What are you listening 2 now?

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Now playing this entire Bloch recording on Supraphon:

[Todd]

Ho-hum Dvorak; pretty darned good Bruch.  If only I liked the Bruch more as a composition.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 5 Günter Wand with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

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Braga Santos: Symphony No.3 (LSO/Cassuto)

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Braga Santos: Symphony No.3 (LSO/Cassuto)

How does this one compared to the Marco Polo one, Jeffrey?

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How does this one compared to the Marco Polo one, Jeffrey?

This one, with the London Symphony Orchestra is better John (the Marco Polo is very good however). It was Johan (Christo) who alerted me to the qualities of this performance. There is no coupling however. In the case of the wonderful 4th Symphony, it's the other way round and the Marco Polo (without the chorus at the end) is, IMO, far preferable to the Portugalsom recording.

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Stephen Paulus: 'Grand Concerto for Organ and Orchestra'

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This one, with the London Symphony Orchestra is better John (the Marco Polo is very good however). It was Johan (Christo) who alerted me to the qualities of this performance. There is no coupling however. In the case of the wonderful 4th Symphony, it's the other way round and the Marco Polo (without the chorus at the end) is, IMO, far preferable to the Portugalsom recording.

Thanks, Jeffrey. I'll keep this in my mind. I do rather love these Marco Polo releases I must say.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Looks great, Dry Brett. I can't wait to dig into this Vladigerov series.

Music exotic and lush.

[SonicMan46]

Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) - well, I'm into the 'M's of my collection review and Felix is next - up first the Cello Works - own two different versions and enjoy both - reviews attached.  Dave

 

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Music exotic and lush.

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Thanks, Jeffrey. I'll keep this in my mind. I do rather love these Marco Polo releases I must say.

Me too John. I was very lucky as a Portuguese student whom I used to teach (and whose grandmother knew Braga Santos) presented me with the boxed set of the complete (Marco Polo) symphonies etc:

[classicalgeek]

Harald Saeverud
Symphony no. 8 'Minnesota'
Canto Ostinato
Galdreslatten
Symphony no. 6 'Sinfonia Dolorosa'
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitri Kitaenko
(on Qobuz)

[foxandpeng]

Einojuhani Rautavaara
Angels and Visitations
Before the Icons
Hannu Koivula
RSNO
Leif Segerstam
Helsinki PO

Rautavaara continues to deliver. After the challenging and sometimes perplexing revelation of the angelic in Angels and Visitations, he manages a glimpse of iconography that is both immediate and accessible in Before the Icons. Really interesting considering when questioned about his beliefs, Rautavaara said: 'I have no religion, although officially I am Lutheran; I have only a sense of depth and mystery.'

Depth and mystery, indeed.

There is much to like about these works!

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Me too John. I was very lucky as a Portuguese student whom I used to teach (and whose grandmother knew Braga Santos) presented me with the boxed set of the complete (Marco Polo) symphonies etc:

Nice!

Now playing this entire Bloch recording:

[Mapman]

Respighi: Concerto Gregoriano
Vadim Brodsky; Francesco La Vecchia: Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma

It's a nice work, but I was unimpressed by this violinist.

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Respighi: Concerto Gregoriano
Vadim Brodsky; Francesco La Vecchia: Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma

It's a nice work, but I was unimpressed by this violinist.

You should check out the Mordkovitch/Downes recording on Chandos (if you haven't already).

[classicalgeek]

Nice!

Now playing this entire Bloch recording:

Excellent recording! I picked it up when I did a 'deep dive' on Bloch earlier this year. I need to go back for another listen!


TD:
Harald Genzmer
*Concerto for flute, piano, and string orchestra
%Concerto da camera for violin and orchestra
$Kammerkonzert for oboe and string orchestra
String Symphony no. 2
*Oliver Treindl, piano
*Andrea Lieberknecht, flute
%Rainer Kussmaul, violin
$Francois Leleux, oboe
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Liebreich
(on Qobuz)



I love just about anything in that spiky, Stravinsky-influenced neoclassical style, with its motoric rhythms and pungent dissonances, and Genzmer certainly fills the bill! He reminds me a lot of Bacewicz, actually.

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Excellent recording! I picked it up when I did a 'deep dive' on Bloch earlier this year. I need to go back for another listen!


TD:
Harald Genzmer
*Concerto for flute, piano, and string orchestra
%Concerto da camera for violin and orchestra
$Kammerkonzert for oboe and string orchestra
String Symphony no. 2
*Oliver Treindl, piano
*Andrea Lieberknecht, flute
%Rainer Kussmaul, violin
$Francois Leleux, oboe
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Liebreich
(on Qobuz)



I love just about anything in that spiky, Stravinsky-influenced neoclassical style, with its motoric rhythms and pungent dissonances, and Genzmer certainly fills the bill! He reminds me a lot of Bacewicz, actually.

Yeah, this is a fantastic Bloch recording, indeed. I wish BIS would've continued recording more of Bloch's music, but it never happened. Genzmer seems like an interesting composer. I think Andre spoke about him on this thread several times. I could be mistaken, though. Anyway, Bloch has been a wonderful rediscovery for me. I had forgot just how much I love so much of his music. So many composers enter my sphere. It's difficult to keep up with sometimes.

[DavidW]

Martinu's 1st and 2nd. Exceptional. Pettersson's 7th not quite as good as Segerstam but still quite good.