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[AnotherSpin]

Symphony No. 6

[Karl Henning]

[JBS]

Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, on Naxos.

[Karl Henning]

[Karl Henning]

For those experiencing the blank post bug, this is Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time performed by Frost, Debargue, Jansen, and Thedeen. The title suggests that this will be some kind of Gorecki-esque lamentation, but instead, it is a nuanced, colorful, challenging, and rigorous chamber work.

Great performance!

TD:

[Iota]

Persichetti: Symphony No. 4
Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller

A first listen to Persichetti and his Fourth Symphony, an exhibition of deft orchestral writing and highly ear-catching almost theatrical interplay between groups of instruments, leaving an impression at times of quasi human exchange. Such transparency to the orchestral textures too, everything occurs in a vivid, uncluttered setting, allowing its many charms their moment in the spotlight. Very impressed, will be returning.

[Karl Henning]

Persichetti: Symphony No. 4
Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller

A first listen to Persichetti and his Fourth Symphony, an exhibition of deft orchestral writing and highly ear-catching almost theatrical interplay between groups of instruments, leaving an impression at times of quasi human exchange. Such transparency to the orchestral textures too, everything occurs in a vivid, uncluttered setting, allowing its many charms their moment in the spotlight. Very impressed, will be returning.

A friend of mine studied with Persichetti. There is a lot to like in his catalogue.

[Iota]

A friend of mine studied with Persichetti. There is a lot to like in his catalogue.

Yes after listening, I read in Wiki he had a very significant role as a teacher in the USA, Philip Glass and Steve Reich being amongst his former pupils. I can imagine such a clear musical mind might be very good at it.  Am interested to hear other pieces of his after this very promising start.

[brewski]

Just now at Banff, the Quartet KAIRI (from Salzburg) in a thrilling reading of Janáček's String Quartet No. 1, and coming up, the Quatuor Magenta (Paris) in Beethoven's 7th, plus Ligeti's First.

[JBS]

Karajan conducting Verdi's Falstaff at the 1957 Salzburg Festival

[hopefullytrusting]

Mozart's Symphonies K. 75, 76, 81, & 95 (Maerzendorfer and the Austrian Tonkuenstler Orchestra)

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Syymphony No. 7 in E Major, 1885 Version. Ed.Leopold Nowak
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle

[hopefullytrusting]

Krzysztof Meyer's Symphony 9 (Chrenowicz with the Cracow Karol Szmanowski Philharmonic Choice and the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSKGtOH3x_c

[Linz]

Dimitri Shostakovitch Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141
Dresdner Philharmonie, Michael Sanderling

[Todd]

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Sympphony No. 6 in A Major, 1881 Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak
Staatskapelle Dresden, Eugen Jochum

[Linz]

Joseph Haydn Symphonies Vol 8  CD 1
Symphony No 50 in  C major
Symphony No 54  in G  minor
Minuet and Trio in C major
The Academy of Ancient Music,  Christopher Hogwood

[DavidW]

Beethoven's 1st and 4th Skrowaczewski/Saarbrucken

[André]

Beethoven's 1st and 4th Skrowaczewski/Saarbrucken

Excellent performances !

[Mister Sharpe]

This evening's listening was inspired by Elgarian Redux; in one of those happy historical accidents that you can't invent, Hahn was Venezuelan-born of a German father - Hahn means rooster in German, a national symbol of France. Honestly, it's hard to imagine Reynaldo landing anywhere else!