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[vandermolen]

Korngold: Symphony
John Mauceri: Orchestra Della Svizzera Italiana
This is a powerfully driven performance, reminding me of the pioneering Kempe recording.
I've come across Mauceri on TV programmes about film music.
Here's some info on the special nature of this recording:
https://johnmauceri.com/news/the-korngold-symphony/
The 2CD set includes Korngold playing the Symphony on the piano:

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Ravel.

[Number Six]

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (2025)
Théotime Langlois de Swarte
Orchestre Le Consort

I don't know this guy at all, but I could not resist that name. I suspect it's pronounced "Tay-oh-teem", and I am loving saying it over and over. 

[Karl Henning]

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (2025)
Théotime Langlois de Swarte
Orchestre Le Consort

I don't know this guy at all, but I could not resist that name. I suspect it's pronounced "Tay-oh-teem", and I am loving saying it over and over. 

Good to see you, friend!

[Mister Sharpe]

This makes two of us. 

We are a force to be reckoned with!  I certainly don't imagine Schubert's early symphonies will become as esteemed as Schubert's once neglected and rejected Piano Sonatas are, they're deserving of a broader hearing at the very least.

[JBS]

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (2025)
Théotime Langlois de Swarte
Orchestre Le Consort

I don't know this guy at all, but I could not resist that name. I suspect it's pronounced "Tay-oh-teem", and I am loving saying it over and over. 

Professor Google seems to think it's "Tee-oh-teem" but using the pronounciation of a Parisian boulebardier is a necessity.
This is probably the least interesting of his recordings: most of them are either concept driven (he participated in the Evening at Proust CD, for example) or compositions that are not nearly as well-known as the Four Seasons.

TD
Completing my run-through of Furtwangler-the-composer

[Number Six]

Professor Google seems to think it's "Tee-oh-teem" but using the pronounciation of a Parisian boulebardier is a necessity.

Teh Googlez Machine did not recognize that accent on the "e". 

[Number Six]

Good to see you, friend!

hey, hey! 

[Karl Henning]

Teh Googlez Machine did not recognize that accent on the "e". 

As-tu vraiment bien Googlé?

[Number Six]

As-tu vraiment bien Googlé?

Great googlay mooglay.

[André]

I may not have (or like) all of Norholm's music, but I very much dig his distinctive voice in his concertos and especially his symphonies (he wrote 13 of them, but the last ones remain unrecorded afaik).

However, this pair is a tougher nut to crack. The purely instrumental portions have some staggering moments. Unfortunately the sung/recited portions stand out like a sore thumb imo. I don't know what's triggering composers to use hard to relate stuff like symbolist, surrealist, existentialist and other 'ists' poetry, but there you have it. Curiously Norholm pairs Walt Whitman with three 20th century Danish poets. Everything is sung in Danish, including Whitman's poems.

The excellent liner notes give us the texts (in Danish) as well as English and French translations. Not that that helps make sense. At least the music is very good - truly excellent in the case of symphony no 8.

[Mister Sharpe]

Speaking of Schubert Piano Sonatas, here are some now.  I love Lupu in these; eloquent is the word that seems the most apt. He and Schubert seem kindred spirits.  But he has really fierce competition and we should never forget that it was Schnabel who resurrected the Sonatas from the dead, even if he's been eclipsed many times over by the likes of Schiff, who calls them "among the most sublime contributions written for the piano," Kempff, and Imogen Cooper, among my faves.

[AnotherSpin]

Speaking of Schubert Piano Sonatas, here are some now.  I love Lupu in these; eloquent is the word that seems the most apt. He and Schubert seem kindred spirits.  But he has really fierce competition and we should never forget that it was Schnabel who resurrected the Sonatas from the dead, even if he's been eclipsed many times over by the likes of Schiff, who calls them "among the most sublime contributions written for the piano," Kempff, and Imogen Cooper, among my faves.

I have liked the way Lupu plays Schubert for a very long time. The quality of his recordings has never seemed particularly outstanding, but when using good audio equipment it has never been an obstacle to complete immersion in the music.

[AnotherSpin]

I thought I'd give this recording another chance...

But I'm not feeling it..

I tried listening early in the morning, and it didn't really go well either, I stopped before getting halfway through. I wonder myself, was it partly influenced by my colleagues' not-so-praiseful opinions, or was it entirely my own impression?

[AnotherSpin]

This album of Antoine Brumel's music is most agreeable. I find myself, after all, rather more attuned to the intimacy of smaller forces than to the grandeur of larger ones. The recording quality is superb, capturing with great finesse a sense of air and clarity that is difficult to put into words.

[steve ridgway]

Carter - Concerto For Oboe

[steve ridgway]

Xenakis - Gmeeoorh

An organ piece! It reminded me a bit of Messiaen to begin with.

[AnotherSpin]

Xenakis - Gmeeoorh

An organ piece! It reminded me a bit of Messiaen to begin with.

Interesting. Will give it a try .

[ritter]

Carter - Concerto For Oboe

A great disc, which was my introduction to Carter's music many years ago. I particularly like the Oboe Concerto...

[Que]

This album of Antoine Brumel's music is most agreeable. I find myself, after all, rather more attuned to the intimacy of smaller forces than to the grandeur of larger ones. The recording quality is superb, capturing with great finesse a sense of air and clarity that is difficult to put into words.

I actually didn't know that recording, so following your example this morning!