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Harry

#86240
February 17, 2023, 10:59:50 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on February 17, 2023, 10:48:20 AMMost interesting - tell us more please Harry. I don't know this composer at all.

Think Salmenhaara in the terms of orchestral chaos, and then apply Yun"s background, and all the chaos is turned into a tightly organized spiritual chaos, loud and incisive, alarmingly irritating, but when the chaos gets a little in the background beautiful moments. Not for the faint hearted though! :)
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

vandermolen

#86241
February 17, 2023, 11:01:38 AM
Now playing: Bloch Symphony in C sharp minor
What an epic!
"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

#86242
February 17, 2023, 11:02:47 AM
Quote from: Harry on February 17, 2023, 10:59:50 AMThink Salmenhaara in the terms of orchestral chaos, and then apply Yun"s background, and all the chaos is turned into a tightly organized spiritual chaos, loud and incisive, alarmingly irritating, but when the chaos gets a little in the background beautiful moments. Not for the faint hearted though! :)
Thank you my friend!  :)
"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).

Karl Henning

#86243
February 17, 2023, 11:08:32 AM
First-Listen Friday!

My friend and fellow composer Charles Turner mentioned this, having heard it live in Bologna recently:

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Lisztianwagner

#86244
February 17, 2023, 11:24:32 AM
Sergei Rachmaninov
Aleko

Neeme Jarvi & Gothenborg Symphony Orchestra

"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

ritter

#86245
February 17, 2023, 12:04:45 PM
Some Casella tonight:



Todd

#86246
February 17, 2023, 12:18:39 PM
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Symphonic Addict

#86247
February 17, 2023, 12:19:20 PM
Roussel: Suite in F
von Koch: Symphony No. 3


The current annihilation of a people on this planet (you know which one it is) is the most documented and at the same time the most preposterously denied.

Tsaraslondon

#86248
February 17, 2023, 01:08:34 PM
Quote from: Bachtoven on February 17, 2023, 10:38:05 AMThanks for posting it--I just placed an order at Discogs. The addition of "The Firebird" finale seems odd. At first, I got excited thinking it was the Agosti arrangement for piano. Alas, it's not. I assume it was added for "filler," but I would prefer something by Richter.

Actually it's not even Richter playing it. It's full orchestra. I don't really know why it's there. Perhaps you had to buy the magaziner to know.
\"A beautiful voice is not enough.\" Maria Callas

Mapman

#86249
February 17, 2023, 01:34:08 PM
Haydn: Symphony #22 "The Philosopher"
Fischer: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

Lisztianwagner

#86250
February 17, 2023, 01:46:11 PM
Franz Schreker
Vorspiel zu einem Drama (Die Gezeichneten)

James Conlon & Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker

"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

Todd

#86251
February 17, 2023, 01:55:02 PM


Disc two.
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

SimonNZ

#86252
February 17, 2023, 02:49:55 PM

Dry Brett Kavanaugh

#86253
February 17, 2023, 03:31:58 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on February 17, 2023, 11:01:38 AMNow playing: Bloch Symphony in C sharp minor
What an epic!


Schelomo is good too!

Symphonic Addict

#86254
February 17, 2023, 03:34:52 PM
Magnard: Violin Sonata

The current annihilation of a people on this planet (you know which one it is) is the most documented and at the same time the most preposterously denied.

Bachtoven

#86255
February 17, 2023, 04:19:22 PM
Quote from: Tsaraslondon on February 17, 2023, 01:08:34 PMActually it's not even Richter playing it. It's full orchestra. I don't really know why it's there. Perhaps you had to buy the magaziner to know.
I know it's an orchestra...but just imagine if Richter were playing that solo piano arrangement!

Bachtoven

#86256
February 17, 2023, 04:20:36 PM
This latest volume in the series is terrific...as are all of them.

Karl Henning

#86257
February 17, 2023, 04:27:05 PM
Quote from: Løvfald on February 17, 2023, 12:19:20 PMRoussel: Suite in F
von Koch: Symphony No. 3




It's a while since I listened to it, but I remember enjoying the Denève Roussel survey.

TD:

CDs 60 & 61

Musorgsky
Boris Godunov
Sung in English. Translation: Jn Gutman

Giorgio Tozzi, bass: Boris Godunov
Margaret Roggero, mezzo: Fyodor, Boris's son
Laurel Hurley soprano: Xenia, Boris's daughter
Sandra Warfield, mezzo: Xenia's nurse
Chas Kulman: Prince Vasily Ivanovich Shuisky
Arthur Budney, baritone: Andrei Shchelkalov, Clerk of the Duma
Norman Scott, bass: Bro. Pimen, a monk and chronicler
Albert Da Costa, tenor: Grigory, a novice / Dimitri the Pretender
Nell Rankin, mezzo: Marina Mnishek, daughter of a Sandomir nobleman
Frank Valentino, baritone: Rangoni, a Jesuit
Paul Franke, tenor: simpleton
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Dmitri Mitropoulos
Recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House 5-7 Mar 1956

This is an abridged version, so my experience may have been less complete than that of @Brian. However that may be, I enjoyed this thoroughly, and I experienced no longueurs.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Symphonic Addict

#86258
February 17, 2023, 04:30:20 PM
Ravel: Sonata for violin and cello
Enescu: Piano Quintet

I saw the Ravel mentioned earlier, so why not to give it a try? Whilst the movements 1 and 3 seemed dissonant and little attractive to my ears, the other two caught my attention the most, I felt them with more character. An interesting work, but far from being a favorite.

The Enescu has its merits, it's like late Fauré driven to the extreme. However, it's too much delicate and subtle most of the time. I like my music with more energy. The more-vigorous 4th movement was much more to my taste to be honest.

The current annihilation of a people on this planet (you know which one it is) is the most documented and at the same time the most preposterously denied.

Symphonic Addict

#86259
February 17, 2023, 04:33:57 PM
Quote from: Karl Tirebiter Henning on February 17, 2023, 04:27:05 PMIt's a while since I listened to it, but I remember enjoying the Denève Roussel survey.

Same here, I don't have any complaints about it.
The current annihilation of a people on this planet (you know which one it is) is the most documented and at the same time the most preposterously denied.
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