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[Que]

Now streaming.

Noted! 

[SonicMan46]

Schubert, Franz - Piano Trios - own the three 2-disc sets below, first two on period instruments and an old favorite on modern piano - just a disc from each set - likely will keep all; of course, there are many alternatives in these works, as noted in a recent thread.  Dave

   

[Linz]

CD1 of this Clementi Symphony set

[Iota]

A great disc!
I discovered the work through the CFP recording.

+1

Here:



Cage: Hymns and Variations, Five
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava

Hymns and Variations, Cage's largest choral work, is engaging, poignant and rather intimate music. It's also music that persuasively demonstrates that compositional methods based on chance, can not only produce music of great interest, but also great beauty.
Five, which precedes it, is a fairly haunting five minutes of music, that sounds something like a musical evocation of dawning self-awareness radiating like a hallucinogenic drug through HAL's CPU. I seriously wish it were longer.

[Mapman]

Strauss: Symphonische Fantasie Aus Die Frau Ohne Schatten (TrV 234a)
Nelsons: Boston

I believe that this is my first listen to anything from Frosch. It's exactly what I expected from Strauss: beautiful richly-orchestrated music.

[Todd]

Revisiting for the first time in years.  When I first heard it, I thought it was not quite mediocre.  Hoped maybe it would improve with time.  Nope.

[vers la flamme]

Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34. Leon Fleisher, Emerson String Quartet

First listen. This is an excellent performance! Fleisher is great. Very lyrical tone, very light touch.

[VonStupp]

Dipping into this set:

Vaughan Williams
Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra
Partita for Double String Orchestra
Two Hymn-Tune Preludes

London SO - Bryden Thomson (rec. 1990)

First time listen to these works.

VS

A plaintive cold wind touching this string music. Perhaps I sense VW's modal writing.

I do really like like the thick, weighty sound of the LSO under Thomson. I think the Chandos engineers really had the feel of St. Jude's as a recording location for the LSO strings in particular.

VS

[VonStupp]

Cage: Hymns and Variations, Five
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava

Hymns and Variations, Cage's largest choral work, is engaging, poignant and rather intimate music. It's also music that persuasively demonstrates that compositional methods based on chance, can not only produce music of great interest, but also great beauty.
Five, which precedes it, is a fairly haunting five minutes of music, that sounds something like a musical evocation of dawning self-awareness radiating like a hallucinogenic drug through HAL's CPU. I seriously wish it were longer.

Thank you for the write up. I had been eyeing this one since I saw its release date and the Latvian Radio Choir is one I admire on record for the most part.

VS

[Karl Henning]

+1

Here:



Cage: Hymns and Variations, Five
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava

Hymns and Variations, Cage's largest choral work, is engaging, poignant and rather intimate music. It's also music that persuasively demonstrates that compositional methods based on chance, can not only produce music of great interest, but also great beauty.
Five, which precedes it, is a fairly haunting five minutes of music, that sounds something like a musical evocation of dawning self-awareness radiating like a hallucinogenic drug through HAL's CPU. I seriously wish it were longer.

Most interesting!

[SonicMan46]

Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) - Octet w/ the 3 groups below - my preference is L'Archibudelli but the attached reviews are all good to excellent; one of my favorite Schubert chamber works and there are plenty of great performances that have been recorded - any favorites from others, either PI or MI?  Dave

   

[Spotted Horses]

Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34. Leon Fleisher, Emerson String Quartet

First listen. This is an excellent performance! Fleisher is great. Very lyrical tone, very light touch.

I look at that cover photo and I find the microphone placement absolutely astonishing.

[vandermolen]

Good morning, Jeffrey!
It is like Greek Khachaturian. This disc and the 36 Greek Dances are vg and very likable. I slightly prefer Manos Kalomiris to Skalkottas though.


https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nuS_G8JYiJHjKJfp7dkgDZhDWa8w6iDSc

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lBpnwPKmV1ASop5jpmpvpWikKU6DcRbPk

Good Evening, Manabu!
Thank you - I like the music very much and will track it down. It reminded me a bit of Klami's 'Sea Pictures' - atmospheric and memorable music.

TD
Rawsthorne's 'Symphonic Studies' - his masterpiece I think:

[vandermolen]

A plaintive cold wind touching this string music. Perhaps I sense VW's modal writing.

I do really like like the thick, weighty sound of the LSO under Thomson. I think the Chandos engineers really had the feel of St. Jude's as a recording location for the LSO strings in particular.

VS

Yes, it's a great set.

[DavidW]

Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) - Octet w/ the 3 groups below - my preference is L'Archibudelli but the attached reviews are all good to excellent; one of my favorite Schubert chamber works and there are plenty of great performances that have been recorded - any favorites from others, either PI or MI?  Dave

   

I also like L'Archibudelli.  Here is another one I like (Edding Q)

[Todd]

Book I from Beroff's third recording.

[Symphonic Addict]

Malipiero: Per una favola cavalleresca

Listening to this new release. Enjoyable at first listen, there is much orchestral colour, heroic passages, poetic moments, all of that in a rather Romantic style. I don't consider it's one of his best works, however.

[Mapman]

Haydn: Symphonies #16 and #24
A. Fischer: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

I liked #16 slightly better: the first movement is fairly contrapuntally interesting, and the second movement has a nice cello solo.

[Karl Henning]

Wrapping up this splendid box:

CD 14

R. Strauss
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 (1895)
cond.
Iván Fischer

Ravel
L'enfant et les sortilèges (1920-25)
cond. Charles Dutoit

Tristan Keuris
Catena: Refrains and Variations (1988)
cond. Edo de Waart

Hadn't expected to say this of any work of Ravel's, but I respect it rather than love it. Call it a first impression only, for the time being, as I do not consider the book closed.

[SonicMan46]

I also like L'Archibudelli.  Here is another one I like (Edding Q)

Thanks David for the recommendation - recording on Spotify and will take a listen - Dave