What are you listening 2 now?

[DavidW]

[classicalgeek]

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 forgotten just how much I love so much of his music. So many composers enter my sphere. It's difficult to keep up with sometimes.

I think BIS would have done a terrific job with a Bloch series, though the discs on Naxos are wonderful too. As far as Genzmer goes, I did indeed hear from Andre (below.)   And you're absolutely right - there are *so* many amazing (and many of them sadly little-known) composers for us to choose from!

   
👍 A great composer ! Thorofon has made it a mission to issue as much of his output as possible. I own 14 discs of his music. Membran has made a space-saving 10-cd box from the Thorofon releases:

Thanks so much, Andre! I just loved his style - it's right up my proverbial alley. And it looks like I can get the Genzmer box directly from Membran for about 12 Euros plus shipping.

Nice! My "desert island" Mahler 6!


TD: another absolute gem of a composer!
M. Camargo Guarnieri
Symphony no. 1
Abertura Festiva
Symphony no. 4
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
John Neschling
(on Qobuz)



Fresh and vital and rhythmic... with lyrical, heartfelt slow movements on top of that. And if that's not enough, it's stunningly orchestrated! I think I like him more than Villa-Lobos, as fine as the latter is.

[Mirror Image]

I think BIS would have done a terrific job with a Bloch series, though the discs on Naxos are wonderful too. As far as Genzmer goes, I did indeed hear from Andre (below.)   And you're absolutely right - there are *so* many amazing (and many of them sadly little-known) composers for us to choose from!

Thanks so much, Andre! I just loved his style - it's right up my proverbial alley. And it looks like I can get the Genzmer box directly from Membran for about 12 Euros plus shipping.

Nice! My "desert island" Mahler 6!


TD: another absolute gem of a composer!
M. Camargo Guarnieri
Symphony no. 1
Abertura Festiva
Symphony no. 4
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
John Neschling
(on Qobuz)



Fresh and vital and rhythmic... with lyrical, heartfelt slow movements on top of that. And if that's not enough, it's stunningly orchestrated! I think I like him more than Villa-Lobos, as fine as the latter is.

I'd personally be hesitant to say I prefer Guarnieri over Villa-Lobos for the simple reason that V-L is one of those composers that I immediately fell in love with and this is something that doesn't happen a lot. Sometimes I have to work quite hard to get a composer and their style(s). I have been tremendously impressed with Guarnieri's music, though, but there's just not enough of it available to give me any kind of overview of his oeuvre, but I've certainly loved what I've heard. I think as a symphonist, Guarnieri is more convincing perhaps, but this is probably to do with the tighter structure he seems to employ. Villa-Lobos, for better or for worse, does better when the form is freer, but he does surprise me when his SQs for example, which structurally solid.

[vandermolen]

Tippett: Symphony No.1 - a long time since I've heard this fine work:

[ritter]

Bruno Maderna's transcriptions of ancient music, coupled with Luciano Berio's dazzling Chemins V for guitar and chamber orchestra (the work is the orchestral "expansion" of Sequenza IX for solo guitar).


Maderna, who had a deep love for older music, does a wonderful job in clothing the music of Gabrieli, Frescobaldi, etc. in modern garb, so to speak.

Dennis Russel Davies (whom I heard conduct The Flying Dutchman live in Bayreuth more than 40 years ago) is very persuasive here. Great music making!

I've just found out (in a loving tribute by him included in the biography I've been reading) that Davies worked as a conducting assistant of Maderna on several occasions, and that he conducted the run of performances of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande in Amsterdam, for which Maderna was to ill to even start the rehearsals.

[Linz]

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 Rudof Serkin with Rafael Kubelik conducting Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

[Mirror Image]

Tippett: Symphony No.1 - a long time since I've heard this fine work:

Nice, Jeffrey! The Tippett symphonies have grown on me considerably over the years.

[André]

I think BIS would have done a terrific job with a Bloch series, though the discs on Naxos are wonderful too. As far as Genzmer goes, I did indeed hear from Andre (below.)   And you're absolutely right - there are *so* many amazing (and many of them sadly little-known) composers for us to choose from!

Thanks so much, Andre! I just loved his style - it's right up my proverbial alley. And it looks like I can get the Genzmer box directly from Membran for about 12 Euros plus shipping.

