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George Lloyd: Piano Concerto No.4

[Brahmsian]

NP:

Shostakovich
Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43
Stuttgart RSO
Boreyko



This was a gift from Ray (OrchestralNut) and, man, what a performance this is! Menacing is the certainly the right adjective here.

Excellent. Glad you are enjoying it! 

[André]

2 choral works, 2 orchestral ones. Goetz (1840-1876) composed his choral elegy Nenie a few years before Brahms' own take on Schiller's poem (Nänie) and personally I find it more interesting. The rest is a bit uneven. No lost masterpieces here, but certainly worth hearing if one likes chaste german romanticism.

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William Alwyn: Odd Man Out Suite. Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra

So damn good. Hooked on classic British film music lately.

[VonStupp]

2 choral works, 2 orchestral ones. Goetz (1840-1876) composed his choral elegy Nenie a few years before Brahms' own take on Schiller's poem (Nänie) and personally I find it more interesting. The rest is a bit uneven. No lost masterpieces here, but certainly worth hearing if one likes chaste german romanticism.

'Chaste German Romanticism' was my nickname in college!  Count me in for Goetz. 

VS

[Mirror Image]

Excellent. Glad you are enjoying it! 

Thanks, Ray. I've got several Boreyko-led performances and he's never disappointed.

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William Alwyn: Odd Man Out Suite. Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra

So damn good. Hooked on classic British film music lately.

For me 'Odd Man out' is worthy to stand alongside Alwyn's symphonies and I believe that is one of his finest scores. The 'doomed processional' reminds me of Miklos Rozsa's 'Procession to Calvary' from Ben Hur.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Prokofiev
Summer Night Suite, Op. 123
Zagreb Philharmonic
Kitayenko

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Cooke: Symphony No. 3 [Braithwaite]





This is my first time hearing this work. I like the agitation in the first movement along with the wonderful tension and drama through the movement. I also like the fine orchestration employed to achieve these results. It is something of a unique sound world to my ear. The slow movement is a wonderful contrast to the opening movement and it has a particularly wistful, slightly disconcerting but always lyrical nature in terms of tone. Once again the scope of the orchestration is wonderful. I like the way that the same tone is carried forward into the final movement with the tempo increased. There is a lot of counterpoint activity going on which helps to build up the tension and drama once again. This is a very interesting work.

[VonStupp]

William Wallace (1860-1940)
Villon
  'Rebel poet, whore-monger, tortured; escaped the gallows by inches; early death a mystery'

BBC Scottish SO - Martyn Brabbins

There is nice variety in this set of Romantic symphonic poems from Wallace. Sir William Wallace was heroic and muscular, Beatrice was sombre, yet powerful ala a Wagner prelude.

Villon is much more playful, I assume to depict the rascal nature of 'rebel poet' François Villon. Not my favorite of the recording so far, but I appreciate the variety quite a bit.  VS

[SonicMan46]

Hummel, Johann (1778-1837) - Piano Trios - Trio Parnassus on MIs vs. Voces Intimae on period instruments - during this 'classical-romantic transition', I enjoy having modern and period instrument performances; in this case, Trio Parnassus has been a favorite for many years, but do enjoy the recordings of the other group - for those interested, reviews attached, including a rave for the Trio from Don Satz on Music-Web (was on GMG w/ different names, including Bulldog) - Dave

   

[Karl Henning]

'Chaste German Romanticism' was my nickname in college!  Count me in for Goetz. 

VS

(* chortle *)

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067. Christopher Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music

Enjoying this just as much as I did the first suite. Damn, such amazing music, played excellently. This is probably the best Hogwood recording in my library. A fine musician he was.

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Barber: A Hand of Bridge [Alsop]





I do not play Bridge and along with the other references in the participant's monologues I was never engaged with this work at all. I do not like that style of writing for voice.

[Symphonic Addict]

Bliss: String Quartet No. 2

One of the greatest English string quartets imo. It's haunting, with vitality and sharp rhythms, not very different from Bartók or Janacek in style, for instance.

[Symphonic Addict]

Barber: A Hand of Bridge [Alsop]





I do not play Bridge and along with the other references in the participant's monologues I was never engaged with this work at all. I do not like that style of writing for voice.

It's a shame it wasn't wonderful, isn't it? I'm not a fan of works like this either.

[Symphonic Addict]

Hausegger: Barbarossa

The motifs of this work are so knightly, combative, majestic, and the story is very nice depicted. Pure good Late-Romanticism.




Wetzler: Visionen

Yet another splendid CPO recording that brings quite good late-Romantic stuff a la Respighi, Strauss, Wagner, Dukas, Franck. Just phenomenal.

[Karl Henning]

Franck
String Quartet in D
Carducci Quartet

[Que]

Morning listening:



I'm generally a Cantica Symphonia sceptic, but this is quite good.   

Thank you, Que.

I cannot see the images that you have posted but, more importantly, I have been able to access the links that you have provided. Thank you very much for that.

You're welcome! 

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Cooke: Symphony No. 3 [Braithwaite]





This is my first time hearing this work. I like the agitation in the first movement along with the wonderful tension and drama through the movement. I also like the fine orchestration employed to achieve these results. It is something of a unique sound world to my ear. The slow movement is a wonderful contrast to the opening movement and it has a particularly wistful, slightly disconcerting but always lyrical nature in terms of tone. Once again the scope of the orchestration is wonderful. I like the way that the same tone is carried forward into the final movement with the tempo increased. There is a lot of counterpoint activity going on which helps to build up the tension and drama once again. This is a very interesting work.

That's one of my favourite Lyrita CDs Fergus, featuring three fine symphonies. I've head a few Cooke symphonies and IMO No.3 is by far the best. Great cover image!