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[VonStupp]

Wilhelm Stenhammar
Chitra: Suite
     Gothenburg SO - Neeme Järvi
Ithaka
Prélude and Bourrée
     Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, baritone
     Gävle SO - Hannu Koivula
Sverige
Vårnatt
     Uppsala UCC - Stefan Parkman
Three Choral Songs
     Swedish CC - Simon Phipps

The strong Romanticism of Ithaka hit me just right, with burly singing from Fredriksson; I am glad I picked it up. The rest showcase Stenhammar's pleasant style.
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[Bachtoven]

This is an excellent new release, full of bravura playing. Very good sound.

[Lisztianwagner]

Charles Ives
Symphony No.2

Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic

[JBS]

I don't see how it could fail to be possible. Probably one hand is almost sufficient, although some of the multiple stops in the music might span a range larger than one hand and require a second to be sneaked in.

There are some clips on Youtube.
Mostly the right hand, the left hand supporting/supplementing.

[Todd]

[Symphonic Addict]

Dukas: Symphony in C major

Love the vitality and energy of this symphony. It has one of the most ravishing slow movements of any French symphony to boot.

[Bachtoven]

Superb playing and sound.

[Roasted Swan]

Bridge: the Piano Sonata again. Just a fantastic work in Bridge's late style.

Yup!!  Bebbington is always excellent and this Bridge series is no different.  But I also like very much this performance



not just for the quality of the playing but also the programme.  Juxtaposing the Bridge Sonata against Bax's Sonata No.3 works extremely well with some Delius and RVW miniatures providing a little light(er) relief.....

[Roasted Swan]

Dukas: Symphony in C major

Love the vitality and energy of this symphony. It has one of the most ravishing slow movements of any French symphony to boot.

Agree about the work - but far from my favourite version......

[JBS]

[Linz]

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach The Solo Keyboard Music, Vol. 18, Milós Spányi

[Bachtoven]

I haven't listened to Schnittke in ages--great stuff!

[Symphonic Addict]

Agree about the work - but far from my favourite version......

Which is...?

BTW, that performance sounded fine to me.

[Karl Henning]

First listen to Stravinsky: Mass



Nice, quite calm and tuneful .

Great scoring! Heard this live in Boston years ago!

[Karl Henning]

Bridge: String Sextet



A proper listen this time when I'm properly awake. It's a curious piece, at least as performed here, because there's is lot of midtempo music. The whole 1st movement, the outer sections of the 2nd, and the middle section of the 3rd all seem to be the same kind of sound. It's not that I don't like it, but it does feel as if a bit more energy in the music would change it. This is Bridge at the most lushly Romantic, getting more harmonically complex but not yet up to the big stylistic change.

Most interesting!

[Karl Henning]

Stravinsky: Apollo



Somewhat smoother and more calming .

Love it!

[Symphonic Addict]

Tippett: Fantasia on a theme of Handel, for piano and orchestra

So beautiful, life-enhancing, luminous. This is really great.

[Karl Henning]

Mozart

Symphonies 29-35 & 36

How do you like it? I had bought that a looong time ago, and very quickly re-sold it.

[Karl Henning]

Martinu String Sextet, Kocian Quartet and friends.



Similar in style to the String Quartets, with an added richness due to the two additional voices. Superb music, performance and recording.

Oooh! Don't think I know it!

[NumberSix]

Handel: Saul
Harry Christophers, The Sixteen


What a gorgeous piece this overture is!