Nice! My "desert island" Mahler 6!

TD: another absolute gem of a composer!
M. Camargo Guarnieri
Symphony no. 1
Abertura Festiva
Symphony no. 4
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
John Neschling
(on Qobuz)


Fresh and vital and rhythmic... with lyrical, heartfelt slow movements on top of that. And if that's not enough, it's stunningly orchestrated! I think I like him more than Villa-Lobos, as fine as the latter is.

Great ! I got the original Thorofon set for less than 10 euros a few years ago at JPC. It's been licensed to Membran with the same contents. Currently JPC lists 338 entries for him: 27 CDs and a whopping 311 scores. He is taught and played in every conservatory and music school in Germany. Genzmer is not a composer you'll write about in 'Pieces that have blown you away' but his brand of style gets under the skin. So satisfying...

[Karl Henning]

Listening to this again, as I found that I entirely enjoyed the Strauss, particularly:

CD 68

R Strauss
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

H Purcell (arr. Barbirolli)
Suite for Strings, Woodwinds and Horns

JSB
Sheep May Safely Graze

[Lisztianwagner]

On Spotify:
Alexander Zemlinsky
String Quartet No.4

[Karl Henning]

On Spotify:
Alexander Zemlinsky
String Quartet No.4

Nice, Ilaria!

[André]

Bought recently out of curiosity and because it was very cheap. Turns out it's first quality early Beethoven.

Op 4 is a work based on the octet for winds in E Flat op 103 (composed in 1792 - opus numbers can be very misleading). Beethoven reworked it in 1795, using the same thematic material, but in many places considerably developed it, turning the 22 min work into one 50% longer. It's a complex, solid work from his early period.

The op 104 dates from 1817, thus its numbering is theoretically correct. Except that it is a transcription of the Trio op 1 no 3, also from 1795. In this case the music was transposed to the string instruments, with some minor adaptations. The 2 violas get most of the harmonic 'filling' normally done by the pianist.

Recorded in the warm, resonant acoustics of the Rudolfinum, Prague in 1976. A very fine disc. These works do not feature in the 50-disc Beethoven set from EMI. I had no intention of getting every scrap of music Beethoven ever wrote, and I was confident that big box would cover even obscure corners of his oeuvre. I'm glad I got this, then.

[Linz]

Lisa Batiashvili, Beethoven Violin Concerto Tsintsadze Miniatures with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen for Beethoven and the Georgian Chamber Orchetra for the Tsintsadze and Batiashvili doing the Violin and directing

[vers la flamme]

Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244. Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schönberg Chor, etc

Part II today. Soooo good... the soprano aria "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben" has started, and I never noticed how beautiful it was. The soloist is Christine Schäfer, and she sings it beautifully.

To whoever was telling me how late I was with the Passiontide music, I know but I did listen to Leonhardt's Saint Matthew Passion on Good Friday.

[Symphonic Addict]

Now playing this entire recording:



Such a fun romp. Great performances, too.

Indeed! One of my favorite Tansman CDs.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Interesting recording,I have an admiration for George Pieterson who was an outstanding clarinetist  (principal Concertgebouworchestra)   

Thank you for the info. I didn't know about him, but no wonder why the performance by him and the orchestra is exceptional.

[foxandpeng]

Einojuhani Rautavaara
Flute Concerto 'Dances with the Winds'
Leif Segerstam
Helsinki PO
Ondine

Hauntingly beautiful in places.

[Symphonic Addict]

HighDefinitionTapeTransfer's issue of this 1973 recording has spectacular sound, especially in the massed forces of the Psalm, which dates from 1904. La Tragédie de Salome was originally a ballet and later rearranged as a symphonic poem. Oddly enough I occasionally hear echoes of Holst's Planets, though, as far as I know, Holst never heard the piece.

Below is the cover for the original issue.

The Psaume XLVII is a staggering creation and that's the best performance hands down.

[Symphonic Addict]

Wrong cover.

I don't think that he/she would care about since he/she only posts images and types the info that appears on the front cover. 

[Symphonic Addict]

Yes, a very fine work which a gorgeous slow movement and an excitingly tempestuous scherzo. His substantial Serenade for orchestra also contains some worthwhile and imaginative music.

I do remember the Serenade being quite fine indeed. His First Symphony in B minor doesn't disappoint at all either.