

Looks good!  I'm  putting it on the playing list.

Q

Yes I really enjoyed it and this even more so (just because it's lighter music) -- I had a Senfl morning

[amw]

It's like a train wreck you can't take your eyes (ears) off of. Tons of infectious energy, but oh-so-screechy. 
However, the rendition of Stravinsky's Les noces that follows is spectacularly good.

I like the Kopatchinskaja/Currentzis Tchaikovsky concerto but I also find that concerto a pretty hard piece to ruin; I like almost all of the other recordings I have of it (with Gluzman/Litton and Mutter/Previn probably at the top).

(thread duty: Mompou - Musica Callada - Steffen Schleiermacher; a performance evidently modelled off the composer's own)

[Que]

Q

[Traverso]

John Adams


First listening for me

[The new erato]

A really excellent disc of some high-quality music:

[Todd]

[Harry]

A really excellent disc of some high-quality music:

Yes it is, rather!

[kyjo]

Francaix strikes a more serious or complicated note for example in the Apocalypse de St Jean, and some of the concertos and works for string orchestra; the Octet, A Huit played by the Esbjerg Ensemble is quite fabulous, IMHO.

Thanks, MusicTurner. That Apocalypse... oratorio sounds quite intriguing!

[Iota]

Bach: Trio Sonata No. 1 in Eb Major


Elegance incarnate.

[kyjo]

Cello Sonata No. 1

I only knew the No. 2 but not this one, and how great it is. An intense, expressive, eloquent work. The slow movement conveys a quite effective feeling of grief. This composer wrote some heartfelt music I find so moving.

Oh yes, Ornstein's cello sonatas are wonderful. The soulfulness and general language of his music recalls Bloch at times, but he has his own voice.

[kyjo]

Howells 'Missa Sabrinensis':

A gloriously ecstatic work!

[kyjo]

Well, in my book "very pleasant" equals "very good" and I have yet to hear an unpleasant Wolf-Ferrari work. We can still be friends, though. 

I should clarify: the problem I had with the work is not because it's "pleasant" but because it lacked distinguished thematic material and interesting development, to my ears. That said, I have heard some works by Wolf-Ferrari that I enjoyed quite a bit (Sinfonia da camera, Piano Quintet) and I intend on exploring his output further. Maybe I should try one of his operas next?

[ritter]

I should clarify: the problem I had with the work is not because it's "pleasant" but because it lacked distinguished thematic material and interesting development, to my ears. That said, I have heard some works by Wolf-Ferrari that I enjoyed quite a bit (Sinfonia da camera, Piano Quintet) and I intend on exploring his output further. Maybe I should try one of his operas next?

I didn't find W-F's Violin Concerto interesting either (TBH, I found it extremely dull and tedious), but do admire some of his other works (e.g., the concerti for wind instruments), and am a great fan of his operas. The late Il campiello is W-F at the top of his game IMO. Do give it a try...

[pjme]

Thanks, MusicTurner. That Apocalypse... oratorio sounds quite intriguing!

Only one recording - and it it is not a very good one, alas. It is on YT.

I mentioned earlier a beautiful fragment on YT (two soprano arias) with Diana Damrau and, possibly Marcello Viotti as conductor.
This work shows a serious and ambitious Françaix - but IMO it remains a fairly gentle (and gently boring) Apocalypse....

[Maestro267]

Lajtha: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
Pecs SO/Pasquet

Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 3
RFASO/Svetlanov

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Royal Liverpool PO/Petrenko

[MusicTurner]

Bruckner - Symphony no.7 - Haenchen,Netherlands PO/Laserlight Classics

Seems to be one of the better Sevenths, IMHO. It's a live recording.

EDIT: The work's ending was a bit too subdued, one didn't get the impression of a real conclusion.

[Traverso]

Bax

CD3

[Karl Henning]

John Adams


First listening for me

Will be interested in your report, Jan.

Thread Duty:
Marcus Toren playing the Hindemith organ sonatas.

[Traverso]

Bach

"Triple Concert" Traverso,Violin & cembalo

Frans Brüggen,Marie Leonhardt & Gustav Leonhardt

Leonhardt Consort


Beautiful......

[Traverso]

Will be interested in your report, Jan.

Thread Duty:
Marcus Toren playing the Hindemith organ sonatas.

Hi Karl, I first heard this recording today after a recommendation on another forum by a member who is also a composer who regards this is one of Adams' best works.
It is a very inviting work that immediately attracts attention, the music passes you like a movie, at least if you have any imagination.
It is a very accessible composition  and clearly in an American tradition, the melody formation in particular.
I think it is a very beautiful work with pastoral quiet moments.
Colorful is also one of the keywords and an appealing rhythmic pulse that feels beneficial.
The whole has a very positive optimistic view.


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