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[Symphonic Addict]

Berg: String Quartet and Lyric Suite

On this occasion digging these pieces with more pleasure. The String Quartet is an impressive work, but the Lyric Suite is a masterpiece. Tastes definitely change over the time.

[Symphonic Addict]

Wellesz, Symphony No 7.



Again, an engaging work full of lovely, edgy sonorities and harmonies.

Yes, all these symphonies have a very attractive "edgy" element that grips with interest.

[Bachtoven]

Very enjoyable with excellent sound. It is odd, however, to hear Lute Suite No.2 BWV.997 played on a lute and a violin! I suppose it does take some of the enormous strain off the lutenist.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, 1872/77 Mixed Versions. Ed. Leopold Nowak, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden

[André]

Loyang is a chamber orchestra work, Gasa is for violin and piano, Réak is scored for large orchestra. Shao Yang Yin is a harpsichord piece, while Tuyaux sonores is for organ (of course). Commissioned during the 1960s, when Yun had settled in West Germany, these works were immediately played and recorded by West German festivals or radio (rundfunk) forces.

In these works Yun's trademark fusion of western and eastern musical styles makes for haunting, sometimes startling sounds within free (non traditional) structures. Yun composed many concertos and symphonies that adhere loosely to western musical structures, but he also composed a lot of music that, to western ears, may sound disorienting. One's ear soon adjusts and the experience is unfailingly fascinating.

[Symphonic Addict]

I enjoyed the substantial Fantaisie for piano and orchestra more than the two PCs. The latter aren't bad by any means, but struck me as occasionally rather overblown and unmemorable.

Overblown? Only the 2nd PC may give this impression, mostly for the use of the cymbals, but the 1st PC is definitely not overblown.

Unmemorable? Nah, with due respect, but it seems that you sometimes comment for the sake of being contrary.

[Symphonic Addict]

O. Lindberg: Symphony in F major

A pretty good Swedish symphony where each movement seems better than the previous one (it is in 3 movements). It's got some passages tinged with a chivalrous character, something I quite liked.

[Bachtoven]

Very impressive.

[JBS]

Perfect for late night listening.

[Symphonic Addict]

Röntgen: Symphony No. 21 in A minor

Whenever I listen to anything by this composer, even by someone who wrote tons and tons of music, I feel that he composed with notable craftsmanship and real purpose, there's spark in his creations, and this work is a proof of that. It is in one movement that unfolds like a serious passacaglia, where the music seems to have a gothic feel to it, and concludes in an imposing way. Seriously great stuff. Röntgen is one of my favorite composers, probably in my list of 51-100 composers, though.




Ruders: Symphony No. 1 'Himmelhoch jauchzend - zu Tode betrübt' (To heaven rejoicing - cast down unto death)

Absolutely tremendous! It must be counted as one of the greatest first symphonies from the second half of the 20th century by anyone. Atmospheric music at its most entrancing. The music sounds so chaotic, powerful, intimidating, it's just phenomenal, with an orchestration that dazzles (which includes tubular bells and orchestral piano); but it also has depth as shown in the slow movement, one that has a timeless and hypnotic nature, perfect music to behold the celestial vault at night surrounded by nature. An amazing symphony.

[Karl Henning]

Shostakovich
f# minor Quartet
Pacifica Quartet 

[Spotted Horses]

Shostakovich
f# minor Quartet
Pacifica Quartet

Now I'm expected to look up which quarter is in f# minor?

[Mookalafalas]

I'm a third of the way through this box. I OFTEN struggle to enjoy Harpsichord and "hardcore" HIP stuff, but not in this case. For old Gustav, I've moved from big fan to True Believer.

[Que]

A recording from 1980 I didn't know existed!

[AnotherSpin]

[foxandpeng]

Röntgen: Symphony No. 21 in A minor

Whenever I listen to anything by this composer, even by someone who wrote tons and tons of music, I feel that he composed with notable craftsmanship and real purpose, there's spark in his creations, and this work is a proof of that. It is in one movement that unfolds like a serious passacaglia, where the music seems to have a gothic feel to it, and concludes in an imposing way. Seriously great stuff. Röntgen is one of my favorite composers, probably in my list of 51-100 composers, though.




Ruders: Symphony No. 1 'Himmelhoch jauchzend - zu Tode betrübt' (To heaven rejoicing - cast down unto death)

Absolutely tremendous! It must be counted as one of the greatest first symphonies from the second half of the 20th century by anyone. Atmospheric music at its most entrancing. The music sounds so chaotic, powerful, intimidating, it's just phenomenal, with an orchestration that dazzles (which includes tubular bells and orchestral piano); but it also has depth as shown in the slow movement, one that has a timeless and hypnotic nature, perfect music to behold the celestial vault at night surrounded by nature. An amazing symphony.

The Ruders is outstanding. I enjoy his symphonies very much.

[Que]

Vox Luminis, one of my favourite ensembles, in a collection of Lutheran motets by Bach's ancestors.

[vandermolen]

Röntgen: Symphony No. 21 in A minor

Whenever I listen to anything by this composer, even by someone who wrote tons and tons of music, I feel that he composed with notable craftsmanship and real purpose, there's spark in his creations, and this work is a proof of that. It is in one movement that unfolds like a serious passacaglia, where the music seems to have a gothic feel to it, and concludes in an imposing way. Seriously great stuff. Röntgen is one of my favorite composers, probably in my list of 51-100 composers, though.




Ruders: Symphony No. 1 'Himmelhoch jauchzend - zu Tode betrübt' (To heaven rejoicing - cast down unto death)

Absolutely tremendous! It must be counted as one of the greatest first symphonies from the second half of the 20th century by anyone. Atmospheric music at its most entrancing. The music sounds so chaotic, powerful, intimidating, it's just phenomenal, with an orchestration that dazzles (which includes tubular bells and orchestral piano); but it also has depth as shown in the slow movement, one that has a timeless and hypnotic nature, perfect music to behold the celestial vault at night surrounded by nature. An amazing symphony.

I agree about the Ruders Cesar. That slow movement is very special.

[vandermolen]

Bridge 'Oration' (new Chandos release)
Laura Van Der Heijden, BBC SSO, Wigglesworth.
I had another go with 'Earth. Sea, Air' by Frances-Hoad but found it just as amorphous, dreary and unmemorable as last time. So, I moved on to Walton's Cello Concerto which I greatly enjoyed. The Bridge is the highlight of the disc.

[Mookalafalas]

   Trying with different speakers. More lively and fun and than I remembered.