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Title: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on August 18, 2012, 10:19:54 pm
I start this topic and replace my UC-posts here

Willem Kersters (1929-1998)  -  String Quartet Nº 2, op 32 (1964)

Quatuor Bartok
Peter Komlós (1st violin), Sándor Devich (2nd violin),Géza Németh (viola), Karoly Botvay (cello).

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?o2mfxpaapdb8ffi (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?o2mfxpaapdb8ffi)

from LP Alpha DBM 125-C

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Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on August 18, 2012, 11:15:28 pm
Peter Cabus  (1923-2000)  -  Klarinetkwartet (Quartet for clarinets)

Klarinetttenkwartet van België
leader Marcel Hanssens
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?l661o7j60v5oiko (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?l661o7j60v5oiko)

Text from the sleeve: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?a251122pocpxrn1 (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?a251122pocpxrn1)
From lp Alpha DB 92

I could not find that there is a digital release of this/these works. Please inform me when I'm wrong, so I can delete the connection.

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Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on August 18, 2012, 11:19:46 pm
Maurits Schoemaker (1890-1964)  -  Vogelkooi  (Bird Cage) -Quartet for Clarinets (1961)

Klarinetttenkwartet van België
leader Marcel Hanssens

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?xr98d1izn1ert3i (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?xr98d1izn1ert3i)


From a 1975 Alpha lp



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Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on August 18, 2012, 11:52:16 pm
Léon Jongen (1884-1969)  -  Seconde Sonate (2nd Sonata) for flute,violin & viola (1937)
Three Movements: Energique et décidé  -  Vivo  -  Vivace

André Isselée, flute
Sandor Karolyi, violin
Gerard Ruijmen, viola

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jon4jbm8u7e933s (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jon4jbm8u7e933s)

Text from the sleeve: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?l1feedt46tmf80o (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?l1feedt46tmf80o)

From an old Alpha lp


NEW LINK


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: shamus on September 03, 2012, 05:01:09 am
http://www.mediafire.com/?12vrimlr88e2r (http://www.mediafire.com/?12vrimlr88e2r)

In response to request:
from LP DGG Stereo 2531 070--I see no evidence of its being commercially available at present. It is fairly clear, with slight LP noise, of course. The file has the three movements of the concerto separated, as well as a file of the whole thing. Hope it is enjoyable.

Willem Kersters (1929-1998)
Piano Concerto, Op. 69
1. Largo--Allegro--Largo--Allegro
2. Larghetto
3. Allegro molto
Abdel-Rahman el-Bacha, Piano
National Orchestra of Belgium, Georges Octors


Title: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 02:14:07 pm
Jean de Middeleer  - Symphonie Congolaise (1949)
 

National Orchestra of Belgium
Léonce Gras, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ifmv4enqo4jfsai (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ifmv4enqo4jfsai)

from lp Decca 173.374

I think I bought this record many,many years ago in a sale in Antwerp (Belgium).
There were more Decca's but my purse was not too well filled those days, so I only
afford me a couple records with Belgian music.

In the fifties and sixties of last century De Middeleer was director of the Muziekakademie
in Tienen (Tirlemont) and music teacher at the Conservatoire royal de Musique in Mons.
The symphony was finished in 1949, but he started skectching it in 1945. From 1947-1951 he was director of the Conservatory in Nairoby (Kenya). Although he used some African sounds in this symphony it is not meant to describe Africa, but simply to give an impression from the enormous landscapes he saw there. In the first movement he placed a war song from the Kibende Tribe and In the  second movement a Kurugaga song. He left the two songs for the most part intact, to enhance the African feeling.

I tried filtering this recording, but than I found I lost to much of the high tones, so I left it with clicks and all, as was.



Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 02:19:45 pm

René Barbier (1890-)  - Symphonic Suite from the Oratorio "La Tour de Babel"

The Oratorio is vast bibical work in which the composer his complexe work as it were,
combined with the great traditions and written for soprano, tenor and bass voices, choruses, organ and large symphony orchestra.

You hear the National Orchestra of Belgium, conducted by Daniel Sternefeld.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ka35h0zi4mp33yx (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ka35h0zi4mp33yx)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?h525kf0ezdrnf79 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?h525kf0ezdrnf79)

He was born in Namur, where he started his musical training. Later he went to Brussels and Liège to study with Paul Gilson and Sylvain Dupuis. He won the Prix de Rome for his 'Legend of Béatrice'. He was in earlier years teacher at Conservatoire Royale de Liège and later he taught at Conservatory in Brussels.
He composed in almost every style of music, a.o. a radiophonic work 'The Death of Prometheus' and even an Operette (La Sultane de Paris)

The Oratorio was finished in 1938, first performed in Namur and later, during the World Exhibition from 1958, played for the second time.
The Suite he created from it has following parts: 1. Victory music and Danse; 2. Tumultuous after the confusion of the languages; 3. Complaints of Nimrod; 4. (finale) a Song of Hope and Believe.

I would I had the chance to once listening it in full. Well, you never know.

