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[aligreto]

Tveitt: : Sun God Symphony -





This is a wonderful, full bodied work which works on many levels. I love the somewhat understated, low key tone in which it works along with the [sometimes harsh] harmonies.

[aligreto]

I think that set still holds up very well.

[Sergeant Rock]

Varèse Octandre




Sarge

[San Antone]

Le Mystère des Templiers

In compiling Le Mystère des Templiers Naive chose from recordings by Marcel Pérès and Ensemble Organum's Ambroisie disc Le chant de Templiers, in which the Ensemble Organum sing from a 12th century manuscript, kept in Jerusalem, once used by the Templars themselves. The balance of the disc is lent to a number of selections that can be seen as loosely related to the Templars or belonging to their time period. This would include Ensemble Gilles Binchois singing Notre Dame Organa, Discantus performing music of Hildegard von Bingen and anonymous works, and Alla Francesca playing the popular hits of the day.

[Sergeant Rock]

I missed your return a couple of days ago...just noticed now. Nice to see you here again 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Just finished Intégrales and Offrandes...and listening now to Arcana




Sarge

[ritter]

Luciano Berio's Piano sonata, from this CD:

[Sergeant Rock]

Varèse Hyperprism and Écuatorial




Sarge

[The new erato]

I've been playing the Concerto Køln recordings of the early string symphonies from this amazingly cheap set:

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This is Mendelssohn juvenilia I've never heard before in 40 years of listening, and it's amazingly fine stuff (and great recordings as well).

[SimonNZ]

Mateo Romero's Missa Bonæ Voluntatis - La Fenice

[Harry]

It is true, that the Hinsz-organ in Buitenkerk, Kampen is equally tuned, but the Schonat-organ in Nieuwe kerk, Amsterdam is tuned Werckmeister III.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werckmeister_temperament

Yes you are right, I simply typed mindlessly equal tuning, thank you for correcting me:)

[NorthNYMark]

Karl Henning's masterpiece Out in the Sun!

https://www.youtube.com/v/n-95rYkIbmE

New GMG members: get to know this work!

Very nice! Thanks for sharing this with the group!

[San Antone]

I missed your return a couple of days ago...just noticed now. Nice to see you here again 

Sarge

Fun to be back.

[HIPster]

Fun to be back.

Hey!  sanantonio, nice to see you posting here again.   

Took a look at your blog too: nice work!

[San Antone]

Hey!  sanantonio, nice to see you posting here again.   

Took a look at your blog too: nice work!

Thanks! 

[Mister Sharpe]

Sure do enjoy these two works, John would also, I think.[asin]B0006SGES8[/asin]

[André]

Guillaume Lekeu was the Pergolesi of belgian-french music. Died tragically young (24), left many works in all kinds of genres, built from a very strong sentiment based musical language. He was a pupil of Franck, and very wuch influenced by Wagner and the late romantics.

This superb set contains all the composer's oeuvre on 8 cds. What is not so good, though, is the minimalist packaging. No titles or track listings on the cardboard sleeves: no nothing, no even such basics as "disc 1", "disc 2" or what not. One has to pull the cd out to know what's on it - and then it just refers to its contents as "disc 1", "disc 2", etc.  . OTOH there is a full, 128 pages booklet in different languages, with the texts    for the vocal works.

At the price, this is indispendable.

[Kontrapunctus]

Boulez isn't normally one of my favorite conductors, but this isn't bad at all, especially for 99 cents!

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

A composer I have become very interested in lately. I really like the sudden, fast constrasts in orchestration and texture in Contretemps, and the vocal writing is amazing!

[kishnevi]

CD 9
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Josef  Still, on the Johannes Klais organ of Trier Cathedral.
Works on this CD
Variations and Fugue on "My Country, 'tis of thee"*
Twelve Pieces, Op. 65 nos. 1-6
six Chorale Preludes
Chorale Fantasia Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn Op. 40, no 2

* Well that's what we Yanks call the tune.  Reger called it "Heil, unsern Konig Heil".