What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Herman Severin Løvenskiold.

La Sylphide.

Royal Danish Orchestra, David Garforth.

Garforth was a natural born ballet conductor, this much can be heard on this CD. Never knew him, but what he delivers on this disc is very good. Løvenskiold is a composer that was unknown to me, and just by chance did I find him when I browsed through the collect catalogue of Chandos. And the rest is history, bought it, and placed it immediately in my top list of preferred ballet compositions. The sound is top notch.
A review from me on GMG can be found (8-6-2021)

[Symphonic Addict]

Raid: Symphony no. 1



I'm afraid I can't quite share Jeffrey's and Cesar's admiration for this work. It has the same "epic" atmosphere of Tubin's earlier symphonies and Walton's 1st but largely without their memorability and forward drive IMO. In particular, I found the first movement to be quite meandering. I thought the second movement was definitely the strongest, with an almost Braga Santos-like open-air quality to it. Perhaps part of the problem is that I found the sonics here to be curiously fuzzy for Chandos, blurring orchestral texture and softening dramatic impact - I don't believe it's the fault of Jarvi and the RSNO!

Sorry, I can't agree with you here, Kyle. It looks like you either listened to another different work or didn't pay attention to the music. 

Did the heart-wrenching section beginning around 7:30 mark from the third movement go unnoticed for you? For me that's the highlight of the entire work. What an intense, fantastic and longing passage. Also the powerful ending of the first movement? It could be related to Tubin's idiom, but this symphony has its own personality. I even prefer it to Tubin's 1st. Just my two cents. 

[Sergeant Rock]

And.....?

Ref the Kalliwoda 7th: yes, a marvelous symphony but I prefer his Fifth on this CD. The sonics may be a factor here. The Fifth's sound is more vivid, impactful. The Seventh has fuzzy or recessed brass.

Sarge

[Brian]

Ref the Kalliwoda 7th: yes, a marvelous symphony but I prefer his Fifth on this CD. The sonics may be a factor here. The Fifth's sound is more vivid, impactful. The Seventh has fuzzy or recessed brass.

Sarge

Agreed here.

Sorry, I can't agree with you here, Kyle. It looks like you either listened to another different work or didn't pay attention to the music. 

I don't know this piece, but people are allowed to not like the things you like!

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first listen on streaming:

[Sergeant Rock]

Raid Symphony No. 1, Järvi conducting

https://www.youtube.com/v/ToltuQztXMw


Sarge

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Aho
Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra
Anders Paulsson (soprano saxophone)
Lapland Chamber Orchestra
John Storgårds

Quintet for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano
Markku Moilanen (oboe), Pekka Niskanen (clarinet), Antal Mojzer (bassoon), Ilkka Puputti (horn), Väinö Jalkanen (piano)



Two more magical works from Aho's pen. Man, this guy is something else.

[Harry]

Two pieces from this SACD.

"It's a Girl".

Louise Farrenc.
Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano in E minor, opus 45.

Melanie Helene Bonis.
Soir-Matin for Piano trio.

Thomas Irnberger, Violin.
David Geringas, Cello.
Barbara Moser, Piano.

Both female composers are very dear to me, and in this performance they shine bright. Both works come from very talented people, who had to make their way through musical life, dominated by men, who liked their women in the kitchen and bear children. I am so glad that at least a few escaped, although nearly, and not entirely, such a fate that would have prevented them from composing. As it is, they stand firm, and express themselves in a powerful way, by both compositions. Wonderful performances, the SACD layer gives more definition and presence, thus the resolution is pristine.

[Symphonic Addict]

I don't know this piece, but people are allowed to not like the things you like!

I know. I'm just giving my opinion.

[Symphonic Addict]

Raid Symphony No. 1, Järvi conducting

https://www.youtube.com/v/ToltuQztXMw


Sarge

What did you think, Sarge?

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Bacewicz
Piano Sonata No. 2
Krystian Zimerman

[Symphonic Addict]

NP:

Aho
Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra
Anders Paulsson (soprano saxophone)
Lapland Chamber Orchestra
John Storgårds

Quintet for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano
Markku Moilanen (oboe), Pekka Niskanen (clarinet), Antal Mojzer (bassoon), Ilkka Puputti (horn), Väinö Jalkanen (piano)



Two more magical works from Aho's pen. Man, this guy is something else.

I concur with you.

[Mirror Image]

I concur with you.

I had a feeling that you would.

[Harry]

Raid Symphony No. 1, Järvi conducting

https://www.youtube.com/v/ToltuQztXMw


Sarge

I could only find one CD with the first symphony by Raid, (have that) and that was all, which seems a shame, for I like his music enormously.

[Papy Oli]

Bach - Trio Sonata for organ No.1 BWV 525
Karl Richter (Organ)

[Papy Oli]

One last one :

Bach - Trio Sonata for organ No.1 BWV 525
Peter Hurford (Organ)

[Sergeant Rock]

What did you think, Sarge?

I like it, very much so.

Sarge

[kyjo]

Eduard Tubin: Symphony No.6. Neeme Järvi, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Great playing from the Swedes, great BIS sound. Not sure I understand what the music is really all about (preferring Tubin's 2nd, 3rd and 4th symphonies), but I'm enjoying it nonetheless.

The 2nd and 6th (along with the 4th) are my favorites of Tubin's symphonies. I love the rhythmic intricacy of the 6th, which often takes on a jazzy (yet ominous) feel, due in part to the prominent saxophone part. Interestingly, some of the mechanistic, chugging ostinato passages in this work (and in the 2nd symphony) remind me quite strongly of Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra which was written around the same time - I wonder if the two composers were familiar with each other's work?

[kyjo]

Many could prefer Tippett's first two symphonies because they sound more approachable, but for me it's the 4th which really catches my attention. What an intriguing and kaleidoscopic composition. The percussion and the orchestral textures have special relevance. A quite fascinating piece IMO.

Bortkiewicz's symphonies have good music. For me what matters the most is that the music sounds engaging and memorable, and effectively they are like that. I hear echoes of Tchaikovsky in them, but it's not an impediment to enjoy the vitality and the tuneful music. I don't necessarily need that the music is quite distinctive or very original.

That Vorisek symphony is a good example of a remarkable classical symphony, and I also include the one by Arriaga.

I need to give a serious listen to Tippett's 4th. And my opinion on Bortkiewicz still stands.

[Karl Henning]

Astor Piazzolla: Cuatro estanciónes porteñas. Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica

Good stuff...

Love it!

TD:

Satie
Pièces froides: Danses de travers
Tharaud

[VonStupp]

Leo Sowerby
Classic Concerto
Festival Musick
Medieval Poem
Pageant
David Mulbury & David Craighead - organ
John Welsh - The Fairfield Orchestra

Sowerby sounds a little like Samuel Barber to my ears. The Medieval Poem, based on Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, a favorite, minor-keyed church hymn of mine, also known as Picardy, really sold its mood.

Otherwise, there is nothing bombastic in these organ concertante works, which I think was ported over from Marco Polo. Never heard of NY's Fairfield Orchestra, but they do just fine, and the balance of organ to instruments is remarkably well done.



A decent American Classics entry.