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Karl Henning

#80600
October 30, 2022, 10:55:35 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on October 30, 2022, 10:42:17 AM
Modest Mussorgsky
Dream of the Peasant Gritzko (orch. Shebalin)
Galitsin's Journey from Khovanshchina (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Introduction to Khovanshchina (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

Clayton Brainerd, baritone
New Jersey SO - Zdeněk Mácal

VS



As a former resident of the Garden State, I find this especially intriguing. 8)
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

vandermolen

#80601
October 30, 2022, 11:07:58 AM
Quote from: Traverso on October 30, 2022, 06:47:04 AM
Vaughan Williams


Symphony No.5



One of the very best recordings.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

VonStupp

#80602
October 30, 2022, 11:52:43 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 30, 2022, 10:55:35 AM
As a former resident of the Garden State, I find this especially intriguing. 8)

I find myself pleased with Macal's recordings with Milwaukee and New Jersey. Not top recordings usually, but very fine nonetheless.

VS
All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. - Frank Zappa

My Musical Musings

Lisztianwagner

#80603
October 30, 2022, 12:15:53 PM
Arnold Schönberg
Serenade Op. 24

"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

Karl Henning

#80604
October 30, 2022, 01:42:05 PM
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on October 30, 2022, 12:15:53 PM
Arnold Schönberg
Serenade Op. 24



Love it!

TD:

"Wolferl"
Viola Quintet in Bb, K. 174
Viola Quintet in c minor, K. 406
Viola Quintet in Eb, K. 614
Juilliard String Quartet & Jn Graham, va
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

vandermolen

#80605
October 30, 2022, 02:45:38 PM
Quote from: kyjo on October 30, 2022, 05:36:12 AM
My favorite of the Nordgren CDs I've heard. The 7th and 8th symphonies are indeed quite dark and austere but never oppressive or depressing and have enough splashes of orchestral color to keep the attention. Comparisons might be drawn with Pettersson, Aho, or even Malcolm Arnold's later works.
I love the 7th Kyle, especially the wonderful opening phrase, which keeps returning - other moments remind me of Charles Ives.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Todd

#80606
October 30, 2022, 02:53:14 PM
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Peter Power Pop

#80607
October 30, 2022, 03:02:23 PM
Quote from: Traverso on October 30, 2022, 06:47:04 AM
Vaughan Williams

Symphony No.5



Wonderful. Probably my favourite version of VW's Fifth Symphony.

foxandpeng

#80608
October 30, 2022, 04:48:02 PM
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Complete Symphonies Volume 1
Symphony 1
Evgeny Svetlanov
Russian Federation Academic Symphony Orchestra
Olympia

It has been a while since I last heard these symphonies. I confess to having forgotten much about them.
"A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people ... then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbour — such is my idea of happiness"

Tolstoy

Mapman

#80609
October 30, 2022, 06:44:38 PM
Sibelius: Symphony #6
Segerstam: Helsinki

Good, but not great. I may have imprinted on Karajan/Berlin on EMI, but it serves as a good comparison. In the 3rd movement, Karajan takes a slightly faster tempo, which helps give the movement energy and keep it moving. I also think that the brass (and timpani) in Berlin are more powerful.

Symphonic Addict

#80610
October 30, 2022, 06:59:08 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on October 30, 2022, 12:58:52 AM
The Sinfonia Pacis is my favourite work by Kalabis and that is the best recording of it.

I don't know other recordings of it, Jeffrey, but this does leave nothing to be desired.
Part of the tragedy of the Palestinians is that they have essentially no international support for a good reason: they've no wealth, they've no power, so they've no rights.

Noam Chomsky

Symphonic Addict

#80611
October 30, 2022, 07:01:28 PM
Quote from: kyjo on October 30, 2022, 05:15:42 AM
Seems like you've been listening almost exclusively to operas lately, Cesar? Not saying that's a bad thing, of course. ;)

Not exclusively operas, Kyle, but I'm embracing this form more intensely lately, and I've discovered great music in them. I don't listen to them in a rigurous way as others do, nevertheless.
Part of the tragedy of the Palestinians is that they have essentially no international support for a good reason: they've no wealth, they've no power, so they've no rights.

