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[AnotherSpin]

Op. 106

[Madiel]

Prokofiev: Chout (suite only)



It's always just a touch disappointing when this box has extracts rather than a complete version (and this comes just after a full 2.5-hour rendition of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty, but I guess the suite version is far more common and still presents a decent amount of music.

The recording has plenty of colour (Abbado and the London Symphony Orchestra from 1966, so fairly early in Abbado's career).

[AnotherSpin]

Op. 106

[Madiel]

Stravinsky

Renard (sung in French here)



What an odd little work.

And then, Mavra (an opera also premiered by the Ballets Russes)

[Todd]

[AnotherSpin]

[Harry]

Valborg Aulin, Ida Moberg, Elfrida Andreè.
Orchestral Works.
Gothenburg SO, Johannes Gustavsson.
Recorded in 2021. NO PDF file.
Not an easy task to get this rather obscure CD.

[Que]

Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin (1733)

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Listened to two wonderful works this morning.  Firstly, a wind arrangement (rather than probably the more familiar orchestral arrangement) of Copland's "Quiet City" with the amazing Wynton Marsalis and the Eastman Wind Ensemble.

Next a work by the contemporary composer Kenneth Fuchs--a work called "Christina's World" which was inspired by the painting of the same name by Andrew Wyeth.  My favorite work of his so far which I've heard....really enjoyed it.  The recording was with the U.S. Coastguard (quite impressed with their playing).

If interested, you can listen to the works here: 

And here: 

[mahler10th]

I tuned in to Karl Hennings music to be played live in Kings Chapel in Boston, but discovered I'm 2 hours early, so I'll get to that at 17:15GMT.  Meanwhile, a bit of British jingo with William Walton - Spitfire Prelude and Fuge.  Aye, I'm just climbing into my Spitfire now...

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I tuned in to Karl Hennings music to be played live in Kings Chapel in Boston, but discovered I'm 2 hours early, so I'll get to that at 17:15GMT.  Meanwhile, a bit of British jingo with William Walton - Spitfire Prelude and Fuge.  Aye, I'm just climbing into my Spitfire now...

Don't believe that I've heard that Walton work before, but will check it out.  Thanks for the reminder re Karl's concert too.

PD

[Harry]

ROSENBERG, Hilding (1892–1985)

Symphony No. 6 (1951) 'Sinfonia semplice'.
Symphony No. 3 (1939).

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago.
Recorded: (Symphony No. 6) 2005, (Symphony No. 3) at the Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden.

[AnotherSpin]

[Florestan]

[vandermolen]

I tuned in to Karl Hennings music to be played live in Kings Chapel in Boston, but discovered I'm 2 hours early, so I'll get to that at 17:15GMT.  Meanwhile, a bit of British jingo with William Walton - Spitfire Prelude and Fuge.  Aye, I'm just climbing into my Spitfire now...

It's a fine discs. We regularly get Spitfires flying over our garden. I think that people pay £1000+ for a short ride (in a fast machine  ) down to the coast and back.

[vandermolen]

ROSENBERG, Hilding (1892–1985)

Symphony No. 6 (1951) 'Sinfonia semplice'.
Symphony No. 3 (1939).

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago.
Recorded: (Symphony No. 6) 2005, (Symphony No. 3) at the Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden.

One of my favourite BIS CDs. I wish they had recorded a complete cycle of HR's symphonies.

[vandermolen]

Bax: Piano Quintet - A GMG Forum recommendation of years ago. It's a great epic work like Bloch's SQ No.1:

[Spotted Horses]

Haydn Piano Sonata No 45 (Hob XVI:30, next up in my ChatGPT generated random Haydn sonata playlist) Brautigam.



More straightforward than Pienaar, less interesting.

[Spotted Horses]

Braunfels, Don Juan,



It wasn't until the introduction was over and the theme was presented that I realized that this is a set of variations on a theme from Mozart's Opera. There were some brilliant moments, but the "enclose classical melody in romantic cloud" genre is not my favorite. I don't think I will listen to it again.

Braunfels' string quartets are utterly brilliant and I haven't come across any of his orchestral music which strikes me as strongly.

[Spotted Horses]

It's a fine discs. We regularly get Spitfires flying over our garden. I think that people pay £1000+ for a short ride (in a fast machine  ) down to the coast and back.

I'm not sure how that would work. The Spitfire was a single-seat aircraft. You pay £1000+ and you fly it yourself? Do you regular see them fly toward the coast and not come back?