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[Spotted Horses]

Maconchy Clarinet Concerto No 2, Arnold Clarinet Concerto No 2



Both are very attractive work, particularly the Maconchy. Wonderfully melodic in an angular way.

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Oration, concerto elegiaco, here. 

Oh...nice choice! Haunting piece.

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Now playing Bridge Phantasy Quartet

[Linz]

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 9 in D
Ludwig von Beethoven,.  Grosse Fuge in B flat Op 133
The Symphonica of London, Wyn Morris

[71 dB]

On TV (Yle Teema & Fem): Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert, Musiikkitalo

Maurice Duruflé: Requiem
Kaija Saariaho: Asteroid 4179: Toutatis
Gustav Holst: The Planets

Jenny Carlstedt, mezzo-soprano
Gabriel Kivivuori, baritone
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Collon

[nico1616]

Rameau: Pigmalion

As usual when listening to Rameau, I feel like I'm bathing in the glow of music lit from within. So warm and innately joyful. That warmth permeates the centuries too I think, emerging in the music of Faure, Debussy, Ravel and a number of 20th century French composers e.g.
I can never quite get over the divide between Rameau the man and his music. Is there any wider division in the classical canon I wonder?

This from Wiki:

"His heart and soul were in his harpsichord; once he had shut its lid, there was no one home." Physically, Rameau was tall and exceptionally thin,[29] as can be seen by the sketches we have of him, including a famous portrait by Carmontelle. He had a "loud voice". His speech was difficult to understand, just like his handwriting, which was never fluent. As a man, he was secretive, solitary, irritable, proud of his own achievements (more as a theorist than as a composer), brusque with those who contradicted him, and quick to anger. It is difficult to imagine him among the leading wits, including Voltaire (to whom he bears more than a passing physical resemblance[29]), who frequented La Poupelinière's salon; his music was his passport, and it made up for his lack of social graces.

I also bought this recording and love it. And Lully's 'récit de la beauté', as a bonus, is the icing on the cake.

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Now playing Penderecki Viola Concerto




This entire recording is darkly seductive and alluring. Wonderful program of works.

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Now playing Gubaidulina Viola Concerto

[Lisztianwagner]

William Alwyn
Symphony No.2
The Magic Island
Overture to Derby Day

Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra

[Madiel]

Disc 27

Well, here's one I didn't enjoy. I couldn't actually finish the disc. This is just not music to my taste.

And this just days after someone else made me think I really should check out the Monteverdi madrigals and the style change through the different books.

[Madiel]

Now playing Gubaidulina Viola Concerto

Psst, your Viola Concerto run could extend to Holmboe. I love the Holmboe. 

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Major, 1894 Original Version. Ed. Alfred Orel
Weiner Philharmoniker, Wilhem Furtwängler

[Karl Henning]

And this just days after someone else made me think I really should check out the Monteverdi madrigals and the style change through the different books.

I did, and enjoyed it.

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Psst, your Viola Concerto run could extend to Holmboe. I love the Holmboe. 

I wish I shared the same sentiment.

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Now playing Arnold Guitar Concerto, Op. 88

[Symphonic Addict]

This is my favorite disc of this series. Two extrovert, nervous, irregular, intense works.

Completely surprised by how receptive I was with this music.

[Roasted Swan]

Oration, concerto elegiaco, here. 

Another good choice.....!

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Now playing Arnold Oboe Quartet, Op. 61

[foxandpeng]

Ruth Gipps
Symphony 1
Rumon Gamba
BBC NOoW
Chandos

This really is very good, in my view. Not ready to move on to #3 yet, as there is enough to draw my attention and push 'repeat' for a while longer.

[VonStupp]

Benjamin Britten
Our Hunting Fathers, op. 8
Quatre Chansons Françaises
Gloriana: Symphonic Suite, op. 53a

Christina Landshamer, soprano
Mark Padmore, tenor
Alasdair Kent, tenor
Basel SO - Ivor Bolton

No one could accuse Mark Padmore of underselling Britten's op. 8, for it is characterized to the hilt. On the other hand, Bolton underplays the Gloriana Suite a bit, even if I love the sound of the Basel ensemble here.
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