Do Burlington, Rutland and Montpelier each have its own symphony? It has been twenty years since I last visited VT.
I have not played this recording in many years and it was one of the first Bach Orchestral Suites CD I bought ...
I bought a bunch of Bach by the Cologne Chamber Orchestra in the late 90's or early 2000's ... You probably paid $2 per CD on volume discount since you bought the big box.
Martinu:The Epic of Gilgamesh. Belohlavec, soloists, chorus, Prague Philharmonic. Supraphon second blue label. A very interesting and atmospheric setting of portions of the epic Sumerian poem Gilgamesh. A speaker, soloists and a chorus alternate. In the original score Martinu asked the soloists to also speak which is a rather unworkable idea.
The Vermont Symphony plays regularly in Burlington and Rutland. They also perform around the state in the warmer months. It's a smaller orchestra of the size that was typical in Beethoven's time; so they fit perfectly in the kind of very good concert halls found in multiple locations throughout the Vermont. Along with the Portland Symphony, they are my first choice for symphonic concerts.
First listening to this new 96/24 flac download of some (to me) unfamiliar Mendelssohn and the performance and sound quality of Symphony No. 1 are both on an extremely high level. I’m a sucker for HIP early 19th Century repertoire. Now on to the rest of the disc…
The last time I attended a concert was in the early 2000's but it might be before 9/11. I always attended concerts in NYC since few big-name ensembles offer concerts in CT, though JEG and the English Baroque Soloists/Monteverdi Choir did have a concert at the SUNY Purchase campus, which is about an hour from my house. William Boughton, formerly conductor of the English String Symphony has been the conductor of the New Haven Symphony though I have yet to attend a concert there. The concert scenes these days are so different since many conductors I am familiar with have passed on or retired and I also have been retired since 2013. As such, concert attendance to me is no longer so attractive these days. I may just as well get the most out of my classical music collection ...
Come to think of it, I did buy the Naxos Bach box with all the orchestral works, which includes the Brandenburg Concertos, Suites for Orchestra and all the harpsichord concertos. How many CD's does your Naxos 30th anniversary box have?
This is the first recording of the Bach Orchestral Suites that I bought... many, many moons ago. I heard it played on the radio and soon went downtown to buy it in a record store that specialized in classical. Not HIP, but very well done for what it is. Ernest Ansermet / L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, recorded in Victoria Hall, Geneva. Released in 1962 on the London label in the US (Decca in the UK). I bought it in 1970.
On Spotify, "Hildegard von Bingen: Göttliches Licht - Antiphone & Psalmen" performed by Ensemble Für Frühe Musik, Augsburg on Christophorus. Divine Light - Antiphons & Psalms