From lp Decca 173.374


Attn: Splitted rar-files! After download only extract part 1. The rest follows automacally


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 02:27:44 pm
Gaston Brenta  -  Piano Concerto Nº 2 (1958)

André de Groote, piano
National Orchestra of Belgium
Frederik Devreese, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?oip475y9w69c782 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?oip475y9w69c782)

from lp Cultura 5069-3


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 02:30:13 pm
Robert Herberigs  -  De Nachtelijke Wapenschouw (1961) (Nocturnal Parade)
A Symphonic Poem for Large Orchestra

Philharmonic Orchestra of Antwerp
Léonce Gras, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?l3qa4g4lw49krrb (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?l3qa4g4lw49krrb)

From lp Cultura 5071-3

The work is written after a ballad by Sedlitz and a lithographic print by Raffet, bus also extoling the personality of Napoleon Bonaparte. The work is sombre, may be due to fact that his beloved wife died in 1960.
First performance was in 1961 at a concert given in honour of the composer on his 70th birthday.


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 02:36:24 pm

Albert Delvaux
(1913-2007) -  Esquisses (Sketches)

Chamber Orchestra of the Belgian Radio and Television (BRT)
Joseph Verelst, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?a9gv1w6741d6599 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?a9gv1w6741d6599)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?xl50ewvd14e5r6p (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?xl50ewvd14e5r6p)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?c6v7x7e5xav50ky (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?c6v7x7e5xav50ky)

Born in Leuven (Louvain), Delvaux studied at the Royal Academy in Liège.
His style can be described as delicate shades with a deep sense of proportion and a restrained lyricism


from lp Alpha DB 46

Attn: Splitted rar files. After downloading all the files extract only part 1. The rest follows automatically. Extracting the other partsa results in a fault message.


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 02:38:09 pm
Frits Celis  (b 1929)  - Elegie, op 7  (1966)

Philharmonic Orchestra of Antwerp, with the composer conducting

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ej9uz733cbtn24t (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ej9uz733cbtn24t)

from lp Cultura 8071-3

The Elegy was Celis's first composition for a symphonic orchestra. It was written with the death of a female relative , who died tragically, in mind.
The first performance took place in december 1967 and was played by the same orchestra you can listen to here.
Elegy was also produced on stage as a ballet.


Newly re-uploaded



Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 02:42:47 pm
Lodewijk de Vocht (1887-1977)  -  Violin Concerto, in e (1944)

Three movements: I. Allegro energico; II. Andante; II. Finale: vivace

Majumi Fujukawa, violin
Philharmonic Orchestra of Antwerp
Léonce Gras, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?3xsj3a4fjb5pwne
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1i122255obb9123

from lp Cultura 5071-3

Attn: Splitted rar files. After downloading all the files extract only part 1. The rest follows automatically. Extracting the other parts results in a fault message.


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 02:46:03 pm

Willem Kersters   -  Sinfonia Concertante, op 11 (1957) [for flute, clarinet,oboe and Strings

There are three movements: I. Allegro; 2. Larghetto; 3. Allegro assai

Robert Everaert, flute
Roger Debrouwer, clarinet
Leo Daniëls, oboe
The Chamber Orchestra of the BRT (Belgian Radio & Television)
Fernand Terby, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?kj1fhe567f4fz78 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?kj1fhe567f4fz78)

from lp Alpha DB 46


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 02:49:26 pm
André Collin   -  Sevillana - Choreographic Fantasy -

National Orchestra of Belgium
René Defossez, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wynt18m5qs9txqp
 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wynt18m5qs9txqp)
Sevillana is inspired by Spanish music, but with original themes of the composer.
At the end of this work you'll hear the 9-note theme of Chabrier's Espana. It combines with the important themes of the work. The brass section is heard clearly above all in the lively finale.
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Source: lp Decca 173.403 (late 1960s)

André Collin was a menber of the Group des Synthésistes. His music has a moderate modern sound, with a refined sensitiveness.


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 02:51:44 pm

RE UPLOAD


Marcel Poot (1901-1988) - Suite in Variation Form for Orchestra

National Orchestra of Belgium
Léonce Gras, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rj2qd39o6ofki1p (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rj2qd39o6ofki1p)

from lp Cultura 5067-4


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 02:56:00 pm
Jan Decadt (1914-1995) -  Musical Monograph on a Great Painter (1964)for orchestra.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?c6bq67bydiqbe8t (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?c6bq67bydiqbe8t)

National Orchestra of Belgium
Jean Louël, conductor

The Painter in casu is the Flemish O. Landuyt.
The parts:
1. Largo 'An artists universe'
2. Allegro 'Picural Rapture'
3. Mysterioso 'Obsession'
4. Allegro Presto 'Untiring creative force'
5. Moderato 'Loneliness'
6. Calmo moderato 'Slow and Illusive Awareness'
7. Vivace 'Triumph of Mastery over the Sunstance.


from lp Cultura 5069-10

The composition was made for the 10th anniversary of the cultural convention between Belgium and South Africa. It was 1st performed in 1964 in Johannesburg South Africa and conducted by Daniel Sternefeld.


