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[kyjo]

More concertos by Aho, this is man is quite prolific!

I predict the next release will feature concerti for kazoo and didgeridoo...

[Roasted Swan]

I predict the next release will feature concerti for kazoo and didgeridoo...

I enjoyed the Aho symhphonies a lot - possibly tailing off as we got into double figures - but I must admit I have not stayed on board the "Concerto train"!!

[relm1]

I enjoyed the Aho symhphonies a lot - possibly tailing off as we got into double figures - but I must admit I have not stayed on board the "Concerto train"!!

You might enjoy his last symphony (No. 17), an expansive programmatic symphony lasting an hour with lyrical moments but also a cloudburst/storm sequence.  The premiere was available online for some time but can't find it anymore.

[Symphonic Addict]

Farrenc:

[Mookalafalas]

I heard them play the Joey Roukens piece, and it's really great music!

They must be one of the best new quartets around today. They make that Roukens piece sound incandescent.

  Sounds like something I'm going to have to check out...

[Symphonic Addict]

More releases from CPO:

[Brian]

Some more SEPTEMBER stuff I found on Presto:





Mendelssohn - Scottish Symphony
Grime - Elegiac Inflections
Maxwell Davies - Strathclyde Concerto No. 10



Kodaly, Bartok, Ligeti, and traditional songs arranged

[Todd]

Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout.



Love the cover.

[Symphonic Addict]

Contents of the Chandos discs:

Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Zemlinsky: Maiblumen blühten überall
Mahler, A: Songs (4), published 1915
Webern: Quintett für Streicher und Klavier (1907)

Janáček: Mládí (Youth), for wind sextet
Haas, P: Wind Quintet, Op. 10
Martinů: Sextet for Piano and Wind Instruments, H. 174
Reicha, A: Wind Quintet, Op. 88 No. 2 in E flat major

[Brian]

I like Orsino Ensemble, their French disc is very good. But I already have all those works from the Belfiato Quintet, a young ensemble on Supraphon...

[Mandryka]

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[relm1]

Dramatic cover!  I'm interested.

[Atriod]

Will be streaming it as soon as it's available, though I wish he would complete Années.

[AnotherSpin]

Sounds like something I'm going to have to check out...

Thanks for directing me to the Joey Roukens, hadn't heard of him before. Quite impressed. As soon as I heard the references to the minimalists, and in particular Steve Reich, included in the same album, I thought I wouldn't bother listening. Nevertheless, I didn't stop and was rewarded in full. The imitation of the sound of air defence sirens at the end of the first part is too real for comfort. Overall very cool. In this context the famous work of Steve Reich, familiar since the Kronos' recording, sounds somehow quite archaic.

[Brian]

Coming this fall: the complete recordings of the Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet, on Sony, 12 CDs

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I like Orsino Ensemble, their French disc is very good. But I already have all those works from the Belfiato Quintet, a young ensemble on Supraphon...

So, since when has that ever stopped anyone around here? 

PD

[Todd]

And boom goes the dynamite.

[Brian]

Have been waiting for that one for several years!

Edit: Oh, this also marks the first (?) time I have seen Warner actually say "EMI Recordings" on a cover. Wonder if a recent copyright change took place.