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Ib Nørholm - Symphonies 6 and 8 (Serov/Odense SO)

[karlhenning]

Martinů
Violin Concerto № 1
Josef Suk, vn
Cz Phil
Neumann

[jlaurson]

Bach & the Obscure

Bach Organ Works (16 CDs) Koopman Warner Apparently still not available in the US yet. UK link.

Jadwiga Sarnecka Piano Works Son.op.9, 4 Impressions op.12 et al. Marek Szelzer DUX Apparently not available in the US yet. UK link.

Fine beginning for the Koopman cycle... will probably re-listen to it tomorrow. Very strong showing from this Jadwiga Sarnecka CD.
I would not have been surprised if it had been written by a staunchly reactionary modern composer lady; I would have congratulated her for such beauty in the face of bucking every still ongoing trend in contemp. music... with music that extends well beyond the derivative.
Now that I know that Jadwiga Sarnecka was born either in 1877 or 1883 and died in 1913 at the age of twenty or twenty-six, I don't know whether I am even more, or less surprised and impressed. Probably more so. Pianist M.Szelzer discovered much--most--of that music himself and now plays it with the obvious enthusiasm  you'd expect him to have.

[pi2000]

Don Carlo

March 7 1964-MET

Don Carlo-Franco Corelli
Rodrigo-Nicolae Herlea
Filippo II-Giorgio Tozzi
Elisabetta-Leonie Rysanek
Eboli-Irene Dalis
Il Grande Inquisitore-Hermann Uhde
Un Frate-Justino Diaz

Conductor-Kurt Adler

[karlhenning]

Martinů
Violin Concerto № 2, H.293
Josef Suk, vn
Cz Phil
Neumann

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Pretty interesting so far. Reminds me of Nørgård's wilder works like the 5th symphony.

[Lethevich]

Smatterings from:

Wasn't overly impressed by the disc of chamber works, but will see how this composer fares in symphonic form.

Too soundtracky for my taste. :S

I was hoping you'd follow up on this, and I guessed your reply exactly. Sumera's symphonies are too "mystical" even for me. Also, holy crap you've been listening to tons of great stuff recently.

[Brian]

JANACEK | Glagolitic Mass
Czech Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Karel Ančerl

I usually don't go any more than two weeks without listening to this performance of this work, and since my last listen was 13 days ago (Dec 23), its time had come. Ahhhhhhhhh - bliss!!

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I was hoping you'd follow up on this, and I guessed your reply exactly. Sumera's symphonies are too "mystical" even for me. Also, holy crap you've been listening to tons of great stuff recently.

Hehe, downloading and playing Search and Destroy is fun. :3  I've found lots of stuff already that I plan on devoting some time to later (Tubin, Holmboe, Nørholm, Ruders). Three of those are Danes, hm...

[bhodges]

Beat Furrer: Fama (2004/05) (Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart/Klangforum Wien) - Listening to this tonight on a friend's great sound system.  I love the sole Amazon comment: "A macabre collage of sounds," and one elsewhere, "Are we inside Olivia de Havilland's head in The Snake Pit? 

--Bruce

[Que]

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[Lilas Pastia]

Ib Nørholm - Symphonies 6 and 8 (Serov/Odense SO)

A great series. My favourite is # 2. Norholm is unaccountedly overlooked.

[Lilas Pastia]

Another great work.  IMHO, that is. Some dismiss it out of hand as second hand minimalist schlag.

[Lilas Pastia]

Magic Flute, anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/1RiEQ69Iah0

Clementi evidently thought so. The sonata was composed 10 years before MF, and at every re-printing of his work Clementi made sure t include a note of warning to the potential buyer, to the effect that the MF theme had been lifted from HIS work - and not vice-versa 

[Conor71]

Mahler: Symphony No. 10 In F# Major

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Another great work.  IMHO, that is. Some dismiss it out of hand as second hand minimalist schlag.

Ahh, I did enjoy that. It's like one long slow movement (not a bad thing).

[jlaurson]

With Lubimov (http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2005/09/dip-your-ears-no-44.html) AND Robertson (http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2006/03/will-real-bso-please-stand-up.html). Looks very tempting. Whether it is worth $20,- I wonder... but at least the ArkivCD keeps the used CD prices at a reasonable level. (One of the things that the ArkivCDs are great for!)

[George]

Scriabin
Op. 2 No. 1
Sonata 1
Ogdon
EMI