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 02:57:52 pm
Jef Maes (1905-1998)  - Tristan - Orchestral Suite (1963-4)

Maes wrote this orchestral suite from the original music of the Ballet Music 'Tristan en Isolde' He followed roughly the development as indicated by the subject of the ballet.

First act: On Tristan's ship:
Land on the horizon - Dance of the sailor's - Tristan and Isolde drinking the magic love-potion - Dance of Tristan and Isolde
Second act: At the court of kinf Marke:
Entry of the king and his suite - Dance of the ladies-in-waiting with Isolde - Tristan's Dance - Dance of Tristan and Isolde - The grief and danger of king Marke - Tristan and Isolde's seizure and escort to imprisonment.
Third act: Tristan and Isolde rais from the dead and advance towards the eternal light

Nationaal Orkest van België (National Orchestra of Belgium)
Léonce Gras, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?cjtao53d90dmfjp (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?cjtao53d90dmfjp)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ignogrg1hbw7ziu (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ignogrg1hbw7ziu)

from lp Cultura 5.066/4


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 02:59:48 pm
Pierre Moulaert (1907-1967)  - Sequences en Trois Mouvements

National Orchestra of Belgium
René Defossez, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?h4px4h4p3hpxftv (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?h4px4h4p3hpxftv)

The Suite was requested by André Cluytens, a wellknown Belgian conductor, after having researched earlier compositions. The title sequences is in fact another name for a suite.

from lp Cultura 5.067/4


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 03:02:06 pm
Victor Legley (1915-1994)  - Overture to a comedy of Goldoni, op 53 (1958-59)
The play wherefore it was written: Lo Spirito di Contradizzione

It is divided in three parts: Allegro vivace - Moderato expressivo cantabile - Allegro vivace (a variation of the first part).

National Orchestra of Belgium
Léonce Gras, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?77fahn2b5bsn42s (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?77fahn2b5bsn42s)

from lp Cultura 5.066/4


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 03:10:01 pm
Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868-1952)  - In Memoriam (for String Orchestra)

Nationaal Orkest van België (National Orchestra of Belgium)
Leonce Gras, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?m7b2d23b89w6lp4 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?m7b2d23b89w6lp4)

from lp Decca 173.019
(The recording was actually made in 1956)

One the most important Flemish composers of the first half of the 20th century.
He was taught by Peter Benot and Jan Blockx. He won de Prix de Rome with his cantata 'Lady Macbeth'. In 1899 he had his own festival in Antwerp and his compositions were greatly appreciated.
From then on he became one of the motors in Flemish music life. He was teacher, later director of the Royal Flemish Conservatory. Among his many pupils we find Jef van Hoof, jan Broeckx and Lodewijk De Vocht.
Mortelmans aim was to create poetry and beauty. Many of his songs used the poetry of the famous Flemish poet  Guido Gezelle.



Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 03:16:40 pm

René Defossez
(1905-1988) -  Le Pecheur et Son Ame (1965)  -Ballet-Cantata for soli, chorus and orchestra. (after the text of Oscar Wilde).
English title: The Fisherman and his Soul.

The performers:
Ysel Poliart, mezzo soprano, as La Sirène
Adrien Debacquer, speaking voice as Le Récitant
Yvonne Garden as La Sorcière (The Witch)
Henri Billin as Le Pêcheur (The Fisherman) and as L'Ame du Pêcheur (The Soul of the Fisherman
Ralph Darbo as Le Prêtre (The Priest)

Ensemble Vocal Fritz Hoyois
Liège Symphony Orchestra
René Defossez, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?b4pqbhqvjsj8a86 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?b4pqbhqvjsj8a86)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wggpp8skbxhv7fo (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wggpp8skbxhv7fo)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?hp364hqjxp3f36r (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?hp364hqjxp3f36r)

the scan with the english text:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?8wponw5uodauuox (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?8wponw5uodauuox)

from lp Alpha 3071-F1

ATTN Splitted rar-files. After download, unpack rar file .part1 only! This will unfold the rest automatically.


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 04:07:50 pm
Jacqueline Fontyn (b 1930)  -  Trio for piano, violin and cello (1956)
The movements are: Allegretto - Adagio assai - Scherzo: fugue - Allegro risoluto

Jacques Genty, piano
Robert Hosselet, violin
Désiré Derissen, cello

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9qayqx6xk90a34w (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9qayqx6xk90a34w)

from lp Alpha DB 93

Fontyn was born in Antwerp and studied with Marcel Quinet and later with Max Deutsch. (With the latter in Vienna and Paris).
She received quite a number of prizes. In 1963 she became a member of the staff at the Royal Flemish Conservatoire as a teacher in counterpoint.
From her Trio was said that she more or less saveguarded the classicla forms.



Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 04:10:50 pm
Willem Kersters (1929-1998)  -  String Quartet Nº 2, op 32 (1964)

Quatuor Bartok
Peter Komlós (1st violin), Sándor Devich (2nd violin),Géza Németh (viola), Karoly Botvay (cello).

