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[AnotherSpin]

Op. 106

[Que]

Note that this is Christopher Gibbons, son of the famous Orlando. He is described as the "missing link between the pre-Commonwealth world of Williams Lawes and the Restoration baroquerie of Henry Purcell".

[Mandryka]

Note that this is Christopher Gibbons, son of the famous Orlando. He is described as the "missing link between the pre-Commonwealth world of Williams Lawes and the Restoration baroquerie of Henry Purcell".

Tried it once, didn't like it.

[foxandpeng]

Well, my Pettersson phase has officially ended. That didn't take long. That is quite enough doom and gloom for me for awhile.

Ha. That really didn't take long. Hope it served its purpose 🙂

Thread Duty:

David Matthews
Complete String Quartets Volume 3
String Quartets 1 - 3
Kreutzer Quartet
Toccata Classics

In light of the impending release of Matthews' SQs 8, 16 and 17 by Toccata Classics on 5 July, I thought I'd spend some time with the previous 5 releases to whet my appetite. I very much like what I've heard so far with these SQs, but time to put some concerted effort into them 🙂

[Que]

Tried it once, didn't like it.

I did not NOT like it, but it's not the 2nd coming... 

[Le Buisson Ardent]

Ha. That really didn't take long. Hope it served its purpose 🙂

I'll probably circle back around to Pettersson at some point (as I do with so many composers), so, yeah, I'd say for right now, his filled a necessary void.

[Bachtoven]

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Walton SY 1 and Viola Concerto. Harty, LSO.

[Todd]

Wrapping up the Tchaikovsky symphony cycle.  Abbado does quite well with Tchaikovsky, though not as relatively good as he does with Mussorgsky.  I can say that at ~$1.50 for the cycle, the price to performance ratio is exceptionally good.

[Bachtoven]

An excellent new release.

[Spotted Horses]

Honegger, String Quartet No 2, Erato Quartet



This is a work from Honegger's maturity. Again the central slow movement strikes me as the heart of the work. The lively finale is wonderful.

After listening to the Erato Quartet I put on the finale from the Ludwig Quartet, included in Timpani's Honegger Chamber Music collection. It was slower, and the recording style made the voices a bit more distinct. I still prefer the Erato Quartet overall, particularly for their handling of the slow movements but it is nice to have both.

[Bachtoven]

I haven't actually listen to this yet, but I was initially surprised and disappointed that Yuja Wang's performance of Bartok's Piano Concerto No.2 is omitted in the streaming and download versions (except on The Berlin Philharmonic's site--for $39!) Was she not happy with it and withdrew permission to stream it? Anyway, after watching a YT recording of the the same performance, it absolutely pales compared to Kocsis' recording that I posted earlier. Glad I save my money!

[Symphonic Addict]

Amongst 20th century British composers, Arnell is generally not one of my favorites and I rather agree with your "generic" comment regarding his music. I recently tried his 2nd Symphony which I found quite dull - however, the Piano Concerto which it's coupled to on a Dutton CD is a more interesting work worth hearing. The epic wartime 3rd Symphony is a bit overlong but has some very fine moments. I need to revisit nos. 4-6 and explore some of his non-symphonic works perhaps.

That 2nd Symphony is a little improvement over the first three and at least it was more passable, but the real meat of his symphonic output definitely begins with the epic 3rd which shares elements of Alwyn and Walton's music. Long and all, I like it very much.

[Symphonic Addict]

The 2nd disc of Dallapiccola's orchestral works where the only work I really enjoyed was the Partita.  Interesting stuff. The remaining works left me almost completely indifferent.

[brewski]

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop, conductor). Watching live on Medici.tv, in excellent audio and video. Not familiar with the orchestra, which sounds very good, and I continue to think Marin Alsop is an often underrated conductor. She is taking the famous third movement at a more genial pace than usual, when some conductors want to rush.

Meanwhile, mezzo-soprano Gerhild Romberger (new to me) gave one of the most beautiful "Urlicht" readings I've ever heard.

https://www.medici.tv/en/concerts/marin-alsop-conducts-mahler-resurrection-symphony-no-2-nospr-katowice

-Bruce

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, 1877 Version. Ed. William Carragan - Removes remaining Haas anomalies,
 Berliner Philharmoniker, Paavo Järvi

[Karl Henning]

An excellent new release.

Looks very nice!

[Karl Henning]

The 2nd disc of Dallapiccola's orchestral works where the only work I really enjoyed was the Partita.  Interesting stuff. The remaining works left me almost completely indifferent.

Oh! I remember liking it all quite a bit.

[Que]

[Bachtoven]

Looks very nice!

It is. At first I thought I might prefer it over Marc-Andre Hamelin's recording, but the latter has better clarity and more incisive playing, especially in the last movement. (Ornstein's Piano Quintet)