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[Fëanor]

Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht - Runnicles/BBC Symphony Orchestra. Sounds a bit Straussian to me. Isn't there a string quartet version, too?

Yes, there are chamber versions of Verklarte Nacht;  I have one by the Artemis Quartet on Virgin Classics, along with works by Strauss (!) and Berg.

I also have the Von Karajan orchestral version on DG.  But I haven't yet be able to get really fond of the piece in either version.  Of course, it's early Schoenberg and not at all like his later twelve tone works.

[Mark]

Yes, there are chamber versions of Verklarte Nacht;  I have one by the Artemis Quartet on Virgin Classics, along with works by Strauss (!) and Berg.

I also have the Von Karajan orchestral version on DG.  But I haven't yet be able to get really fond of the piece in either version.  Of course, it's early Schoenberg and not a twelve tone work at all.

Thanks for posting the CD cover. I might want to check it out.

[Solitary Wanderer]

I LOVE Part's For Alina and bought Tabula Rasa hoping for more of the same. However this is mostly dissonant and busy 

[Lethevich]

I LOVE Part's For Alina and bought Tabula Rasa hoping for more of the same. However this is mostly dissonant and busy 

Mostly? The second movement is way longer (but the first movement is a total marvel IMO - but not minimal for sure).

[Solitary Wanderer]

Mostly? The second movement is way longer (but the first movement is a total marvel IMO - but not minimal for sure).

Theres several beautiful parts [pun intended] on this indeed. But overall my impression was the quiet bits were outweighted by the loud/dissonant bits. 

[Solitary Wanderer]

Just spun this for the first time. I liked it  Although it was 'busy' [as Glass tends to be] the overall tone was even so it worked as a 'meditation' type listening experience.

I still like Part's For Alina the best of this genre that I'm currently exploring. 

[Lilas Pastia]

Taking a short break from Ludwig van...listening to Yon Hall of Thunder (aka, Langgaard's Tenth Symphony):

Sarge

I have that work, but in a different coupling on another label. I haven't heard it in a while, but my memories of it are those of a rather whacko piece.

Right now:

[George]

All being well (and once my wife and daughter have fallen asleep), I'm hoping to spin this gem:

Do let me know what you think, Mark, for I have that CD in my to cull pile.

[Mark]

Do let me know what you think, Mark, for I have that CD in my to cull pile.

No, George! Step away from the trash can!

As you'll see in my Smetana's String Quartets thread, I LOVE this disc. Lots of reasons for this, one small one of which is the vivace final movement of the First String Quartet. If you want to know what the indication 'vivace' should really sound like, it's all there.

[Que]

I started the morning with this:



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[Drasko]

Chopin Ballades

[wilhelm]

[The new erato]

Sinfonia Dolorosa by Sæverud.

What do you think of the Groven, Lilas Pastia?

[wintersway]

Good morning/day to all!

[Peregrine]

Beethoven Symphonies 1+6/North German Radio Symphony Orchestra/Wand

[Kullervo]

Last night:

Beethoven — Op. 130 (Alban Berg QT)

Nørgård - Sinfonia Austera (Segerstam, Danish NRSO)

I think the Sinfonia has finally clicked with me, after several listens. I never noticed how similar that first movement is to Tapiola!

[johnQpublic]

S.Wagner - Overture to "Herzog Wildfang" (Albert/cpo)
F. Schmidt - Piano Quintet (Vienna PQ/Decca)
Schulhoff - Suite in the Modern Style for Chamber Orchestra (O. Dohnanyi/Arte Nova)

[Lilas Pastia]

Sinfonia Dolorosa by Sæverud.

What do you think of the Groven, Lilas Pastia?

La Dolorosa is Saeverud's 6th symphony, a bit of information that is rather hard to come by. I was scouring online sites for the sixth and was wondering why it had been left out of the BIS integral (I had already collected the rest of the cycle).

Eivind Grovin is a Norwegian composer from the 20th century, but his music is anything but 'modern' (Saeverud is more original but also rather forbidding in places). It's so rooted in tonal (folk) idioms that it's like hearing, say, something like Gerr Tveitt's Hardänger Suites, or Bartok's Dance Suite or Kodaly's Dances of Galanta. This is not just 'charming', it's downright smashing. Groven is a fantastic orchestrator, the playing is very committed and the recording bold and colourful. A winner all the way. Available for sample or buying at eclassical

[The new erato]

Eivind Grovin is a Norwegian composer from the 20th century, but his music is anything but 'modern' (Saeverud is more original but also rather forbidding in places). It's so rooted in tonal (folk) idioms that it's like hearing, say, something like Gerr Tveitt's Hardänger Suites, or Bartok's Dance Suite or Kodaly's Dances of Galanta. This is not just 'charming', it's downright smashing. Groven is a fantastic orchestrator, the playing is very committed and the recording bold and colourful. A winner all the way. Available for sample or buying at eclassical

Was hoping you'd like it as I have it and are very fascinated by it as well. Very open air and refreshing, with great sound.I thinkI've recommended it in some thread here. The horn-theme introduction to no 1 is magical and was for some years used as a pause signal by the  Norwegian Broadcasting Corp.