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?o2mfxpaapdb8ffi

from LP Alpha DBM 125-C


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 04:13:24 pm
Jacques Leduc (b 1932)  - Oboe Concertino, op 10 (1962)

André Antoine, oboe
L'Orchestre de Chambre des Solistes de Liège
Gery Lemaire, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?r0d7zq653d09s3i (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?r0d7zq653d09s3i)

from lp Alpha DB 89


For comparison: this concerto was also released, on cd, on the Phaedra label (# 92029) in the Series "In Flanders' Fields Vol 29. With another orchestra, solist and conductor of course.
Still available, I'm told: e-mail luc.famaey@pandora.be


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 04:15:37 pm
Georges Lonque (1900-1967)  -  String Quartet, op 24  (1937)

het Belgisch Strijkkwartet (The Belgian String Quartet)
the names of members are not shown on the sleeve

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?bhga6w5mif3ify6 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?bhga6w5mif3ify6)


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on September 03, 2012, 04:20:20 pm
Gaston Brenta (1902-1969)  - Air variés pour des belles écouteuses (1963)
Title in English: Various tunes for beautiful female listeners

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?6x9iwbex3au5kci (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?6x9iwbex3au5kci)

Paul-Baudouin Michel (b 1930)  - Inframorphoses for String Orchestra

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?t81zpni3bn8d4jk (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?t81zpni3bn8d4jk)


L'Orchestre de Chambre des Solistes de Liège
Gery Lemeire, conductor

From lp Alpha DB 89

As far as i know, these works were never released in digital form


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: guest54 on September 11, 2012, 08:06:50 am
(http://www.cebedem.be/images/composers_hd/smit_andre_jean.jpg)

André-Jean Smit was born in France in 1926, but during the greater part of his life has resided in Belgium. Here are his Mouvements Symphoniques for orchestra, composed in 1976:

    http://www.mediafire.com/?6xsecdubdw4v0r9 (http://www.mediafire.com/?6xsecdubdw4v0r9)

From a wireless broadcast of a public concert; duration seventeen minutes. The composer's name is absent from Grove's Dictionary, but a work-list and further information may be found HERE (http://www.cebedem.be/fr/compositeurs/s/133-smit-andre-jean).



Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: jowcol on September 18, 2012, 06:13:10 pm
Symphony #2 of Peter Cabus. 

Belgian RSO
Irwin Hoffman, Conductor.  Date unknown.
Radio broadcast.

From the collection of Karl Miller.

http://www.mediafire.com/?13daykfncqrhvfu (http://www.mediafire.com/?13daykfncqrhvfu)

If that doesn't work, paste this in your browser:  http://www.mediafire.com/?13daykfncqrhvfu

Although it says it has 76 downloads, I'm still hearing of people having trouble with the link. So here is a duplicated upload, and I rebuilt the zip file.

http://www.mediafire.com/?rawv617d9072pfy (http://www.mediafire.com/?rawv617d9072pfy)



PETER CABUS
(1923-2000) BELGIUM

Born in Mechelen. Encouraged initially by Godfried Devreese, he continued his musical education at the Lemmens Institute where his teachers were Flor Peeters and Marinus De Jong for organ and piano. He then went on to the Royal Conservatory in Brussels to study composition and fugue with Jean Absil and Léon Jongen). He held several teaching posts and eventually succeeded his first teacher Devreese as director of the conservatory in Mechelen. Cabus was an extremely prolific composer in practically all genres with many of his more than 200 works composed for educational purposes. Orchestral works comprise a substantial part of his output including many Concertos for various instruments and Symphonies. In the latter category are the following unrecorded works: Symphony No. 1 (1946), No. 2 (1957), No. 3 (1961), No. 5 (1987), No. 6 "Sinfonia Breve" (1993), Sinfonia for Chamber Orchestra (1964), Sinfonia Concertante for Harpsichord, Piano and String Orchestra (1973) and Sinfonietta (1951).

(From Michael Herman's Benelux Discography on Musicweb)


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: A.S on October 06, 2012, 02:42:28 am


  Raymond Moulaert (1875-1962) : Piano Corerto (1938)
  http://www.mediafire.com/?iy8z3sxnu6sj6dm (http://www.mediafire.com/?iy8z3sxnu6sj6dm)

  Diane Anderson , piano / Mendi Rodan / Belgian RTV Symphony Orchestra


  Broadcast recording from my friend


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: shamus on October 10, 2012, 01:48:19 am
http://www.mediafire.com/?suqh7h206fx8d (http://www.mediafire.com/?suqh7h206fx8d)

Francois Rasse (1873-1955)
  Concerto en ut (c) majeur pour violon et orchestre
    Robert Hosselet, Violon, L'Orchestre National de Belgique, Rene Defossez

From LP Cultura 5074-1

Edgar Tinel (1854-1912)
  Feest in de Tempel van Jupiter, Op. 21 Nr. 3 (1881)
    "De Philharmonie" von Antwerpen, Daniel Sternefeld

From LP Cultura 5070-V 1

Willem Kersters (1929-1998)
  Symfonie Nr. 3, Op. 39
    National Orkest van Belgie, Daniel Sternefeld


