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Listening to Symphony No. 5. Great music. I haven't listened to Arnold in quite some time.

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Howard Hanson.

Mosaics.[1958]
Piano Concerto in G major, opus 36. [1948]
Symphony No. 5, "Sinfonia Sacra", opus 43, [1954]

Carol Rosenberger, Piano.
Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz.

Hanson is a composer who grows slowly on me, and it took me quite a while to get my mind in the same direction as this music goes, but I am getting there. Mosaics is certainly a work, that has a gripping power to convince you of the merits Hanson's music is yielding. I like the work, elusive but at the same time it made me aware of the clear choices he made in this work, conciseness, sharp edges, hard returns, and a definitive statement of the stuff Hanson is made. I got away from the hyperbole in the booklets which proclaims him the greatest American composer ever, which he is not. The Piano Concerto is also a clear statement much in the same vein as Mosaics, well played, with some fine ideas in the textures. Symphony No 5, strikes me as a bit bombastic at times, but a work that has merits in terms of this rather nebulous build up of melodies. Dense yet concise!
The performances and sound are top notch.

I have that same recording as a part of a double CD I found in the local used CD store (no booklet with the version I have), and  agree with everything Harry said. 

Thread duty:  From the EMI Delius 150th Anniversary  box,  CD 10: Eventyr/Incidental Music to "Hassan".  Vernon Handley conducting the Halle in Eventyr and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta (with its choir and two male soloists) in Hassan.

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Listening to Shosty's 5th. A monstrous performance.

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[listener]

an old mono Supraphon LP of GOUNOD: Ballet music from "Faust", SMETANA Wedding Scenes (arrangement of piano pieces) and OSTRCIL Peasant Festival
assorted orchestras and conductors
HANSON   Mosaics
Howard Hanson and the Eastman-Rochester Orch.
Hanson speaks about the piece on one sise of this LP,, and it's played on the other.
DUTILLEUX; Symphony no. 2 "Le Double"     ROUSSEL  Suite in F
Lamoureux Concerts Orchestra     Charles Münch, cond.

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Listening to Shosty's Violin Concerto No. 1. Outstanding performance.

[Brian]

My going-to-bed music of choice was Roussel's Le marchand de sable qui passe in 2011. This year it's Aaron Jay Kernis's Musica celestis (adagio).

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Shostakovich, The Nose.

Why this glorious opera isn't better known is a total mystery.

One stand out feature of this live recording is the feeling that the Lausanne forces have this music in their blood. No doubt thanks to much rehearsal time. The enthusiasm is on a high level and there's a wonderful improvisatory feel to the whole production.

Good sound too and sung in the native Russian.

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Shostakovich, The Nose.

Why this glorious opera isn't better known is a totally mystery.

One stand out feature of this live recording is the feeling that the Lausanne forces have this music in their blood. No doubt thanks to much rehearsal time. The enthusiasm is on a high level and there's a wonderful improvisatory feel to the whole production.

Good sound too and sung in the native Russian.

Have you heard Gergiev's performance of it, DD? It's quite good.

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Listening to Shosty's Violin Concerto No. 1. Outstanding performance.

Great disc there, MI.

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Great disc there, MI.

Yeah, I own many recordings of Shosty's VC No. 1, but Mullova is one of the best ones I've heard. I listened to Steinbacher's performance of it earlier today and was quite impressed with it. Another favorite is Vengerov/Rostropovich.

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Have you heard Gergiev's performance of it, DD? It's quite good.

I haven't heard Gergiev's recording yet but I do have Rozhdestvensky's recording on LP. It's good, too, but I seem to return most to this Jordan recording.

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I haven't heard Gergiev's recording yet but I do have Rozhdestvensky's recording on LP. It's good, too, but I seem to return most to this Jordan recording.

I'll have to checkout that Armin Jordan performance.

[Gold Knight]

Ludwig Van Beethoven--Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.36 and Symphony No.4 in B-Flat major, Op.60, both featuring the Berliner Philharmoniker and Herbert von Karajan.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky--Symphony No.3 in D major, Op.29 {"Polish"}, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Igor Markevitch.

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Dvorak-Brahms
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Holmboe: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 46


Now playing Disc 1 of this set again - I will try and play this Disc a few more times this week and see if I can slowly start to make sense of this music!

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

The Richter series on Naxos so far has been an astounding success. The symphonies as well as the chamber music are performed by able orchestras and soloists, in the best possible sound and on fine instruments. The second volume with his sonatas for Flute are pleasant well written compositions, ingenious part writing, expressive, fine melodies, and a plethora of surprising ideas. I hope Naxos goes on recording the works of this composer, he deserves that, and there is precious little on record, so some new territory to be explored.

Sonata No 4 in C major.
Sonata  No 5, in F major.
Sonata No. 6 in G minor.
Praeludium in C major.
Andante in F major.

Recorded in 2009.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Gade's Novelletter for strings are super romantic pieces, as sweet as honey, and are perfect accompaniment to a lover's den, playing on the background. On this disc, its well played and recorded. They are considered his best works, and in some respects it is, but it leaves me rather empty, not much food to chew on. Romantic "Kleinkunst", flowing romanticism and clear beauty of harmony, that sums it up. If you like this, I would say go for it, but one thing to remember, the disc holds only 43 minutes of music, at Brilliant prices though!

[Papy Oli]

Good morning all 

1st listen :

Bartok - 1st String Quartet
Keller Quartet

[mc ukrneal]

Now listening to one of my favorites from the Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Series: Brull.
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