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[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, 1872/77 Mixed Versions. Ed. Leopold Nowak
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum

Que It is a different recording it was done in !977 I also have that recording

[Cato]

Concerning Dmitri Tiomkin's song from High Noon, from @Karl Henning's Composing topic:

I always had trouble with the middle eight of that one. It goes from a sorrowful lament to a bouncy "He made a vow while in state's prison vowed it would be my life or his'n" section that seems out of place moodwise.

Here is the song:

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NP: Braunfels Piano Concerto, Op. 21



This is still the only recording of Braunfels' PC. Thank goodness its a great one! The Adagio movement in this PC always melts my heart. Such an uplifting gorgeous piece.

[ritter]

Un po' di musica concertante di Respighi questa sera a casa di ritter: Concerto gregoriano (Vadim Brodsky, violin), Toccata (Chiara Bertoglio, piano) and Adagio con variazioni (Andrea Nogerini, cello). All with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, conducted by Francesco La Vecchia.

CD5 of this set:

[Linz]

Kalevi Aho Symphony No. 3, Jaakko Kuusisto, violin,  Songs and Dances of Death, Matti Salminen, bass
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä

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NP: Pfitzner Sextet in G minor, Op. 55



A gorgeous work. Pfitzner is one of those composers that just gets under my skin (in a good way of course). I find that the more I listen his music, the more I like it. Oh and that business about Pfitzner being a Nazi sympathizer is complete BS. Not everyone could flee Germany or Austria. Some composers stayed behind as they had already established reputations, it doesn't mean they're a Nazi. I'm thinking here of Richard Strauss in particular, which he took a high level position in the Reichsmusikkammer, but I'm sure he had no choice in the matter. Little did people know at the time that he was protecting his Jewish daughter-in-law and grandchildren. Anyway, I'm digressing --- Pfitzner is a fantastic composer!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Hindemith: Nobilissima visione & Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber.
Szell and Ormandy.

[foxandpeng]

Toshio Hosokawa
String Quartets
Quatuor Diotima
Neos

Astringent!

[JBS]

The Corigliano is a bit more thorny than usual for him, and in fact a good deal of the soloist's material might be fairly described as "atonal honking"--although the result is not unmusical.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 6 in A Major, 1881 Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, 1894 Original Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino dells RAI , Sergiu Celibidache

[Symphonic Addict]

Górecki: Symphonies 1 and 2

The 1st has experimental elements that make it a little challenging, also it is pervaded by a pretty distressing mood.

I found the 2nd more akin to my tastes. Inevitable not to be hooked by those shattering interjections from the orchestra, featuring aggressive pounding on the bass drum. Other passages struck me like elevated, of transcendent quality. Very impressive music.

[Symphonic Addict]

NP: Pfitzner Sextet in G minor, Op. 55



A gorgeous work. Pfitzner is one of those composers that just gets under my skin (in a good way of course). I find that the more I listen his music, the more I like it. Oh and that business about Pfitzner being a Nazi sympathizer is complete BS. Not everyone could flee Germany or Austria. Some composers stayed behind as they had already established reputations, it doesn't mean they're a Nazi. I'm thinking here of Richard Strauss in particular, which he took a high level position in the Reichsmusikkammer, but I'm sure he had no choice in the matter. Little did people know at the time that he was protecting his Jewish daughter-in-law and grandchildren. Anyway, I'm digressing --- Pfitzner is a fantastic composer!

I don't care for the composers' backgrounds either (most of the times). What matters is their talent for creating great music and I think Pfitzner excelled in that regard as you also point out.

[VonStupp]

FJ Haydn
Symphony 52 in C minor
Symphony 53 in D Major 'Imperial'
Symphony 54 in G Major
Austro-Hungarian HO - Ádám Fischer

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Górecki: Symphonies 1 and 2

The 1st has experimental elements that make it a little challenging, also it is pervaded by a pretty distressing mood.

I found the 2nd more akin to my tastes. Inevitable not to be hooked by those shattering interjections from the orchestra, featuring aggressive pounding on the bass drum. Other passages struck me like elevated, of transcendent quality. Very impressive music.

Górecki's 2nd symphony is a fantastic work! I should revisit it at some point. In fact, that whole Górecki Wit series on Naxos is top-notch.

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NP: Pettersson Symphony No. 5

[Symphonic Addict]

Respighi: Aretusa and Poema autunnale

Ravishing both pieces, being Aretusa a first listen. Poema autunnale is devastatingly beautiful.

[Symphonic Addict]

Górecki's 2nd symphony is a fantastic work! I should revisit it at some point. In fact, that whole Górecki Wit series on Naxos is top-notch.

A wondrous piece. It seems to foreshadow some elements of his Symphony No. 3 in places.

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NP: Pettersson Symphony No. 9



I purposely skipped Symphonies Nos. 6-8 as I know these symphonies pretty well and I'm trying to get familiar with the others.

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Respighi: Aretusa and Poema autunnale

Ravishing both pieces, being Aretusa a first listen. Poema autunnale is devastatingly beautiful.

The Concerto Gregoriano is one of my favorite Respighi works. While I like that Mordkovitch/Downes recording, I like this one even more: