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[Symphonic Addict]

Pettersson: Concerto for strings No. 3

Not as grim as I was expecting. Quite approachable for those who are afraid of this composer, albeit its length could play against (not for me, though).

[foxandpeng]

Oddly, #6 sat OK with me, I seem to remember. I'll give it a whirl later today or tomorrow and see!

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Miloslav Kabeláč
Symphonies 2 and 3 for Organ, Brasses and Timpani
Marko Ivanovic
Prague RSO
Supraphon

Volume up!

Miloslav Kabeláč
Symphony 6, Concertante for Clarinet and Orchestra
Marko Ivanovic
Prague RSO
Supraphon

I had forgotten just how very good these symphonies are, to be honest. Outstanding, in fact.

Reviewing the couple of notes that I made on my last traversal back in 2024, it is #8 that is the choral work, alongside the less engaging #5 which has a wordless soprano featuring heavily (yuk).

This, however, is immensely engaging.

[Karl Henning]

Now playing Ives Symphony No. 3, "The Camp Meeting"



I seem to be working my way backwards through this Ives Dudamel cycle. Anyway, such a great cycle --- impressive performances all-around.

Heard the Lowell Chamber Orchestra play this live. Greatly illumined the piece for me! Coincidentally, I'm going to hear the LCO again this Saturday night.

[foxandpeng]

Miloslav Kabeláč
Symphony 7, for Orchestra and Reciter
Marko Ivanovic
Prague RSO
Supraphon


No idea about the recitation, but atmospheric!

[foxandpeng]

Pettersson: Concerto for strings No. 3

Not as grim as I was expecting. Quite approachable for those who are afraid of this composer, albeit its length could play against (not for me, though).

Pettersson all day long.

[Symphonic Addict]

Pettersson all day long.

I can only take him in moderate doses. 

[Symphonic Addict]

Borodin: Piano Quintet and Cello Sonata

Strong works superbly performed. With each piece, Borodin confirms that he was a great melodist.

[Karl Henning]

I can only take him in moderate doses. 

Truly not for everyone!

TD:

[Karl Henning]

Assuredly a first listen

[Karl Henning]

Alsp assuredly a first listen

[Symphonic Addict]

Alsp assuredly a first listen

A very fine work as far as I remember.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Heard the Lowell Chamber Orchestra play this live. Greatly illumined the piece for me! Coincidentally, I'm going to hear the LCO again this Saturday night.

Great stuff, Karl. I love Ives' music.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Continuing on with the Bax symphonies --- now playing Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

[Karl Henning]

A very fine work as far as I remember.

Love it!

[Symphonic Addict]

Wolf-Ferrari: String Quartet in A minor

Exquisite. This recording sounds fabulous.

[Symphonic Addict]

Love it!

The 3rd Symphony is not half bad either.

[brewski]

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol (Ormandy/Philadelphia). Feels like a guilty pleasure, but can't resist the brilliance of R-K's orchestration.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Now playing Vaughan Williams Five Tudor Portraits



This is another work from RVW that I haven't listened to in quite some time. I own two performances of it: this one with David Willcocks and the other with Hickox. Both are excellent, but I might give Willcocks the slight edge since I seemed to have imprinted on this performance first. You really can't go wrong with either performance, though.

[brewski]

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 (Ormandy/Philadelphia). First time hearing this performance, and honestly, I had no idea it would be so good. Recorded in 1968, and I'm thinking of the Karajan/Berlin performance from the same time period, just two years earlier.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Now playing Britten Canticle III, Op. 55: Still Falls the Rain, The Raids, 1940. Night and Dawn