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[aligreto]

Dvorak Piano Concerto [Moravec/Neumann]





I find this to be a powerful interpretation. It has all of the requisite power, drama, tension and lyricism and it is well driven. This performance of the wonderful slow movement is very lyrical and appealing, contemplative and poignant but without sentimentality. There is an easy progression throughout the Finale which is a robust affair and which has a fine conclusion.
I notice the woodwinds and the brass when they appear in the score in this presentation but then it is the Czech Philharmonic and a Supraphon recording [a favoured combination for me].

[aligreto]

Yeah, all three SQs were quite good. The first two are on the shorter side and date from his earlier period whereas the 3rd is around 16 minutes and was written in in 2008. The 3rd has a slow section that is quite ear-fetching. I actually liked the 3rd the best, but this is probably because it's more substantial than the previous two. The subtitle of the 3rd is rather interesting as well, "Leaves of an unwritten diary".

Duly noted as an occasional Penderecki listener but a chamber music fan.

[Karl Henning]

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's death:


This is the composer's first (mono) recording of The Fairy's Kiss (complete ballet), with the Cleveland Orchestra.

From this set (one of the great achievements of the gramophone):

Nice!

[aligreto]

Today I ordered the new CD box with the Kandinsky covers

Jan, you are on a spending spree 

[Karl Henning]

"Papa"
Symphonies nos. 82 in C « L'Ours », 83 in g minor « La Poule », 84 in E^b
NY Phil
Lenny

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Language remark / carelessness: it is not "Unterbrochen gedanke" but

"Der Unterbrochene Gedanke"   https://en.schott-music.com/shop/der-unterbrochene-gedanke-no38143.html

I listened (after many moons) to Eugene Ormandy conducting the first part of "Utrenja" ( ca. 40 mins.), on a Japanese RCA CD which I bought mainly for a symphony (nr. 9) by Vincent Persichetti: "Sinfonia Janiculum" 1969-1970 (commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra, written while Persichetti was in Rome on his second Guggenheim Fellowship).
To my surprise, I discovered that Ormandy is the dedicatee of Utrenja: https://culture.pl/en/work/utrenja-krzysztof-penderecki
Utrenja I has all the recognizable features of early Penderecki: huge sound waves of choral and/or orchestral clusters, extreme dynamic changes shot through with passages of old Slavic church music.
I definitely prefer the dramatic coherence and religious fervour of the Saint Luke's Passion. But the sheer size and power of Utrenja I still impresses.  I would go to a live performance...
I'll give the symphony by Persichetti definitely another listen. The large orchestra - important parts for harp, timpani, bells, woodwinds - is put brilliantly through a virtuoso  "gamut of invention".
Apparently Persichetti heard the bells of a small church (San Pietro sul Janicolo) while working on the score and incorporated that theme into the composition. The composer states that the symphony is a meditation on the meaning of life. What is the beginning, what is the end? Is the door opening or closing? Hence the reference to Janus - the two faced god of the gateway....

Good to hear you enjoyed Ormandy's performance of Utrenja. I have yet to wrap my head around that work. I felt it was a bit of a slog to get through. Perhaps St. Luke's Passion will be more rewarding, but I'm honestly going to wait a little while before I listen to any more of these larger choral works from Penderecki. I really enjoyed all three SQs, though, especially the third, which has an absolute hauntingly gorgeous section towards the end that kind of took me by surprise as I wasn't expecting something so lyrically alluring from him.

[vandermolen]

Franz Schmidt: Symphony No 2 in E flat major - Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo Jarvi

I'm still debating whether to get that set, but I'm sure that I will do sooner or later (probably sooner  ).

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NP:

Various selections of solo piano works from this set -

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Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's death:


This is the composer's first (mono) recording of The Fairy's Kiss (complete ballet), with the Cleveland Orchestra.

From this set (one of the great achievements of the gramophone):

Good day, Peter. Very interesting! I'll have to listen to that Hartmann Symphonie Concertante soon (didn't know about the Stravinsky connection).

THREAD DUTY:

More Igor Fyodorovich on this special day: his first recordings of Orpheus and the Mass, made for RCA in 1949 (again, from the big box).


Orpheus, with its "pastel shades", has always been one of my favourites of Stravinsky's neoclassical period. The Mass blew me away when I first listened to it (in my teens), but has over the years fallen out of favour with me. Let's see if I reingratite myself with it this time around. 

