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[VonStupp]

George Enescu
Symphony 2 in A Major, op. 17
Romanian Rhapsody 2 in D major, op. 11
BBC PO - Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Late Romanticism has never really been my thing, thus these symphonies from Enescu are not really speaking to me. Or maybe they are simply speaking too much in the case of his 60-minute Symphony no. 2.
VS

[Todd]

Disc one.

[brewski]

Listening to the live broadcast from Carnegie Hall of the 50th Anniversary of the "Concert of the Century," with the NYO-USA All-Stars and Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting, along with a galaxy of stars.

The program is one of those "little bit of everything" arrays, but there are likely to be great moments. Listen live and more info here.

[Linz]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E Flat major, K543
Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K551 "Jupiter-Symphony"
Overture "La clemenza di Titto, K621
Manheimer Mozartorchester, Thomas Fey

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E Flat Major, 1888 Third version, firrst printed edition [published by Albert Gutmann (Vienna 1889)]
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg

[brewski]

Reena Esmail: "Lacrimosa" (from Malhaar: A Requiem for Water, 2023). I have liked most everything from Esmail, who writes in a classical idiom with Indian influences.

[JBS]

Seems to be mostly uptempo, not huge on the emotions, composed mainly in the 1930s and 1940s

Contents
Brian The Tinker's Wedding
G Bush Yorick*
Rawsthorne Street Corner**
Daniel Jones Comedy Overture
Bridge Rebus
Orr The Prospect of Whitby***
Arnell The New Age
Britten Overture to Paul Bunyan
A Bush Resolution****
Parker Overture to The Glass Slipper*****
Fenby Rossini on Ikla Moor******

*A memorial piece for a popular comedian of the time, no direct connection to Hamlet
**a nightime street scene in a generic industrial town
***the name of a pub in London (Wapping to be precise) best known as the site of Captain Kidd's execution
****Said to be depicting a meeting of a labor organization drafting, considering,  and passing a resolution
*****Composed for a pantomime-ballet version of Cinderella
******Ikla Moor being a folk song. The liner notes open with the story (taken from an interview with Fenby) of how it came to be written: Fenby extemporised some bars as a joke, and two days later saw a poster which announced that he would conduct the full piece at the next Sunday concert. He therefore had to spend the next three days composing and copying out the piece so it could be performed.


@vandermolen

[JBS]

Madame Rogé is first piano in Dolly Suite.

Odd that while Decca identifies Ms. Font as his wife right away, Onyx (in the CD I listened to earlier) makes no mention of that fact.

[vandermolen]

Seems to be mostly uptempo, not huge on the emotions, composed mainly in the 1930s and 1940s

Contents
Brian The Tinker's Wedding
G Bush Yorick*
Rawsthorne Street Corner**
Daniel Jones Comedy Overture
Bridge Rebus
Orr The Prospect of Whitby***
Arnell The New Age
Britten Overture to Paul Bunyan
A Bush Resolution****
Parker Overture to The Glass Slipper*****
Fenby Rossini on Ikla Moor******

*A memorial piece for a popular comedian of the time, no direct connection to Hamlet
**a nightime street scene in a generic industrial town
***the name of a pub in London (Wapping to be precise) best known as the site of Captain Kidd's execution
****Said to be depicting a meeting of a labor organization drafting, considering,  and passing a resolution
*****Composed for a pantomime-ballet version of Cinderella
******Ikla Moor being a folk song. The liner notes open with the story (taken from an interview with Fenby) of how it came to be written: Fenby extemporised some bars as a joke, and two days later saw a poster which announced that he would conduct the full piece at the next Sunday concert. He therefore had to spend the next three days composing and copying out the piece so it could be performed.


@vandermolen

Thanks so much! Kind of you to go to such trouble :-)

[Kalevala]

Stravinsky: Agon
London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

Great cover, miraculous score and fantastic performance.

I'd love to hear it!   

K

[Harry]

Repeat mode. Just because!

[Roasted Swan]

Seems to be mostly uptempo, not huge on the emotions, composed mainly in the 1930s and 1940s

Contents
Brian The Tinker's Wedding
G Bush Yorick*
Rawsthorne Street Corner**
Daniel Jones Comedy Overture
Bridge Rebus
Orr The Prospect of Whitby***
Arnell The New Age
Britten Overture to Paul Bunyan
A Bush Resolution****
Parker Overture to The Glass Slipper*****
Fenby Rossini on Ikla Moor******

*A memorial piece for a popular comedian of the time, no direct connection to Hamlet
**a nightime street scene in a generic industrial town
***the name of a pub in London (Wapping to be precise) best known as the site of Captain Kidd's execution
****Said to be depicting a meeting of a labor organization drafting, considering,  and passing a resolution
*****Composed for a pantomime-ballet version of Cinderella
******Ikla Moor being a folk song. The liner notes open with the story (taken from an interview with Fenby) of how it came to be written: Fenby extemporised some bars as a joke, and two days later saw a poster which announced that he would conduct the full piece at the next Sunday concert. He therefore had to spend the next three days composing and copying out the piece so it could be performed.


@vandermolen

Interestingly the old Lyrita LP cover of "British Overtures" here;



clearly shows a still of Olivier as Hamlet next to the listing of Geoffrey Bush's "Yorick" Overture so someone in their art department didn't know the correct association with Tommy Handley (no relation to Vernon as far as I know!) rather than Shakespeare as confirmed in this old newsreel.....

[Roasted Swan]

Stravinsky: Agon
London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

Great cover, miraculous score and fantastic performance.

Personally not so crazy on the cover but everything else about this disc/collection is top-notch.  The programme is a really fascinating collection of Stravinsky miniatures/novelties plus a couple of key works with Agon at its centre.  After who knows how many Rites and Petrushkas and Firebirds (all of which I love) its a genuine pleasure to discover "other" Stravinsky.

Also - the picture on the back cover showing a very young MTT talking to Stravinsky reminds you just what a prodigious talent from such a young age MTT was and how he spanned musical styles and generations.  Obviously there are similar "young guns" today - it will be interesting to see how many stay the pace like he did....

[Que]

 

Wrapping things up with Ewald Kooiman's the Triosonatas & Fantasias, featuring the organ of the Great or Marian Church in Meppel. Performances are at a moderate but steady pace and well articulated. At times I'd wish for a bit more energy in the faster movements, but on the flip side there are many sheer poetic moments.

[Que]

Repeat mode. Just because!

An excellent lutenist! I don't think I've heard this French recital yet. 

[Harry]

This New released looked promising to me, until I heard the Soprano and Mezzo. Their vibrato was like an earthquake, really much overdone, even for the French vocal compositions. The instrumental parts are excellent though, but they are in the minority alas. Well recorded it is.

[Harry]

An excellent lutenist! I don't think I've heard this French recital yet. 

I think it will not disappoint. If you like her other recordings you will love this one too.

[Harry]

Also in the rerun. A "five star" recording. This ECM recording is a blast as is the performance.

[Iota]

I'd love to hear it! 

K

Fill your boots.

[Mandryka]

Stravinsky: Agon
London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

Great cover, miraculous score and fantastic performance.

He was outstanding in Stravinsky -- his Canticum Sacrum recording is magic for me.

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