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Symphonic Addict

#39200
April 29, 2021, 08:08:08 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 29, 2021, 07:57:56 PM
Looks like I need to begin investigating Toch. I don't have much from him --- a symphony set on CPO and a recording of orchestral works on the New World Records label (I believe). I love SQs, so I definitely need to acquire this set.

I don't like to recommend music that much because tastes are not the same in everybody, but these works definitely deserve it. Exceptional music making.
The current annihilation of a people on this planet (you know which one it is) is the most documented and at the same time the most preposterously denied.

Mirror Image

#39201
April 29, 2021, 08:21:59 PM
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on April 29, 2021, 08:05:06 PM
I often think Rozhdestvensky gave a more "lyrical" approach to certain repertoire. IIRC, these recordings have a little of it.

I'm not sure about a 'little of it' as I hear quite a bit of it. ;)

Mirror Image

#39202
April 29, 2021, 08:23:21 PM
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on April 29, 2021, 08:08:08 PM
I don't like to recommend music that much because tastes are not the same in everybody, but these works definitely deserve it. Exceptional music making.

Well, the fact that you're enjoying should mean something, right? I've read Toch's idiom is better suited in chamber music, but there's much about the composer I don't know.

Harry

#39203
April 29, 2021, 11:09:05 PM
Joachim Raff.
Piano Works CD II.

Fantasie Sonata, opus 168.
Variationen uber ein orginalthema, opus 179.
Vier Klavierstucke, opus 196.
World premiere recordings.

Tra Nguyen, piano.

Tra must be one of the best pianists I know, she has such nimble fingers and a deep understanding of Raff's music which is almost uncanny. I am hugely enjoying these recordings. No wonder it sounds so good, with Michael Ponder at the buttons. The Steinway model D instrument is a marvel.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Roasted Swan

#39204
April 29, 2021, 11:38:51 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 29, 2021, 01:47:06 PM
Selections from this marvelous recording:



I bought this disc recently in the light of your praise for Schulhoff and I'm looking forward to listening to it very much.  Stott was excellent on this other BIS disc



which also encouraged me to pick it up very reasonably - thankyou for the enthusiastic nudge!

Que

#39205
April 29, 2021, 11:42:38 PM
Morning listening:



Going through my Early Music collection the thought crossed my mind that it might have reached some kind of maturity and saturation point... I hope....  :D

Anyway, this is an example of some of the many insanely good recordings that could last me the rest of my lifetime on the proverbial desert island...

Harry

#39206
April 30, 2021, 12:10:22 AM
Quote from: Que on April 29, 2021, 11:42:38 PM
Morning listening:



Going through my Early Music collection the thought crossed my mind that it might have reached some kind of maturity and saturation point... I hope....  :D

Anyway, this is an example of some of the many insanely good recordings that could last me the rest of my lifetime on the proverbial desert island...

You wish :laugh:
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Harry

#39207
April 30, 2021, 12:17:45 AM
Toivo Kuula.
Orchestral Works.

Festive March.
South Ostrobothnian Suite No. 1&2.
Prelude and Fugue.

Turku PO, Leif Segerstam.

A very fine recording of Kuula's compositions. An unknow composer who had a short lifespan, due to his explosive character. He died during an political argument in a fight that followed. Because of this, the talented composer robbed us from further compositions. What is on display here makes me wonder which way his progress would have gone. Never know now, so I am glad for the few morsels. Leif Segerstam is not my favourite conductor, but it has to do in this case.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Harry

#39208
April 30, 2021, 01:31:52 AM
Boris Papandopulo.

Piano Concerto No 3
Violin Concerto.

Oliver Triendl, Piano.
Dan Zhu, Violin.
Rijeka Opera SO, Ville Matvejeff.


The first thing you hear is the fabulous State of the Art recording. Even for CPO's high standards this is exceptional. I was always a keen admirer of this composer, but this performance cemented my admiration. Both concertos advertise Papandopulo's capabilities with all the flags in top.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Que

#39209
April 30, 2021, 01:53:51 AM Last Edit: April 30, 2021, 01:56:20 AM by Que
 

It is very nice to hear this pioneering stuff, but I don't think I'm going to hang on to this set.