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on October 14, 2012, 11:15:02 pm

Maurits (also Maurice) Schoemaker (1895-1964)

Feu d'Artifice (Fireworks)
(1924)
Originally written (1922) as a Rondo for Fanfare Orchestra. He re-composed it for a full orchestra.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?3l8acinlfteli3s

Symphonie en la mineur (in a) (1946)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?v49g31bbhas8a01
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?z2mwxr8v016m2zq

In this symphony no literary arguments, nor descriptive meanings. Here rule purely the musical forms. It is composed in 4 movements, 1. an entry followed by an allegro, warm and lively. 2. Then comes a Scherzo briljant and nervous; 3. A very lyrical adagio; and 4. a rondo bringing the work to the climax of his conclusion.

Maurice (Maurits in Flemish) Schoemaker belonged to a group called 'Les Synthésistes'. This group was born when a young composer wished to bring homage to his teacher, Paul Gilson, who reached the age of 60.
The group cannot be described as of a school, the young composers stayed musically fully independant. Schoemaker was initiator, the others were René Bernier, Gaston Brenta,Marcel Poot, Theo de Joncker and Jules Strens. Later Francis de Bourguignon became a member of the group.
They had a vision, what Gaston Brenta described as "Mould al the modern music methods in to a certain form". He meant without completely losing traditional composing.
Schoemaker never left  the tradition, but used it in combination with a modern style of composing. He stayed always his own in composition, may be due to the fact that he had four of Belgiums foremost composers as teachers: Théo Ysaye, Michel Brusselmans, Martin Lunssens and Paul Gilson.


From lp: Decca 174 429 (from the series 'Contemporary Belgian Music')


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on October 14, 2012, 11:24:57 pm
Les Saisons du XXe Siècle (The Seasons of the XXth Century).

The 'Amitiés Artistiques' requested the above, asking four composers to create such a work.
The'Winter' would have been Moulaerts' work, but his untimely death, in 1967, changed this;
than they called Max VanderMaesbrugge for the job, who created his 'Winter' (1970) and
dedicated it to Moulaert.
The Amitiés wanted two younger and two older composers for the job. Gaston Brenta (b 1902)
wrote 'Matinés d'été (Summer Mornings). The 4th piece was by Jean-Marie Simonis. He wrote his
'Automne' (Autumn) in 1968.

Here are the four works:

Jacques Leduc (b 1932)   - Le Printemps (The Spring)

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zazmcaizkrii2ou (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zazmcaizkrii2ou)

Gaston Brenta (1902-1969 )  -  Matinée d'Eté (Summer Morning)

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?0a724x0kcvlp7ro (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?0a724x0kcvlp7ro)

Jean-Marie Simonis (b 1931)  -  L'Automne (Autumn)  (1969)

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2lk6y35javwujbf (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2lk6y35javwujbf)


Max Vandermaesbrugge (b 1933)  - Hiver (Winter) (1970)

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?x3jo6qalbqbtstg (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?x3jo6qalbqbtstg)

National Orchestre of Belgium
René Defossez, conductor

A scan of the English sleeve note is to be found here:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?eg0an1xy21asxne (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?eg0an1xy21asxne)

from lp Alpha 5070-F2


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on October 14, 2012, 11:27:55 pm
Ernest Van Der Eycken (1913-2010)

- Poëma (1939)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7la857afgw2s3ka (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7la857afgw2s3ka)

- Refereynen ende Liedekens (1959)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?y89dlm1pk9fus3t (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?y89dlm1pk9fus3t)

Kamerorkest (Chamber Orchestra)
The composer is the conductor here.



Ernest van der Eycken composed many vocal and instrumental music, but his strenght was writing for strings. He himself was a very good alto violin player. He was a member for many years with the foremost Belgian orchestras.

Poëma is very attractive, beautiful work. Refereynen is a Suite on Flemish folksongs. He arranged many folk songs for string orchestra. A little like Bartók and Kodály did with Hungarian songs.


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on October 14, 2012, 11:33:12 pm

Maurice Dambois (1889-1969)  -  Concerto pour violon (for violin and orchestra)
Richard Pieta, violin
Orchestre Symphonique de Liège
Julien Ghyoros, Conductor
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?0awzidm5guhbsm4 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?0awzidm5guhbsm4)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?8rpais48h6lu2l0 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?8rpais48h6lu2l0)
ATTn these are splitted rar-files. After download: unpack .part 1. The rest automatically follows

François Rasse (1873-1955)  -  Poème Concertante pour violon et orchestre
Richard Pieta, violin

Orchestre Symphonique de Liège
Julien Ghyoros, Conductor
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wn0de74bx0sbb5u (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wn0de74bx0sbb5u)

Pierre Froidebise (1914-1962_  -  Polka from Le Bal Chez le Voisin
Orchestre Symphonique de Liège
Julien Ghyoros, Conductor
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yd6c8efycyyxa3l (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yd6c8efycyyxa3l)


from lp Alpha 5070-F3

the English text from this album: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?9ocbcbia7wydxyh (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?9ocbcbia7wydxyh)
I found no Cd releases for these works


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on October 14, 2012, 11:35:04 pm
August De Boeck (1865-1937  -  Rhapsodie Dahomeenne (1893)

Orchestre National de Belgique
Daniel Sternefeld, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yezjj6fiytndrky (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yezjj6fiytndrky)

from lp Decca 776/173.00-7X

This is one of the two orchestral pieces of De Boeck, that are regularly played. The other work is 'Fantasy on two Flemish Folksongs'. His opera 'Winternachtsdroom' (Winter Nights Dream) and the ballets 'De Nachtvlinder' and 'Assepoester' ('Moth'; Cinderella') were on stage several times.


