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Continuing my traversal of Glass' symphonies:

Symphony No. 4, "Heroes"
Basel SO
Davies

From this set -

[Carlo Gesualdo]

I want to say Hello in a warm ful way,  to GmG members everywhere, Listen to what I received in the Mail this morning: Adam DE La Halle -Damoureus cuervoel chanter Les Jardins de Courtoisie  Anne Delafosse quentin, THE PRETTIEST ALBUM, THE BEST ALBUM EVER OF Adam DE LA hALLE!!!

SPLENDID, NARLY, AWESOME. FAR TOO INCREDIBLE SURREAL EXPERIENCE AWAIT the listeners, this a super  Holy Graal from zig zag les jardins de courteoisie
, it will get lots of spin it's so daern good, a paralel should be  made whit me liking cream chantilly , well it get'S better than this , has it'S get stunning  mind blowen,   a very great album

[SonicMan46]

Griffes, Charles Tomlinson (1884-1920) - Orchestral Works, Other, & Piano Music - now we are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, as seen in the quote below, Charles Griffes suffered the fate in the last great pandemic a century ago - the piano music is wonderfully atmospheric and impressionistic - would have enjoy another volume or two, as the excellent attached reviews also suggest.  Dave

Griffes was born in Elmira, New York. He had early piano lessons with his sister Katherine and later studied piano with Mary Selena Broughton, who taught at Elmira College. After early studies on piano and organ, he went to Berlin to study with pianist Ernst Jedliczka and Gottfried Galston at the Stern Conservatory. Griffes grew more interested in composition. Despite being advised against it by Broughton, he left the conservatory and was briefly taught by composer Engelbert Humperdinck. During his time in Berlin he composed several German songs and the Symphonische Phantasie for orchestra. Griffes died of influenza in New York City during the worldwide flu pandemic at 35 years of age. (Source)

 

[Traverso]

Boulez

I'm going to drown myself in the colorful sound world of Répons

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Boulez

I'm going to drown myself in the colorful sound world of Répons

Enjoy the swim. But seriously, I love that work.

[Traverso]

Enjoy the swim. But seriously, I love that work.

There are large numbers of music lovers who can't listen for more than a few seconds, but I love it.
Shit sells the best .

In the distance are just the dust clouds visible from the runaways 

[Bachtoven]

[Que]

I want to say Hello in a warm ful way,  to GmG members everywhere, Listen to what I received in the Mail this morning: Adam DE La Halle -Damoureus cuervoel chanter Les Jardins de Courtoisie  Anne Delafosse quentin, THE PRETTIEST ALBUM, THE BEST ALBUM EVER OF Adam DE LA hALLE!!!

SPLENDID, NARLY, AWESOME. FAR TOO INCREDIBLE SURREAL EXPERIENCE AWAIT the listeners, this a super  Holy Graal from zig zag les jardins de courteoisie
, it will get lots of spin it's so daern good, a paralel should be  made whit me liking cream chantilly , well it get'S better than this , has it'S get stunning  mind blowen,   a very great album

Thanks! 

[Traverso]

Muffat

CD 1

Nine Toccatas

[Mandryka]

Thanks! 

I'm about to say something deprofundis may not want to hear.

Whenever I listen to Adam de la Halle, I realise how great Machaut was!

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Ars Vetus singer top notch Adam DE La Halle but I agree Machaut rule the Ars Nova do whit Marcel peres messe a Notre dame is godlike. Oh dear friend mandryka

[prémont]

I'm about to say something deprofundis may not want to hear.

Whenever I listen to Adam de la Halle, I realise how great Machaut was!

You can't just compare them directly. Firstly Adam de la Halle was born fifty years before Machaut. Secondly they wrote in different styles, de la Halle Ars antiqua, Machaut Ars nova. Like comparing Mozart to Wagner. Was Wagner the greatest of the two, because he wrote in the most "advanced" style?

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There are large numbers of music lovers who can't listen for more than a few seconds, but I love it.
Shit sells the best .

In the distance are just the dust clouds visible from the runaways 

Garbage does sell the best without a doubt.