Noam Chomsky

Symphonic Addict

#80612
October 30, 2022, 07:01:49 PM
Quote from: kyjo on October 30, 2022, 05:42:50 AM
The 2nd strikes me as by far the most successful and enjoyable of his three symphonies

+1, the 2nd sounds more cogent to my ears too.
Part of the tragedy of the Palestinians is that they have essentially no international support for a good reason: they've no wealth, they've no power, so they've no rights.

Noam Chomsky

JBS

#80613
October 30, 2022, 07:02:27 PM Last Edit: October 30, 2022, 07:04:33 PM by JBS


CDs 1 and 2, the first 28 songs from this unique manuscript, now in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, about an hour and forty minutes worth of music.

From a website selling a full scale facsimile (yours for only €3480!)
https://www.omifacsimiles.com/brochures/montchen.html



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This exceptional MS, closed, is shaped like a heart; when open it becomes two hearts joined, representing two lovers who send love messages to one another in each one of the songs. When the word "heart" appears in the texts, it is represented by a pictogram. Two full-page illustrations appear in the codex. In the first, Cupid throws arrows at a young girl while at his side Fortune spins his wheel. In the other, two lovers approach one another lovingly. Throughout the MS the pentagrams, music and love poems are surrounded by borders made up of animals, birds, dogs, cats and all kinds of flowers and plants highlighted in abundant and delicate gold. The book gets its name from Jean de Montchenu, a nobleman, apostolic prothonotary, Bishop of Agen (1477) and later of Vivier (1478-1497) who commissioned the work. The music repertoire consists of French and Italian songs written by Dufay, Ockeghem, Busnois and their contemporaries.

Hollywood Beach Broadwalk

Symphonic Addict

#80614
October 30, 2022, 07:02:48 PM
Quote from: kyjo on October 30, 2022, 05:51:03 AM
I agree that the Sinding 2nd isn't terribly memorable, though it's still a thoroughly enjoyable and sumptuous listen, especially in such a fine performance and sound. His 1st Symphony, though, is a real "corker" of a work, full of swashbuckling drama and, yes, great tunes. It's rather like a "sequel" to Dvorak's 7th!

I do have positive memories of Villa-Lobos' 6th - must give it another spin sometime soon.

Sinding's 1st Symphony is his most exciting and powerful example in the form as far as I am concerned. The others just pale in comparison.
Part of the tragedy of the Palestinians is that they have essentially no international support for a good reason: they've no wealth, they've no power, so they've no rights.

Noam Chomsky

Symphonic Addict

#80615
October 30, 2022, 07:05:31 PM
Guarnieri: Chôro for piano and orchestra

I just had to listen to something Brazilian to celebrate the good news for that country today.

Part of the tragedy of the Palestinians is that they have essentially no international support for a good reason: they've no wealth, they've no power, so they've no rights.

Noam Chomsky

vandermolen

#80616
October 30, 2022, 08:27:02 PM
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on October 30, 2022, 06:59:08 PM
I don't know other recordings of it, Jeffrey, but this does leave nothing to be desired.
There's this one as well Cesar:
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Operafreak

#80617
October 30, 2022, 08:37:40 PM



Bach's Musical Offerings-calefax Reed Quintet
The true adversary will inspire you with boundless courage.

vandermolen

#80618
October 31, 2022, 01:16:00 AM
Kabelac: Mystery of Time (older recording)
Czech PO/Ancerl
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#80619
October 31, 2022, 02:21:35 AM
New arrival: Vaughan Williams Volume 2
'Thanksgiving for Victory' (A Song of Thanksgiving) Premiere Performance (recorded in 1944 to be broadcast at the end of the war in Europe)
I'm looking forward to hearing the Boston SO performance of 'Job' with Boult conducting:
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).
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