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[Pohjolas Daughter]

Noted and playlisted 🙂. Thank you.

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Pēteris Vasks
Summer Dances
Finnish RSO
BIS
 

I find Vasks endlessly interesting...

Thanks for mentioning this album.  His name sounded familiar, so I checked out youtube and found his Summer Dances there--intriguing and lovely!  I'll check out the other works.  They are under Vadim Gluzman - Topic and provided by Naxos of America. 

PD

[Traverso]

Morning listening:

   


https://open.spotify.com/album/6xd0PqzhhRYGLx65xJsvas

Good to see that you are hooked too.Yesterday I purchased this set with motets from Willaert.I listened to many samples wich you can find on YouTube.
I bought it from Martijn on marktplaats, as you can see it comes with a booklet that probably contains all the texts.
The photo is of a used one I found on the internet. The one I receive the coming days will be a new one.
   

[Papy Oli]

I don't know that specific recording, Olivier, but the motets are glorious indeed. "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" Just wonderful...

Good day to you!

Good day Rafael. Enjoying Scotland ?

From the various versions I sampled, I purchased this one as it felt the most joyous. I also enjoyed the Petite Bande version (probably a future purchase too), in a more pared down reflective version.
 

[Traverso]

Gubaidulina

[foxandpeng]

Thanks for mentioning this album.  His name sounded sounded familiar, so I checked out youtube and found his Summer Dances there--intriguing and lovely!  I'll check out the other works.  They are under Vadim Gluzman - Topic and provided by Naxos of America. 

PD

Looking good, PD . Vasks has been one of the best 'new to me' composers of the last year, so I'm glad you enjoyed! I appreciate his desire for the redemptive and for a general eschatological optimism that springs out of the Latvian Baptist worldview from which he originates.

[Madiel]

Sibelius, piano music from c.1888-9. Some of it rather fragmentary.

[Karl Henning]

Hadn't intentionally skipped this, grabbing the Prokofiev/Britten/Bizet disc by accidentCD 2:

LvB
Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43

[prémont]

I wonder who Gavin Black is, and why we don't hear more from him. He's got his hands on an impressive and authentic instrument here. He doesn't hold back from exploring its potential, which means wonderful timbres, especially from the lute stop, all very far from the Ruckers sound we're all used to.  He plays modestly and seriously, he plays warmly and poetically. He has chosen a fine and rare selection of pieces, not just Sweelinck lollipops. This is one of the more interesting harpsichord recordings there is: a real special meeting of composer, instrument and musician.

Oh - well recorded to boot.

He is not that unknown from a discophile point of view. Other than the Sweelinck he has recorded the AoF (for two harpsichords with Georg Hazelrigg), two organ CDs and a Buxtehude harpsichord CD. I own these except the Buxtehude. Solid, generally symphatetic music making, I think.

https://www.amazon.de/s?k=gavin+black&i=popular&rh=p_72%3A419119031&dc&__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&qid=1629896401&rnid=419116031&ref=sr_nr_p_72_3

[prémont]

Thanks again - have seen some Spieth offerings - going to visit Spotify and see what is there that you've suggested.  Dave

Some time ago I heartily recommended Spieth's Weckmann CD, which is outstanding, maybe you already acquired it by then. BTW She also made a fine recording of JS Bach's manualiter toccatas.

[Mandryka]

He is not that unknown from a discophile point of view. Other than the Sweelinck he has recorded the AoF (for two harpsichords with Georg Hazelrigg), two organ CDs and a Buxtehude harpsichord CD. I own these except the Buxtehude. Solid, generally symphatetic music making, I think.

https://www.amazon.de/s?k=gavin+black&i=popular&rh=p_72%3A419119031&dc&__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&qid=1629896401&rnid=419116031&ref=sr_nr_p_72_3

Ah yes, I forgot about the AoF!

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Gubaidulina

Nice!

NP:

K. A. Hartmann
Symphony No. 2, "Adagio"
Bavarian RSO
Kubelik

[kyjo]

Tovey was a fine composer, if a little decent, but it's undeniable how a masterful craftsman he was. His lovely String Quartet No. 1 in G major is something not to be missed, for instance.

Yes, that's a fine work. My favorite works of his that I know are his Piano Quartet (which has a gorgeous, noble Theme and Variations 2nd movement) and Sonata for Solo Cello (which concludes with an epic Passacaglia).

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HB Symphony No.2

[Que]

Good to see that you are hooked too.Yesterday I purchased this set with motets from Willaert.I listened to many samples wich you can find on YouTube.
I bought it from Martijn on marktplaats, as you can see it comes with a booklet that probably contains all the texts.
The photo is of a used one I found on the internet. The one I receive the coming days will be a new one.
   

Oh yes, I'm familiar with the seller AND the recording! 

The Petrarca Madrigals will probably be your next stop...

I like these recordings by Singer Pur:

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But there is some discussion, here and on Amazon, on primarily the motets and about their musical appeal and whether the blame lies with the (conservative taste of the) composer or with the performers.

You can read back on the discussions here:
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,3732.msg934134.html#msg934134

[André]

Qobuz had the download for $9.

Now listening to the other modern recording of the Koppel Piano Concerto No. 3 (I don't have any of the composers recordings).  The orchestra here is beefier and more forward, but I think I prefer the sound of the piano in the Rikke Sandberg recording.

Oups ! I have this disc (the Dacapo one). That makes the Danacord less of an essential purchase then. Why are two danish companies recording the same Koppel concerto ?  .

[steve ridgway]

I think my own problem was I had a difficult time finding something to latch onto, which is probably why I gifted those few recordings of his I had owned. Some avant-garde music comes easy to me while others I don't think I could ever penetrate (i. e. Finnissy, Ferneyhough, Stockhausen...just to name a few).

I found Birtwistle's music fairly early on in the Avant Garde Archive (agp88-91), found it somehow intriguing and it grew on me. I wouldn't say it's as strikingly avant-garde as the Darmstadt composers though.

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Good to see that you are hooked too.Yesterday I purchased this set with motets from Willaert.I listened to many samples wich you can find on YouTube.
I bought it from Martijn on marktplaats, as you can see it comes with a booklet that probably contains all the texts.
The photo is of a used one I found on the internet. The one I receive the coming days will be a new one.
   

I have  Willaert Motets  of Singer Pur, there awesome thanks for postings, Singer Pur are very talented like em a lot    Danke u

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I found Birtwistle's music fairly early on in the Avant Garde Archive (agp88-91), found it somehow intriguing and it grew on me. I wouldn't say it's as strikingly avant-garde as the Darmstadt composers though.

Yeah, I'll have to plan some kind of revisit to his music, but it'll be a long time before I do.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Joaquin Turina, Sinfonia Sevillana. Antonio de Almeida et al.

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NP:

K. A. Hartmann
Symphony No. 3
Bavarian RSO
Ferdinand Leitner



It always surprises me when someone mentions how they love the Metzmacher Hartmann cycle on EMI, but haven't even heard the Wergo cycle. It blows Metzmacher away! There's a newer cycle on Challenge Classics, which, like the Wergo set, has multiple conductors, but it doesn't match the power of these Wergo performances. The Metzmacher was the first cycle I bought and I thought it was 'okay', but then I found the Wergo set and I thought "Wow! Now this is music I can get onboard with!" It's amazing how a performance can make all the world of difference.