Quote from: "Harry" on April 30, 2021, 12:10:22 AM
You wish :laugh:

I know...  :D  But as as experiment of self restraint it is worth a try...    ;)

Harry

#39210
April 30, 2021, 01:57:19 AM
Quote from: Que on April 30, 2021, 01:53:51 AM
 

It is very nice to hear this pioneering stuff, but I don't think I'm going to hang on to this set.

I know...  :D  But as as experiment of resgtajnt it is worth a try...    ;)

I had culled this set some time ago. Grown out of it so to say :)
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Mandryka

#39211
April 30, 2021, 02:05:14 AM
Quote from: Que on April 30, 2021, 01:53:51 AM
 

It is very nice to hear this pioneering stuff, but I don't think I'm going to hang on to this set.

I know...  :D  But as as experiment of self restraint it is worth a try...    ;)

My advice to you is to get rid of everything except what you can find on Spotify.
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

Tsaraslondon

#39212
April 30, 2021, 02:06:10 AM
Recent listening.





Barber's opera has had few revivals since its 1958 premiere with more or less the same cast as on this recording, but I like it more each time I hear it.

The BBC Music Magazine disc features the World Orchestra for Peace and has Solti (a conductor I don't normally like ) in repertoire that suits him (the Bartók Concerto for Orchestra) and Gergiev conducting Stravinsky's Petrushka, with Rossini's William Tell Overture (also conducted by Solti) as makeweight.
\"A beautiful voice is not enough.\" Maria Callas

Harry

#39213
April 30, 2021, 02:24:12 AM
Quote from: Mandryka on April 30, 2021, 02:05:14 AM
My advice to you is to get rid of everything except what you can find on Spotify.

Pardon me saying so but the sound quality on Spotify is not that good. To get rid of the actual thing (CD) is premature, and should not even be considered, unless you have a really crappy hifi set that sounds even worse,
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Que

#39214
April 30, 2021, 03:01:40 AM


Halfway disc 7 we switch to Program Six "Anno 776 sonatas".
Tom Beghin plays a square piano (Tafelklavier) after Ignaz Kober, Vienna 1788.

Papy Oli

#39215
April 30, 2021, 03:13:13 AM
Good afternoon all,

A first listen to Canteloube, playing his Chansons d'Auvergne.

Olivier

Harry

#39216
April 30, 2021, 03:24:13 AM Last Edit: April 30, 2021, 03:26:09 AM by "Harry"
New acquisition, First listen.

Vincent d'Indy.
Orchestral Works, volume IV.

Poeme de Rivages, opus 77.
Symphonie Italienne.

Iceland SO, Rumon Gamba.

Right up my alley. Its a feast of colours, and gripping melodies bundled in a tapestry of magic, and deep forest melodies. It pulls you into fiestas mesmerizing and captivating, a endless poem so it seems to me. A masterwork ( Poeme de Rivages)
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Traverso

#39217
April 30, 2021, 03:25:33 AM
Dutilleux

Tout un Monde Lointain  celloconcerto
Rostropovich
Orchestre de Paris  Serge Baudo

Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher
Truls Mørk

L'Arbre des songes
Renaud Capuchon
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung

Sur le même accord
Christian Tetzlaff
Orchestre de Paris
Paavo Järvi

Iota

#39218
April 30, 2021, 03:31:20 AM
 :o  This thread must surely rank as one of the greatest Miaskovsky love-in's of history!  Future scholars may look back on this moment as a turning point in NM's fortunes!


Playing in a non-Miaskovsky haven somewhere in Albion:



Tippett: String Quartet No.3

A really extraordinary work, which might be summarised as three fast movements predominated by wave upon wave of breathless counterpoint (the third more placated), punctuated by two slow movements of a rare, intense beauty. Tippett at the height of his powers I think, and an essential visit for any C20th chamber music fan.

Madiel

#39219
April 30, 2021, 03:33:53 AM
Haydn, Piano Trio no.12 in E flat (Hob. XV:36)

Nobody has to apologise for using their brain.
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