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First dip into this new arrival:

Shostakovich
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 "Leningrad"
BBC NOW
Wigglesworth



OMG...this is fantastic! I had bought a few of these recordings from this series, but I'm glad I decided to buy the set. A devastating account of the Leningrad. I feel a Shostakovich symphony marathon festering within me.

[Bachtoven]

A new name to me (and a new release on Qobuz). Some of his tempos are a bit leisurely, but I think those are for interpretive reasons rather than technical ones. He's a very expressive player and makes great use of tone colors and dynamics.

[SonicMan46]

Hanson, Howard (1896-1981) - Gerard Schwarz Recordings on Delos Doubles - a lot of music on these 4 discs - short bio below; the link lists his many compositions, mainly orchestral and choral; but he did write some chamber music (bottom pic - click to enlarge) which on Amazon USA at least seems unrecorded/unavailable - just curious if others may be familiar w/ these works, and if so worth pursuing (seem to fall into 'early' and 'later' pieces?).  Dave

Howard Harold Hanson was an American composer, conductor, educator, music theorist, and champion of American classical music. As director for 40 years of the Eastman School of Music, he built a high-quality school and provided opportunities for commissioning and performing American music. In 1944, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his Symphony No. 4, and received numerous other awards including the George Foster Peabody Award for Outstanding Entertainment in Music in 1946. (Source)

 

[Roasted Swan]

Hanson, Howard (1896-1981) - Gerard Schwarz Recordings on Delos Doubles - a lot of music on these 4 discs - short bio below; the link lists his many compositions, mainly orchestral and choral; but he did write some chamber music (bottom pic - click to enlarge) which on Amazon USA at least seems unrecorded/unavailable - just curious if others may be familiar w/ these works, and if so worth pursuing (seem to fall into 'early' and 'later' pieces?).  Dave

 

If the price is reasonable and the late/post Romantic style appeals then these are a fine group of recordings.  Somehow I find these Schwarz/Seattle/Delos discs to be very good but lacking the last little spark of fire and genius the make me utterly compelled but I do enjoy the music and am pleased to have these discs in my collection......

[SonicMan46]

If the price is reasonable and the late/post Romantic style appeals then these are a fine group of recordings.  Somehow I find these Schwarz/Seattle/Delos discs to be very good but lacking the last little spark of fire and genius the make me utterly compelled but I do enjoy the music and am pleased to have these discs in my collection......

Hi RS - I've owned these Delos Doubles for a while and probably purchased each set cheaply, but now seems that, if even available, used items w/ escalated prices are the only option - for those wanting much of Hanson's 'best works', these discs w/ Schwarz are hard to surpass - I've not really done in comparisons to have an opinion about the options (even the composer's own conducting his works), sorry.

BUT, I wanted some more Hanson, so looked on Amazon USA and decided on the two inexpensive Naxos offerings shown below - first compiled a bunch of reviews - attached - expect to enjoy.  Dave

 

[classicalgeek]

First dip into this new arrival:

Shostakovich
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 "Leningrad"

I feel a Shostakovich symphony marathon festering within me.

A Shostakovich symphony marathon is **always** a good thing! 

Thread duty: Picking up my survey of Berg Violin Concerto recordings from a couple of weeks ago:





Grumiaux/Markevitch is intense and gripping... and gives Mutter/Levine a run for their money as my favorite recording! I'm less impressed with Capucon/Harding - kind of soft-edged and sluggish. Not bad, necessarily, just kind of 'meh'.

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A Shostakovich symphony marathon is **always** a good thing! 

Thread duty: Picking up my survey of Berg Violin Concerto recordings from a couple of weeks ago:





Grumiaux/Markevitch is intense and gripping... and gives Mutter/Levine a run for their money as my favorite recording! I'm less impressed with Capucon/Harding - kind of soft-edged and sluggish. Not bad, necessarily, just kind of 'meh'.

Indeed! How's the audio quality of that Berg Grumiaux recording? If it gives the Mutter/Levin a run for its money, it's got to be good.