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[Que]

Following your lead. Great ensemble, lovely recording.

[Harry]

Following @Que lead, I play the same disc. Was on my list anyways.

Neapolitan Concertos for various instruments.
See for details back cover.
La Ritirata, Josetxu Obregon.

Really a nice disc, somewhat closely recorded, and a bit raw at the edges. Artistically it is a success.

[Traverso]

Winter was Hard

[Harry]

Ernst von Dohnányi (1877 – 1960)
Orchestral Works.
CD 1.

Ruralia hungarica, Op. 32b (1924) Five Pieces for Orchestra.
Concerto No.1, Op.5 (1897 –98) in E minor for Piano and Orchestra.

Howard Shelley, piano.
BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert.
Recording venue Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester; 21 and 22 September 1995 (CD 4),
19 and 20 November 1997 (CD 2), 22 and 23 October 1998 (CD 3), 12 – 14 September 2001 (CD 1), &
6 and 7 January 2004 (CD 5).

Fabulous recordings and performances, a wonderful box.

[Harry]

Hans Gál (1890–1987)
Chamber Works with Piano.
See back cover for details.

A fine disc, performance and recording are sublime.

[brewski]

Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D (Frank Peter Zimmermann / NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Alan Gilbert, recorded October 26, 2023). Haven't heard the piece in awhile, and was nudged to listen after hearing a student violinist tackling part of it at the Bowdoin Festival.

-Bruce

[AnotherSpin]

[Spotted Horses]

Wellesz, Symphony No 7.



Again, an engaging work full of lovely, edgy sonorities and harmonies.

[SonicMan46]

Giuliani, Mauro (1781-1829) - Guitar Concertos w/ Pepe Romero and Neville Marriner/Acad SMF and Paolo Pugliese on a period guitar (no details given) and a period orchestra - both well done recordings (Romero from the 1970s & Pugliese in 2002) - reviews attached.

Giuliani wrote a LOT of music not only for solo and dual guitars but chamber works w/ flute, violin, piano and of course orchestral music as in these 2-disc sets; he also composed many transcriptions (the Rossinianas maybe the most famous) - short bio below.  Dave

Mauro Giuliani was an Italian guitarist, cellist, and composer. He was a leading guitar virtuoso of the early 19th century. Giuliani defined a new role for the guitar in European music. He was acquainted with figures of Austrian society and with composers such as Rossini and Beethoven, and cooperated with the best active concert musicians in Vienna. (Source)

 

[Traverso]

Desprez



part of this box

[Linz]

Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98
Mendelssohn Ein Sommernactstraum, Op. 21, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della RAI, Rudolf Kempe

[Daverz]

George Lloyd: Concerto for Violin & Winds.  Second listen.

If you like neo-classical concertos from the 1920s and '30s, you'll really enjoy this one.

[ritter]

Aaron Copland conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in his Symphony No. 3.



From the big box...

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E Major, 1885 Version. Ed.Leopold Nowak
Bates Resurrexit (Live),  Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Manfred Honeck

[Bachtoven]

No.11 and 15.

[Lisztianwagner]

Egon Wellesz
Symphony No.3

Gottfried Rabl & Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

[kyjo]

Widor: The two Piano Concertos

Widor is often associated with organ symphonies, but he also wrote much more different music apart from organ pieces. These two works succeeded my expectations the first time I heard them and today I confirmed they have quite good melodic ideas and overall, they could be better than the average. The first one is somewhat close to Saint-Saëns' style (it's the best of the two I think), whilst the second one brings Rachmaninov to mind.

I enjoyed the substantial Fantaisie for piano and orchestra more than the two PCs. The latter aren't bad by any means, but struck me as occasionally rather overblown and unmemorable. My favorite concerto by Widor is his Cello Concerto (recorded by Dutton) - it's easily as tuneful as Saint-Saëns' two works in the genre!

[Bachtoven]

Whew! Lots of intense bravura playing here.

[Karl Henning]

April 2016 in Boston's Church of the Advent:

[Linz]

Roland de Lassus Musica Dei Donum, Lauda Sion Salvatorem, Messe à 4 voix, Pro Cantone Antiqua, London, Bruno Turner