Listenin' to Classical Music and Conversation

2nd listen on CD.

 

Just got this one on SACD - lots of fun.

 

Yeah, great music. I'm sure it sounds great in multi-channel sound.

 

Recorded at Concordia College, Bronxville, NY, 1986. Producer: Steven Epstein. Balance engineer: Bud Graham. Remote technical supervisor: Hank Altman. "Recorded directly onto the two-track Sony PCM 1610 Digital System".

 

More Bruckner 7 in readiness for this evening's concert.

 

Now listening to "Chants de la cathedrale de Benevento" performed by Ensemble Organum led by Marcel Peres on Harmonia Mundi.

 

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First listen to "Atterberg - Symphonies 2 & 5" performed by the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt led by Ari Rasilainen on CPO.

 

2nd listen.



Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 77
1 I Molto Sostenuto 10:39
2 II Presto Marcato 8:05
3 III Andante Con Moto 7:23

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Piano Trio No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 49
4 I Molto Allegro Agitato 9:28
5 II Andante Con Moto Tranquillo 6:44
6 III Scherzo: Leggiero E Vivace 3:37
7 IV Finale: Allegro Assai Appassionato 8:04

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38
8 Allegro Non Troppo 10:24
9 Allegretto Quasi Menuetto 5:32
10 Allegro 5:55

 

Atterberg seems to be cropping up a lot at the moment. It's a gap in my collection that I must investigate.

 

A short biography. I would add he's worth checking out if you like Scandinavian composers.

Classical Net - Composers - Atterberg

 

I'm a big Sibelius and Nielsen fan and have some recordings of Gade and Berwald but Atterberg passed me by.

 

I think then he will be worth checking out.

 

That's what I've been working on lately, having a listen to (mostly modern) composers that I never got around to before.

 

There are a lot of modern composers to check out too

 

First listen to CD 1 from "Vagn Holmboe - The Complete String Quartets" performed by The Kontra Quartet on Dacapo.

Nos. 1, 3 & 4

 

Speaking of Atterberg. Spotify Premium.

 

I like Holmboe a lot. Most of what I have is on BIS. The only album I own that is skipable, IMO, it the guitar works. They aren't bad, just not up to the rest of his works. The concertos and symphonies are especially good.

 

About a year ago, eclassical had some Sterling albums on sale but every review I found really panned them so I didn't buy any.

Atterberg is a composer I've never listened to. I notice it says Swedish Romantics in the upper left. Did he really write romantic music even though his career had to start well after most composers weren't writing romantic music anymore?

 

Pretty much Late Romantic stylistically.

 

Second or third listen.

 

Now on the turntable, "Palestrina Masses" performed by The Tallis Scholars on Gimell.

 

First listen to CD 1 from "Henri Dutilleux - The Centenary Edition" on Erato.

Symphony No. 1 performed by Orchestre de Paris led by Paavo Jarvi
Symphony No. 2 performed by Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux led by Charles Munch

 

I have a 5 disc EMI France boxed set of Dutilleux. The symphonies aren't the same conductors so this looks very interesting to me.

Just checked and there is a little overlap, L'Arbre des songes, some of the chamber works, Le Loup fragments, Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher and the piano works performed by Anne Queffélec