What are you listening 2 now?

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Traverso

Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 29, 2021, 12:46:38 PM
LOL! :laugh:  So right you are - just finished the chapter on Arnold Bax, and own 12+ CDs including a symphony box - so I'm going to discriminately pick out 3 or 4 discs -  ;) 8)  Dave

Glad that you did understand my meaning. :P  enjoy the music,it's all vibrations what makes us happy.

Madiel

Shostakovich 4th Symphony, Petrenko. Seeing as we've been talking about it.
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Karl Henning

Quote from: Madiel on July 29, 2021, 05:18:03 PM
Shostakovich 4th Symphony, Petrenko. Seeing as we've been talking about it.

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DavidW

I just listened to Petrenko's DSCH 4 just a few weeks ago.  Good stuff!

Madiel

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 29, 2021, 05:31:13 PM
I'm in!

Sadly I got a phone call about 45 minutes in (I'm at work). I've lost the thread. Might pick it up again for some weekend "relaxation".
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Mirror Image

Quote from: The new erato on July 29, 2021, 07:55:14 AM
I realize I were pretty hypothetical (and not a little bit ironic). But it is really strange how US performers neglect their own music, while lots of European orchestras and ensembles wander down byways of their national repertoire.

The group of American composers that seem to have just been thrown in the dump truck as of late have been the mid-20th Century ones like Diamond, Schuman, Piston, Creston, Hanson, Mennin, et. al. Copland and Barber have recordings pop up every now and then, but those other composers not so much. It's a shame, but there's really nothing that anyone can do until an American conductor who has already achieved some success comes along that wants to champion these composers and get them recorded. The same for chamber ensembles, cellists, violinists, pianists, etc.

Symphonic Addict

Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 29, 2021, 01:51:36 PM
Bax, Arnold (1883-1953) - Tone Poems & Chamber Works + Others on the 4 discs below - well, I'm discriminating in my Bax collection of a dozen or so discs, and selected the ones below; really like his chamber works.  Dave :)

     

Great selection of works.
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Månerenen

As usual with this composer, the music exudes spark and imagination. Riisager sounds like a Danish Martinu to me, with his perky Neoclassicism and brilliant use of the orchestra.

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Quote from: Symphonic Addict on July 29, 2021, 07:02:08 PM
Månerenen

As usual with this composer, the music exudes spark and imagination. Riisager sounds like a Danish Martinu to me, with his perky Neoclassicism and brilliant use of the orchestra.



Riisager is a pretty cool composer and him being the 'Danish Martinů' sounds apt to me.

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Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 29, 2021, 01:19:12 PM
Winding up this splendid box at last—

CD 14:

Takemitsu
A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden
Jn Adams

Shostakovich
Symphony № 5 in d minor, Op.47
Kurt Sanderling

Schreker
Vom ewigen Leben
Claudia Barainsky
Gerd Albrecht


Man, Karl, you're making me want to rip the three RCO box sets I have. Upon looking at the three volumes I own, the repertoire looks awesome.

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NP:

Bartók
Contrasts, Sz. 111, BB 116
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Madiel

Tubin symphony no.7.

I listened to Vollmer's version yesterday. Järvi's version today. I did like Vollmer but see no reason to prefer him to Järvi here, and for other reasons Vollmer "needed" a win rather than a draw...

I'm going to try the 4th next. Not sure whether it will be today.
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Madiel

I did listen to Tubin's 4th as well.

I think maybe Vollmer's recording is a fraction more engaging than Järvi's live one, though there's not a great deal in it. I know I'd seen one review somewhere that mentioned this particular example because of the different circumstances for Järvi's 4th. Hmm.
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Roasted Swan

Quote from: Mirror Image on July 29, 2021, 06:57:08 PM
The group of American composers that seem to have just been thrown in the dump truck as of late have been the mid-20th Century ones like Diamond, Schuman, Piston, Creston, Hanson, Mennin, et. al. Copland and Barber have recordings pop up every now and then, but those other composers not so much. It's a shame, but there's really nothing that anyone can do until an American conductor who has already achieved some success comes along that wants to champion these composers and get them recorded. The same for chamber ensembles, cellists, violinists, pianists, etc.

I have a general concern that in the post co-vid world Arts organisations/promoters/performers in general will find the economic pressure of "risky" programming even harder to ignore.  My guess is that this will polarise into the extreme of the bullet-proof standard repertoire spiced up with the occasional novelty/new commission that has been paid for away from the concert hall.  That or performers (rather than composers) who are current stars.  As a player who would be booked to bump up numbers in the larger scale repertoire, I wonder if/when we will get back to packed stages of players due to concerns about health and the cost incurred.  For sure Mahler and Rites of Spring will still appear but less frequently through a season which will have an enduring impact on freelancers who previously banked on a substantial amount of extra work.

I don't think the older generation of American composers are unique in this - the difference is surely the way in which the concerts/orchestras are funded in the US with promoters more risk adverse.  Whatever people may moan about in the UK, the Arts Council and things like the BBC do insulate publically supported groups and allow them to play less instantly popular music.  The sad fact is most of those composers mentioned will be known - if at all - for 2 or 3 works each/only.

Que

Morning listening on Spotify:



I'm quite taken with this Spanish ensemble.

Mandryka

Quote from: Que on July 29, 2021, 11:55:23 PM
Morning listening on Spotify:



I'm quite taken with this Spanish ensemble.

Don't know that one but I remember that they're Codex Calixtinus CD was characterful.
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Irons

Quote from: SonicMan46 on July 29, 2021, 01:51:36 PM
Bax, Arnold (1883-1953) - Tone Poems & Chamber Works + Others on the 4 discs below - well, I'm discriminating in my Bax collection of a dozen or so discs, and selected the ones below; really like his chamber works.  Dave :)

     

Not as big a Bax fan as other posters who I follow on GMG but a good selection of discs and excellent overview of the composer. Volume 1 of the Handley Tone Poems is top drawer and "The Happy Forest" from Volume 2 is one of my favourite works by him. The Harp Quintet is a lovely piece.
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Que

Quote from: Mandryka on July 30, 2021, 12:18:43 AM
Don't know that one but I remember that they're Codex Calixtinus CD was characterful.

Thx, haven't heard that one yet. I really like their Victoria recordings.

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