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on October 14, 2012, 11:38:04 pm
Paul Gilson (1865-1942)  - La Mer (The Sea) Symphonic Poem (1892)

Belgian National Orchestra
Daniel Sternefeld, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rjjzfrk0wbzv9a1 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rjjzfrk0wbzv9a1)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?lx3vzlod0zzw1ii (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?lx3vzlod0zzw1ii)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dqbxn76hsnr2mjw (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dqbxn76hsnr2mjw)

from lp Decca 776/173.00-7X

Splitted rar-files: download the 3 files to the same directory and start unpack only part1; the other files automatically unpack as well.


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on October 14, 2012, 11:40:59 pm
Jules Strens (1893-1944)  -  Danse Funambulesque (1925)

The National Orchestra of Belgium
René Defossez, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?e71a3q2tx6181n7 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?e71a3q2tx6181n7)

from: an old Decca lp Nº 173.403


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Dundonnell on October 17, 2012, 03:47:13 am
Repost:

Jean Absil:  Symphony No.3-Belgian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Rene Defossez


http://www.mediafire.com/?bby31wwjwun5kdr (http://www.mediafire.com/?bby31wwjwun5kdr)


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on November 30, 2012, 05:11:36 pm
Frédéric van Rossum (b 1939, Brussels)  -  Sinfonietta (for chamber orchestra)

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?oa5bm7s8nvj8i4o (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?oa5bm7s8nvj8i4o)

L'Orchestre Symphonique de Liège
René Defossez, conductor


Peter Cabus
(1923 - 2000)  - Concerto Grosso for 4 Clarinets and Chamber Orchestra (1965)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?riq22ya1l8bm9i2 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?riq22ya1l8bm9i2)

L'Orchestre de Chambre de Belgique
Georges Maes, conductor

Source:  lp Alpha DB 130

Texts from the sleeve are  the rar-file


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on November 30, 2012, 07:17:59 pm
Frederik van Rossum (b 1939)  

Douze Miniatures pour Orchestre (12 Orchestral Miniatures), op 13 (1967)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ipnja86bqd1inga (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ipnja86bqd1inga)
L'Ochestre National de Belgique
André Vandernoot, conductor

Divertimento for String Orchestra, op 25 (1967)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?xbk5o73kgihxrg4 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?xbk5o73kgihxrg4)
L'Ensemble d'Archets  Eugène Ysaye
Violinist/Conductor: Lola Bobesco

Epitaphium  (for String Orchestra), op 16 (1973)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5qk1y6n41evq6uw (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5qk1y6n41evq6uw)
L'Ensemble d'Archets Eugène Ysaye
Violinist/Conductor: Lola Bobesco

From lp Alpha 3075-F1





Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on December 07, 2012, 10:02:50 am
Maurits (Maurice) Schoemaker (1890-1964) -  Suite Champêtre for 3 wind instruments

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gi480ga73u7qv4a (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gi480ga73u7qv4a)

Played by: Trio à Anches de Bruxelles

Raymond Moulaert (1875-1962) -  Andante, Fugue et Final (for 4 saxophones)

Quatuor Belges de Saxophones
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?i6l0yej5ei37yy1 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?i6l0yej5ei37yy1)

Gérard Bertouille (1898-1981)  -  Prélude et Fugue pour quatre saxophones


Quatuor Belges de Saxophones
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?26b6zdjbwipfnvl (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?26b6zdjbwipfnvl)

Marcel Quinet (1915-1986)  -  Quintette à Vent (Wind Quintet)

Performers: Quintette à vent de Belgique
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2djapn83hh468cn (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2djapn83hh468cn)

Text from the sleeve: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?z6h9lhl1b6742rx (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?z6h9lhl1b6742rx)
From lp Alpha DB 42 



Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on December 14, 2012, 09:41:23 am
Joseph Jongen (1872-1953)
Second Serenade [for String Quartet]
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rt84v90hl0a0lye (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rt84v90hl0a0lye)
Text: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?69nr84z4mawyzg8 (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?69nr84z4mawyzg8)
Quatuor à Cordes Collin

Fernand Quinet (1895-1971)
L'Ecole Buissonnière [for String Quartet]
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?66gadp6r6rc46rc (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?66gadp6r6rc46rc)
text: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?ers396hcvrcojhl (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?ers396hcvrcojhl)
Quatuor à Cordes Collin

