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[aligreto]

Borodin: two short vocal pieces





Romance for Baritone and Orchestra
"At the Homes of Other Folk" for Mezzo-soprano and Orchestra

[Biffo]

Villa-Lobos: Symphony No 11 - Sao Paolo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky

[Papy Oli]

The 4 motets on this Schutz CD:

[DavidW]

Koopman Bach Toccatas and Fugues



His performances either revelatory or odd and never normal.  I'm not digging it this morning.

[Todd]

7 & 8.

[Traverso]

Sweelinck

CD 2

Virginaal Ruckers
Pieter Dirksen
Bob van Asperen

Klavecimbel  Ruckers
Bob van Asperen
Pieter-Jan Belder


Bob van Asperen

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Yes, I thought the same. It sounds like Kodaly stripped of his personal stamp, but paying homage to Palestrina and the like. I remember it all being quite clean and slightly anodyne, although there is an orchestrated version with Janos Ferencsik that has a little more meat to it and Hungarian forces. Have not heard this particular recording, but I assume it is with boy trebles?

VS

It's a mixture.  I'm going to give the Janacek one a play now.

PD

[Roasted Swan]

Elgar: Violin Sonata in E minor

The highlight here is the remarkable slow movement - which is by turns ghostly, nostalgic, and capricious. A magical creation. The first movement is passionate and noble, and if the finale is slightly less inspired than the preceding two movements, it still holds the attention.

Franck: Grand Trio Concertant (Piano Trio) no. 1, op. 1/1 in F-sharp minor

Absolutely stunning work!! I simply can't believe Franck wrote this when he was only 17 or 18 years old - and it's so incredibly ahead of its time for 1839/40. The first movement has an granitic, statuesque power that's quite unlike anything else in the repertoire, and it builds to an absolutely shattering climax. Perhaps even more remarkable is the finale, with its gloriously ecstatic main theme and tempestuous development section. It receives an absolutely smoking performance here!

Just checking out the Franck - never heard it.  This particular performance is available as part of the standard Amazon Prime membership - as you say remarkable for such a young composer.  You only ever think of Franck looking old with big mutton-chop whiskers so hard to thing of him as a young composer!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Persian Classical Music.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Koopman Bach Toccatas and Fugues



His performances either revelatory or odd and never normal.  I'm not digging it this morning.

A lot of ornaments.

[Mirror Image]

First-Listen Sunday -

Glass
Cello Concerto No. 1
Ruth Sutter, cello
Orchestra of the Americas
Dante Anzolini

[Pohjolas Daughter]

It's a mixture.  I'm going to give the Janacek one a play now.

PD

Well, I liked the Janacek work much better though truthfully, I doubt that I'll often revisit it.  Perhaps at some point I'll listen to the other Kodaly work on the CD.   

PD

[Papy Oli]

Bach - Flute Sonata in E minor BWV 1034
(Wentz, Borgstede)

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Glazunov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B major, Op. 100
Stephen Coombs, piano
Scottish BBC SO
Brabbins

[Sergeant Rock]

Listening again to Karl Henning's Kerouac performed by the Lowell Chamber Orchestra.

Sarge

[vers la flamme]

Listening again to Karl Henning's Kerouac performed by the Lowell Chamber Orchestra.

Sarge

Hey, that's awesome. When Karl mentioned he had a show coming up in Lowell, my first thought was "hey, that's Jack Kerouac's birthplace." Big fan of his writing. I'd love to hear this piece, do you have a link? Or @Karl if you see this, do you have a link?

[vers la flamme]

Round two with this recording...:



Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E-flat major. Bernard Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Brilliant. I'm in good company with André also being an admirer of Haitink's work here.

[Sergeant Rock]

Hey, that's awesome. When Karl mentioned he had a show coming up in Lowell, my first thought was "hey, that's Jack Kerouac's birthplace." Big fan of his writing. I'd love to hear this piece, do you have a link? Or @Karl if you see this, do you have a link?

Here it is: https://vimeo.com/627798456/21bc7e5890

Sarge

[SonicMan46]

Hanson, Howard (1896-1981) - Chamber Works w/ the performers shown below - after listening to my mainly orchestral Hanson collection earlier in the week, I decided to add a couple of chamber discs (one piano) - recording below just arrived and really enjoyed - quite romantic and impressionistic - reviews attached for those interested.  Dave

 

[aligreto]

Barber: Medea Ballet Suite [Alsop]