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Franz Liszt Dante Symphony, Tasso, Künstlerfestzug & Vor hundert Jahren, Staatskapelle Weimar, Kirill Karabits
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Meulemans symphonies 1 and 2.



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Charles Ives
Central Park in the Dark
The Unanswered Question

Michael Tilson Thomas & Chicago Symphony Orchestra


#4
This recording knocked my socks off!  First listen to the works.

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Quote from: Traverso on Today at 11:46:00 AMI love Iranian classical music and this Iranian composer Reza Vali is not a representative of what interests me in the music of his country.

Yes, substantially different from the Iranian traditional music.
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Aaraon Avshalomoff: Symphony No.1
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Quote from: Roasted Swan on Today at 07:22:18 AMvery good Isle of the Dead pretty "meh" Symphony 1 I reckon......
Yes, Previn's LSO Symphony No.1 gets a bad press but I liked hearing a different take on it.
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The Diner / Re: The AFL / Aussie Rules Thr...
Last post by Holden - Today at 12:30:04 PM
...yet I backed the Cats in the tipping. It's almost like the kiss of death - If I back them as the first game of the round they're bound to lose.

Apart from that, I can see the Damien Hardwick influence starting to come out. Will the Suns make the finals this year? Maybe, maybe not. The thing is that they are already playing a much better style of football and this might really come to the fore in 2025. Here's hoping.
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Composer Discussion / Re: Mahler Mania, Rebooted
Last post by Valentino - Today at 12:15:35 PM
Long thread, so this may be covered already: The Mahler Foundation is on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@MahlerFoundation
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The Polling Station / Re: 8 favorite symphonic endin...
Last post by Florestan - Today at 12:11:59 PM
Otomh

For symphonies proper:

Haydn 45
Mozart 40
Beethoven 8
Schubert 9
Mendelssohn 4
Tchaikovsky 4

For orchestral works:

Lalo - Symphonie espagnole
Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade