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First time listening to the complete incidental music. Despite the many spoken parts, this is a brilliant score.

Part of the tragedy of the Palestinians is that they have essentially no international support for a good reason: they've no wealth, they've no power, so they've no rights.

Noam Chomsky

j winter

Dvorak 7 & 8, Rowicki LSO

The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus.
Let no such man be trusted.

-- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

Dry Brett Kavanaugh

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#84883
Schumann praised this symphony with good reason, it's got good tunes, sparkling energy, cohesion. The last movement reminded me of Dvorak. The Concertino is strong too.

Part of the tragedy of the Palestinians is that they have essentially no international support for a good reason: they've no wealth, they've no power, so they've no rights.

Noam Chomsky

Linz

Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C Minor 1887/90 Mixed Versions. Ed. Robert Haas Pierre Boulez

Todd



Disc two equivalent.  As good as the first disc equivalent, as expected. 
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

vandermolen

Quote from: Florestan on January 26, 2023, 08:42:52 AMActually, this reminds me that 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff so this year I should manage to listen to his whole oeuvre, preferably in chronological order.
Interesting. I hadn't realised that. I recently bought this set (new but very inexpensive):
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#84887
Last CD before bed time.
I asked my daughter to get it for me a couple of Christmas's ago and hadn't realised how good it is. I like every track. The programme is:
Madetoja: Kullervo
Klami: Kalevala Suite (really like this atmospheric work)
Sibelius: Lemminkainen in Tuonela (1897 version - first recording). This is marvellous (nearly 16 mins) and very dark indeed. It's always been my favourite movement in the Four Legends for Orchestra and beautifully recorded here (best version I have heard since Thomas Jensen and the  Danish Radio SO),
But the big discovery here is:
Tauno Pylkkanen's 'Kullervo Goes to War'(1942) a dark and moving work, very relevant for its time and sadly still so today.
Here's a review of the CD:
https://sibeliusone.com/concert-reviews/scenes-from-the-kalevala-review/
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Lisztianwagner

Quote from: Florestan on January 26, 2023, 08:42:52 AMActually, this reminds me that 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff so this year I should manage to listen to his whole oeuvre, preferably in chronological order.
An excellent idea, I'll provably follow your example about Rachmaninov's music this year.

2024 is Schönberg's 150th anniversary.....will you keep some time for his music too?  ;)
"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." - Gustav Mahler

JBS



The Italian and Reformation symphonies.

This set is as good as I remember it being

Hollywood Beach Broadwalk

Keemun



Fauré: Requiem (Nigel Short, London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble & Tenebrae)

Very good and one of my top 3.
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. - Ludwig van Beethoven

Operafreak






Mozart: Prussian Quartets-Doric String Quartet (string quartet)

   
The true adversary will inspire you with boundless courage.

Madiel

Quote from: JBS on January 25, 2023, 05:19:03 PMFollowed up by CD 5 of Janne Mertanen's Sibelius Piano Works set.
Valse Chevaleresque Op 96c
Valse Lyrique Op 96a
Sechs Bagatellen Op 97
Huit Petits Morceaux Op 99
Five Romantic Compositions Op 101
Five Characteristic Impressions Op 103
Funf Skizzen Op 114

I have no idea if this linguistic diversity of titles in three languages is due to the composer, his publishers, or merely someone on Sony's staff.

The linguistic diversity is original rather than due to anyone at Sony. Though how much is because Sibelius actively wanted to muck around and how much is BECAUSE he was regularly selling small pieces to different publishers across Europe is a bit of a chicken-and-egg question.
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Madiel

Quote from: Florestan on January 26, 2023, 08:42:52 AMActually, this reminds me that 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff so this year I should manage to listen to his whole oeuvre, preferably in chronological order.

Excellent. You're keeping all the best stuff until the end.
I am now working on a discography of the works of Vagn Holmboe. Please visit and also contribute!

Madiel

Quote from: Keemun on January 26, 2023, 06:11:34 PM

Fauré: Requiem (Nigel Short, London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble & Tenebrae)

Very good and one of my top 3.

If you mean top 3 Faure requiems, I'd be curious to know the others.
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vandermolen

Before work - Good Morning (wherever you are)
Goossens: Phantasy Concerto + Symphony No.1 (Richard Hickox's last recording) Chandos dedicated this CD to his Memory.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Harry

Quote from: vandermolen on January 26, 2023, 09:33:38 PMBefore work - Good Morning (wherever you are)
Goossens: Phantasy Concerto + Symphony No.1 (Richard Hickox's last recording) Chandos dedicated this CD to his Memory.


Good morning Jeffrey,
That CD is still on my wishlist, and will probably acquire it this year.
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" I am from Barcelona, I know nothing.............."

Harry

A Secret Labyrinth.
CD V.
Alexander Agricola.
In the Chant sur le Livre Style.
Missa Guazzabuglio.
3 Chansons.
Salva Regina a 4.
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel.


Superb.
Quote from Manuel, born in Spain, currently working at Fawlty Towers.

" I am from Barcelona, I know nothing.............."

Harry

Quote from: absolutelybaching on January 26, 2023, 11:13:57 PMFranz Schubert's
Symphony No. 3

Jos Van Immerseel, Anima Eterna Brugge

Squeezing some Schubert in before departing for a house-hunting trip to Norfolk...

Love the Schubert, but House hunting is not my favourite pastime. So your "Escaping to the Country" lol. I hope you are successful.
Quote from Manuel, born in Spain, currently working at Fawlty Towers.

" I am from Barcelona, I know nothing.............."

Harry

Quote from: absolutelybaching on January 26, 2023, 11:29:31 PMSort of. The original plan was to live within striking distance of Aldeburgh, and somehow we ended up in Nottingham. Now, with indefinite leave to remain finally secured for the other half, it's time to revert back to plan A!

The main requirement (apart from a route to Aldeburgh) is no neighbours, so I can turn my amplifier up to 11! :)


That is the main reason I moved to the country, I can play the music as loud as I want, it freed me of all frustration concerning uncultured neighbours, who complained about my War music, not fit for grown ups. So I can finally use the 250 watts of my Pass Labs if I wanted too. ;D
Quote from Manuel, born in Spain, currently working at Fawlty Towers.

" I am from Barcelona, I know nothing.............."