If you like Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schubert... She is a bit derivative, but these are not pale imitations.
She was a minor composer and her works can be great when you are overloaded by Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert, etc and want a little diversion ...
I think they do a great job. There is a lot of good to great music from 1750 onward I want to hear that the major labels ignore. Let Sony, Universal and Warner record the 1,034,782nd version of the Emperor Concerto or the Goldberg Variations.
Could be because he was so insular spending most of his life in Scotland, 25 years with the Scottish National Orchestra and opera. Just a couple of years is Houston. Do love his Sibelius.
Seeing you play this recording yesterday, Bluemooze, inspired me to pull out this old RCA Victrola LP today and put it on the turntable: Obviously not the same recording, but it has the same Schumann pieces along with a few more by that composer. I bought this in 1971--the same year the LP was released--on the recommendation of the record shop owner. It's something that I would not have bought at the time, but after he played a few cuts over the store's sound system, I simply had to take it home. Charming works and beautifully played here... Of course, it's also a trip down "nostalgia lane" for me. I hope you enjoyed that Myrios Classics recording.
Listening to Martucci's 2nd Piano Concerto, from this box off Spotify. Would recommend for those looking for a romantic concerto they haven't heard before. Muti has long been an advocate of Martucci's work.
My favourite record label. I'm sorry, but I don't understand the naysayers here who claim BIS recordings are TOO dynamic…… 'TOO dynamic' does not compute, does not compute, does not compute, compute, compute, comp, comp, com...… phud.
On Spotify, "Crux: Parisian Easter Music From The 13th & 14th Centuries" performed by Ensemble Peregrina directed by Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett on Glossa.
BIS recordings are good test for your audio system, period! I love all my BIS recordings and currently have 44 BIS CD's/SACD's in my collection ...
CD from the Decca Analogue Years box. Surinach & Montsalvatge: Concertos + Faure: Fantaisie + Franck: Symphonic variations
I tried to listen to the symphonies in this box recently, but the orchestral playing is terrible. How on earth could Glorious John release this.
Thought this might be a nice place for a first post! (is there a thread for introductions?) Anyway, a very nice piece I've heard recently, Carl Vine's String Quartet No.5. A pleasure to listen to. Written in a mature, postmodern neoromantic style, the quartet shows off Vine's skill quite nicely. First movement has some interesting harmonic complexity, second is asolutely glorious and lyrical, and the third is a surprising liveley dance movement.
