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Spotted Horses

From this set of Honegger Chamber Music released by Timpani



Three Contrepoints, Viola Sonata, Cello Sonata. The Three Contrepoints is a delightful set of contrapuntal movements played by a diverse chamber ensemble. I didn't find the viola sonata too interesting, the cello sonata is an engaging piece.

This Timpani set is a good resource, with recordings of piece which are not otherwise available (although a Sonatina for Cello and Piano seems to be missing) I don't find the performances are typically as compelling as other versions. I think Poltera and Stott make a better case for the cello concerto, and based on prior listenings, the string quartet recordings in this set are not as interesting as the old recordings by the Erato Quartet.

steve ridgway

Quote from: Mirror Image on June 16, 2024, 07:27:23 PMNow playing two back-to-back emotionally draining works from Schnittke:

Cello Concerto No. 1
Alexander Ivashkin, cello
Russian State SO
Polyansky

Symphony No. 8
Royal Stockholm PO
Rozhdestvensky


From these recordings -



I am now back on Cello Concerto No. 1 having received a new Astell&Kern SR35 music player on which to play it 8) .

Le Buisson Ardent

Quote from: steve ridgway on June 18, 2024, 07:21:25 AMI am now back on Cello Concerto No. 1 having received a new Astell&Kern SR35 music player on which to play it 8) .

A great piece. Enjoy! 8)

Le Buisson Ardent

NP:

Tansman
Piano Concerto No. 2
David Greilsammer, piano
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Steven Sloane


From this OOP recording -


Harry

SONATAS, CAPRICCIO, CIACCONAS & PASSACAGLIA.
Music from: See back cover for details on that.
RECORDED: 2014 AT THE CHURCH OF LAVAL EN BRIE, FRANCE.



2012: "There is hardly an original sound ensemble of our days that explores the music of its desire so confidently and at the same time highly sensitively to its emotional and expressive limits. There are figurations flung out like blazing prominences, harmonies crowd together in breathtaking narrowness, rhythms whip that one loses hearing, and in the very next moment sultry euphony floods in, in which no intimate melody can ever be harmed. An emotional-interpretational tour de force that cannot help but touch."

A very special disc, and those that like this era, I would invite to sample this. SOTA sound and interpretation.

"adding beauty to ugliness as a countermeasure to evil and destruction" that is my aim!

Roasted Swan

Quote from: Mirror Image on June 18, 2024, 07:03:33 AMYeah, the Sinaisky series is quite good, but I like both Järvi cycles, Luisi and the newer one with (w/ the BBC National Orchestra of Wales) --- are you familiar with the Berman?



No - don't know the Berman at all - I don't think I'd spotted its release even!  It certainly looks interesting but not sure I can justify another Schmidt cycle just now!  I have and quite like the earthines of the Rajter set and of course Mehta's No.4 opened the door to this composer for most people of a certain age (which sadly includes me...!)

Le Buisson Ardent

Quote from: Roasted Swan on June 18, 2024, 07:45:45 AMNo - don't know the Berman at all - I don't think I'd spotted its release even!  It certainly looks interesting but not sure I can justify another Schmidt cycle just now!  I have and quite like the earthines of the Rajter set and of course Mehta's No.4 opened the door to this composer for most people of a certain age (which sadly includes me...!)

Yeah, that Mehta/Wiener 4th is a special performance, indeed. For many years, I didn't listen to any of Schmidt's music, but this Semyon Bychkov recording of the 2nd pulled me back into his sound-world whenever it was released and I was hooked yet again:


Le Buisson Ardent

NP:

Thorvaldsdottir
ARCHORA
Iceland SO
Eva Ollikainen




A stunning piece. I've been truly impressed with every work I've heard from Thorvaldsdottir. If I had to describe her style --- it's like a cross between Jón Leifs and Saariaho. @steve ridgway, you've got to check out Thorvaldsdottir! (If you haven't already.)

Harry

#112248
A 14TH-CENTURY SALMAGUNDI.
Blue Heron, Scott Metcalfe, artistic director.
VOICES.
Michael Barrett
Ian Howell
Owen McIntosh
Jason McStoots
Martin Near
Aaron Sheehan
Sumner Thompson

Recorded at the Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in 2010 & 2014.


Just 40 minutes of music, but boy what a performance. I am duly impressed by Blue Heron. Is it worth your money despite its short playing time, well yes I think so. Seductively performed and recorded with great care to catch the fine timbre of the voices. Never overstating the music, you get a honest and pure interpretation. One readily believes that it must have sounded this way in the 14th century. More of this is forthcoming, as I bookmarked all their recordings.
"adding beauty to ugliness as a countermeasure to evil and destruction" that is my aim!

Le Buisson Ardent

NP:

Zemlinsky
Symphonische Gesänge, Op. 20
Willard White (bass)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly


From this OOP recording -


Karl Henning

Quote from: Harry on June 18, 2024, 08:46:53 AMA 14TH-CENTURY SALMAGUNDI.
Blue Heron, Scott Metcalfe, artistic director.
VOICES.
Michael Barrett
Ian Howell
Owen McIntosh
Jason McStoots
Martin Near
Aaron Sheehan
Sumner Thompson

Recorded at the Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in 2010 & 2014.


Just 40 minutes of music, but boy what a performance. I am duly impressed by Blue Heron. Is it worth your money despite its short playing time, well yes I think so. Seductively performed and recorded with great care to catch the fine timbre of the voices. Never overstating the music, you get a honest and pure interpretations. One readily believes that it must have sounded this way in the 14th century. More of this is forthcoming, as I bookmarked all their recordings.
A fine local group!
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

Dry Brett Kavanaugh

I don't know what this is, but I like it.



Symphonic Addict

Arnell: Sinfonia for orchestra and Symphony No. 2

The Sinfonia continues in the vein of the Symphony No. 1 and Sinfonia quasi Variazioni, nothing special, somewhat watered-down. It's the 2nd Symphony that did grab me, the first movement, especially, reminds of my avatar's music.

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.

steve ridgway


Linz

Barrque Violin Cello Music, Frecobaldi, Gabrielli, Jacchini  and Antonii, Anner Bylsma

Karl Henning

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

Dallapiccola: Canti di liberazione, for chorus and orchestra

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.

Karl Henning

Quote from: Symphonic Addict on June 18, 2024, 10:57:35 AMDallapiccola: Canti di liberazione, for chorus and orchestra


Great Hartmann pcs, too!
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

Le Buisson Ardent

NP:

Honegger
String Quartet No. 2, H. 103
Quatuor Ludwig


From this OOP set -



@Spotted Horses mentioned these Quatuor Ludwig performances of Honegger's SQs weren't anything too special compared with the earlier performances from the Erato Quartet. Well, I own that recording, too and I'm going to have to disagree with him there. I find these Quatuor Ludwig performances more dynamic and emotional.

Iota



Tippett: Piano Concerto

A piece that feels by turns strangely-proportioned, free-roaming, thematically rich in connection and shot through with radiant outbursts of beauty and endless invention. What wonders Tippett spun. Excellent from all involved.