Camille Schmit (1908-1976)
'La Halte des Heures' [voice & piano)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mocfc4w56cd91hg (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mocfc4w56cd91hg)
text: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?y8b1boq4xkrc0fl (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?y8b1boq4xkrc0fl)
Raymonde Serverius, voice
Lysette Levêque, piano

Jacques Leduc (b 1932)
Divertissement [for Flute and String Orchestra]
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vml4jnriaax7fr0 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vml4jnriaax7fr0)
Text: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?u0anrfb016pf08h
 (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?u0anrfb016pf08h)


The parts and timings are on the disc:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?1x1jdrbf6wz1n9d (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?1x1jdrbf6wz1n9d)
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?a2vfpflnhairz2d (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?a2vfpflnhairz2d)


Taken from lp Alpha DBM-F 149  (Series: Musique Belge Contemporaine)


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on January 14, 2013, 01:24:40 pm
Norbert Rosseau (1907-1975)

Zeepbellen (Soapbubbles) for children's chorus & orchestra

Sicilienne for violin and piano

Overture to a Commedia of Goldoni 'Il servo di due padroni'

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?htdx9u5toa76wv2 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?htdx9u5toa76wv2)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?pdduvea3jtjyjyh
 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?pdduvea3jtjyjyh)
The sleevenotes: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?0qlds9jrqfclkhb (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?0qlds9jrqfclkhb)

From lp: Eufoda 1044


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: jowcol on March 04, 2013, 04:17:30 pm
Marcel Poot:  Danse Laudative
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/17597271/Marcel+Poot+poot_marcel.jpg)

Prague Symphony Orchestra,
Vladimir Valek
LP Source:  Supraphon MES/A  ME6/A

From the collection of Karl Miller

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?eit52j61pewc45a (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?eit52j61pewc45a)



Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: jowcol on March 04, 2013, 04:45:02 pm
Music of Maurice Schoemaker:

(http://www.brightcecilia.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1463&d=1229716335)

1.  Feu d’Artifice
Prague Symphony Orchestra,
Jindrich Rohan
LP Source:  Supraphon MES/A  ME6/A
(More album info in the discussions thread )


3-6:  Symphony in A Minor

Orchestre Symphonique de Liege/Fernand Quinet
LP Source: Decca 173.429

From the collection of Karl Miller

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?bk5c59g28t5br77 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?bk5c59g28t5br77)


Note: The Symphony is from the same LP source as that posted previously by Elroel, but the Feu d’Artifice was noted as being from a Czech album.  For those of you who already have these works downloaded, it may not be worth your while to download this.   One the other hand, if you are a completest, you may wish to give it a try.


Title: Arthur Meulemans
Post by: guest145 on August 13, 2013, 02:28:23 pm
Arthur Meulemans (1884-1966)

Symphony No. 4 for winds, brass and percussion (1935)
    in 4 movements, details unknown

  Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides
  Yves Ducene, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/download/7dlk8x9xnj57dg4/meulemans-sym4.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/download/7dlk8x9xnj57dg4/meulemans-sym4.rar)

From a very rare 10" Belgian LP.


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: jowcol on March 18, 2014, 06:49:38 pm
Willem Kersters: Piano Concerto
(http://www.cebedem.be/images/composers_hd/kersters_willem.jpg)

From the collection of Karl Miller


Piano Concerto(1978)
Abdul Rahman El-Bacha, piano
Belgian National Orchestra/Georges Octors

http://www.mediafire.com/download/3rfj2lg3p0k6iln/kersters.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/download/3rfj2lg3p0k6iln/kersters.zip)

Bio(Machine Translation from Wikipedia Page):

Kersters did his studies from 1945 at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp in harmony and piano. After he completed his studies at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels with Jean Louël, Jean Absil and Marcel Quinet, counterpoint, Fugue, Marcel Poot, composition and orchestra conducting with René Defossez,. After he had graduated, he was several years in the cities of Tienen, Leuven and Aarschot worked as a music teacher. From 1961 to 1968 he was in the function of a leader of the music program at the BRT.

From 1962 he is also lecturer in harmony and later also composition at the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory in Antwerp. In 1967 he was professor at the Conservatory in Maastricht for the music theoretical subjects called. In this position he remained until 1989.

For his compositions got Kersters national and international prizes and awards.


Bio from cebedem.be:
Willem KERSTERS was born in Antwerp on 9 February 1929. From 1945 he studied at the Royal Conservatory in the same city, where he earned first prizes in solfège, harmony and piano. He then furthered his studies at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels under Jean Louël (counterpoint), Jean Absil and Marcel Quinet (fugue), Marcel Poot (composition) and René Defossez (orchestral conducting). After receiving his diploma in music education, he worked for several years at secondary schools in Tienen, Leuven and Aarschot. From 1961 to 1968 he was a music programmer at the regional broadcast in Limburg of the BRT (Belgian Radio and Television

From 1962 he also held functions at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp, first as a teacher of harmony, and later as the head composition teacher. In addition, he became the head of the theory department at the Maastricht Conservatory in 1967. Among his pupils may be cited Alain Craens, Koen Dejonghe, Jan De Maeyer, Luc Van Hove, Wim Henderickx and Marc Verhaegen. In 1989 he stopped teaching at these two conservatories. He died on 29 December 1998 in his native city.

