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[Symphonic Addict]

Kancheli: Symphony No. 4

Just impressive. In spite of the music reaches moments of cataclysmic power (and sudden wild outbursts!), there is a strong sense of mysticism too. Absorbing music.

[Le Buisson Ardent]

Kancheli: Symphony No. 4

Just impressive. In spite of the music reaches moments of cataclysmic power (and sudden wild outbursts!), there is a strong sense of mysticism too. Absorbing music.

Yes! A very cool work, but I generally like Kancheli's music anyway. This box set is indispensable (and, unfortunately, OOP):

[Le Buisson Ardent]

I'm actually going to halt my Mahler listening to follow @Symphonic Addict:

NP:

Kancheli
Symphony No. 4, "In Memory of Michelangelo"
Tbilisi SO
Kakhidze

From this OOP set -

[Symphonic Addict]

Yes! A very cool work, but I generally like Kancheli's music anyway. This box set is indispensable (and, unfortunately, OOP):

Certainly indispensable as it is the only one that gathers together all of his 7 symphonies.

[Le Buisson Ardent]

Certainly indispensable as it is the only one that gathers together all of his 7 symphonies.

Indeed and the performances are as good as you could want. I often wonder what a label like BIS could do with these works. But I don't know what conductor would record these symphonies nowadays since there seems to be less and less risk involved in recordings these days.

[Le Buisson Ardent]

Last works for the night --- the first volume of the Panufnik series on CPO:

[AnotherSpin]

Op. 106

[steve ridgway]

Schnittke: Symphony No. 3

[Le Buisson Ardent]

Schnittke: Symphony No. 3

Out of curiosity, what is your favorite symphony from Schnittke?

Speaking of Schnittke, I wore my shirt of the composer today in the grocery store and received one weird look from an older guy. The look was "Who in the world is on your shirt?"

[steve ridgway]

Out of curiosity, what is your favorite symphony from Schnittke?

I couldn't say as yet, haven't become familiar enough with them.

NP R. Strauss: Don Juan

[Que]

Disc 2 with music by Nicolle des Celliers de Hesdin (c.1490-1538), Jean l'Héritier (1480-1552), Josquin Baston (1495-1550), Pierre de Manchicourt (1510-1564) and Nicolas Gombert (1495-1560).

I have tried to get the book attached to this recording, but to no avail, I have to do without it. I searched everywhere and beyond.

That's a pity! I will keep my eye out.

[Que]

A Flemish lutenist I was not familiar with.

[Harry]

A Flemish lutenist I was not familiar with.

Me neither But I found this recording some months ago on Qobuz, and have quite a good opinion on it.

[Harry]

Cancionero.
Music for the Spanish Court, (1470-1520).
The Dufay collection.
Recorded:1997.

This is a outstanding recording, and well worth having. Not often do I encounter a recording with old music that gives me such pleasure. This one does. Instrumental and vocal contributions are exemplary, and has SOTA sound.

My listening room is finished, all renovations are done, now I have the task of putting all the equipment on their place again and calibrating the lot. The placement of speakers and electronics, should be easy, because before disassembling it I measured with a laser the exact location of every item.

[Que]

Me neither But I found this recording some months ago on Qobuz, and have quite a good opinion on it.

It's nice. Straight forward and understated, in a good way. Very Dutch/Flemish. 

I noticed Jacob Heringman also did a Hans Neusidler recording, might try that next.

[Harry]

It's nice. Straight forward and understated, in a good way. Very Dutch/Flemish. 

I noticed Jacob Heringman also did a Hans Neusidler recording, might try that next.

I have listened to that one too, so I am curious what you make of it.

[Lisztianwagner]

Alexander Zemlinsky
Sinfonietta
6 Maeterlinck-Lieder

Petra Lang (soprano)
Susanna Mälkki & ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

[Harry]

KOMITAS.
DIVINE LITURGY.
Arr. Vache Sharafyan.
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava.

Recorded St. John's Church (Sv. Jana Baznica), Riga, Latvia, 2019.

For me personally this is a deeply felt performance, and my spiritual world is very akin to this divine Liturgy written by Komitas. A pity it is that it is reduced to a concert performance by Vache Sharafyan. In this music I naturally recognize much of what is sung in the divine Liturgy in my church, being a part of this choir. It stems from the same tradition. A resonant church recording, but detail stays firmly focused.

[Traverso]

Perotin

The Hilliard Ensemble

May I say that it was and still is a classic ?

[vandermolen]

I haven't heard the Adams yet, but the Harris is a winner on my book.

I listen to the Harris more than the Adams although I like both works.