Good day to you, Rafael. It had completely slipped my mind that today marks the passing of Stravinsky. For this occasion, I'm going to have to listen to some of his music. I certainly agree with you in regards to Orpheus. This has become one of my favorite works of his, but I do still have a soft-spot for the Mass. What did you think about Le Baiser de la fée? This is another works I've always enjoyed. But if I had to pick three favorite Stravinsky ballet's it would be the Greek-inspired ones: Apollon musagète, Orpheus and Agon. There's something truly unique and singular about these three ballets that I've never heard from any other composer. Such beauty, inventiveness and sheer ingenuity.

[Biffo]

I'm still debating whether to get that set, but I'm sure that I will do sooner or later (probably sooner  ).

I really only know No 4, from the Mehta recording. Nos 1 & 2 have been interesting; I found No 2 distinctly Straussian, at least, in the 1st movement.

[ritter]

Good day to you, Rafael. It had completely slipped my mind that today marks the passing of Stravinsky. For this occasion, I'm going to have to listen to some of his music. I certainly agree with you in regards to Orpheus. This has become one of my favorite works of his, but I do still have a soft-spot for the Mass. What did you think about Le Baiser de la fée? This is another works I've always enjoyed. But if I had to pick three favorite Stravinsky ballet's it would be the Greek-inspired ones: Apollon musagète, Orpheus and Agon. There's something truly unique and singular about these three ballets that I've never heard from any other composer. Such beauty, inventiveness and sheer ingenuity.

Good day, John. I've always liked Le baiser de la fée (by far Tchaikovsky's best ballet  ). The Mass, unfortunately, didn't click with me this time either (TBH, the recording wasn't really very good). I rank Agon very, very highly, a fascinating score. As for Apollo, I've remained immune to its charms since I first encountered it  .

[steve ridgway]

Josef Anton Riedl - Komposition Nr. 2.

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Good day, John. I've always liked Le baiser de la fée (by far Tchaikovsky's best ballet  ). The Mass, unfortunately, didn't click with me this time either (TBH, the recording wasn't really very good). I rank Agon very, very highly, a fascinating score. As for Apollo, I've remained immune to its charms since I first encountered it  .

Apollon musagète was initially a work that didn't do much for me, but, over the years, I've grown to love it. It's so unusual in the Stravinsky oeuvre, but this really could be said about several works. He never repeated himself and, for this, I'm always in a great deal of awe whenever I start diving into his music again. What do you think of the lesser known ballets like Scènes de ballet and Jeu de cartes? Also, if you could only take one work of Igor's to the desert island, what would it be?

[Papy Oli]

Good evening all,

Poulenc - Concerto for Piano & Orchestra (Dutoit, Philarmonia, Rogé)

[steve ridgway]

Good evening Olivier.

Now playing Crumb - Madrigals, Books I & II.

[Papy Oli]

Good evening Steve !

Well, that Poulenc was fun so I am sticking with him : Concerto for 2 Pianos now, streaming from the same box.

[steve ridgway]

I'm moving through music from 1965, now continuing with Stockhausen - Mikrophonie II.

[ritter]

Apollon musagète was initially a work that didn't do much for me, but, over the years, I've grown to love it. It's so unusual in the Stravinsky oeuvre, but this really could be said about several works. He never repeated himself and, for this, I'm always in a great deal of awe whenever I start diving into his music again. What do you think of the lesser known ballets like Scènes de ballet and Jeu de cartes? Also, if you could only take one work of Igor's to the desert island, what would it be?

The Stravinsky works that come to mind as those I don't really care much for (apart from the really minor ones, like the Four Norwegian Moods, the Ode, etc.) are Oedipus Rex, Apollo, Jeu de Cartes, the Symphony in C, the Basel Concerto, the Cantata, and The Rake's Progress (even if the latter does have some beautiful passages). Scènes de ballet is "downmarket" IS, but is really fun (as are the Danses Concertantes).

Only one work for the desert island? I can't... I could possibly narrow it to three if my life depended on it: Pulcinella, Les Noces, Agon (in chronological order).

How about you, John?

THREAD DUTY:

Today's  homage to Stravinsky ends with one of the jewels of my collection, Pierre Boulez's 1965 recording of Les Noces (French version by C.-F. Ramuz), with forces of the Paris Opéra.

[steve ridgway]

Andrzej Dobrowolski - Musique Pour Bande Magnétique Et Hautbois Solo.

[Carlo Gesualdo]

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