As a composer, Kersters received numerous awards both in Belgium and abroad, including the Second Count de Launoit Grand Prize in the International Queen Elisabeth Composition Competition in 1961 for the ballet Triomf van de Geest (Triumph of the Spirit, 1959), the City of Trieste Prize in 1963 for his Second Symphony (1963), and an award for his Second String Quartet (1964) in the International Composition Competition for String Quartets in Liège in 1965. In 1968 and 1972, he won two awards for his complete output, the Eugène Baie Prize from the Province of Antwerp and the SABAM Prize (from the Belgian asscociation for authors' rights). Kersters composed the obligatory piano concerto for the 1978 edition of the Queen Elisabeth Competition. At the end of 1990, he was elected a member of the Royal Academy for Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.

WORKS
As a composer, Kersters never attached himself for long to a particular system. His career can be divided into various phases on the basis of harmonic and structural form. The period before 1960 may be characterised as very intuitive in terms of harmony, while the structure was determined by fixed, classical forms such as the sonata and the rondo. Examples from this period include his Concertino for oboe and strings (1953), Six Songs (1953-55), Sonata for viola and piano (1954), Sinfonietta for chamber orchestra (1955-56), Partita for viola and piano (1956) and the ballet Parwati (1956). Late-Romantic and Expressionist characteristics are here blended in a natural way. Influences from Bartók can be heard in, among other works, his Divertimento per archi (1958), with a clear reference to the composer already evident in the title.

At the end of the 1950s, Kersters developed a new compositional technique based on the principle of the tritone relationship. This creates something of a bi-tonal system, where two tonalities at the distance of a tritone become completely united in an autonomous new tonality. This harmonic innovation had already grown intuitively over the preceding decades. The harmonic basis of these works can be traced back to the same chord, in which the seventh and the eleventh overtones form the essential components (for example, on a fundamental of c, the notes b-flat and f-sharp ). The ballet Triomf van de Geest (1959) was the first work to be composed according to this principle. Other works in this technique are Six Two-Part Inventions (1959), Two Preludes for Organ (1961) and Psalmen (1962).

Quickly working through the possibilities of this system, Kersters soon went in search of new methods of composition. In the 1960s, after a thorough study of the dodecaphonic system, he switched to a serial style, incorporating his theory of tritone relationships. His First and Second Symphonies (1963 and 1964), the Plechtige Ouverture (Solemn Overture, 1963) and Concertmuziek (1964) were the results of this new approach.

The four-movement First Symphony is based on four series (one per movement). The Adagio can be seen as a broadly spun-out slow introduction; the two main themes of the Allegro molto are clearly identifiable and a climax is reached on the name BACH; the Adagio is, in terms of form, inspired by an ornamented chorale; the Finale is based on a simple rondo form.

In the second half of the 1960s, Kersters developed the 'tonality of the twelve-tone scale', meaning that the tonal and the atonal principle were interwoven. The first application of this system was the Third Symphony (1967). Anything usable, both from the past and from contemporary musical language, was organically integrated into this new idiom. In a work such as Three Preludes (1971) there is hardly a trace left of traditional thematic development. The percussion is given an ever more important role, functioning as a colour element, in such works as Capriccio (1972), or it is used as an independent instrumental group, as in Anaglyphos (1969), with its surprising and absorbing sound combinations.

With the move from instrumental to vocal music, Kersters also began to take distance from the dodcaphonic style, which he considered unsuitable for choral works and solo vocal parts. This led him, around 1975, back to his original point of departure, an intuitive style, which was now further exploited on the level of form, so that the structure took shape during the process of composing itself. This phase saw the composition of the large-scale vocal works, such as the Gezellesymfonie (1979, Fourth Symphony) with alto solo on three evening poems by G. Gezelle, Baas Gansendonk (1981), an opera in three acts after H. Conscience's work of the same name, and Het Zonnelied (The Song of the Sun, 1986), after St Francis. For his vocal works, he turned to Dutch, French, English, Catalan and early Italian texts. The melody closely follows the word accents, leading, for instance, to frequent metrical changes in order to place a particular syllable on the first beat of the bar. He showed a preference for texts by Paul Van Ostaijen, as, for example, in the large-scale chamber oratorio, De Feesten van Angst en Pijn (The Feasts of Fear and Pain, 1996).

Kersters' extensive oeuvre numbers more than 120 works; and yet, especially toward the end of the 1970s, his compositional activity slowed considerably, a fact that can be attributed to a more critical approach, which led to a lessening of spontaneity.






Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Gauk on July 17, 2014, 08:39:22 pm
Symphony (1958), by David van Woestijne

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/hdx8hpb14p28omc/Woestijne_symphony.mp3 (http://www.mediafire.com/listen/hdx8hpb14p28omc/Woestijne_symphony.mp3)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales, cond. van Steen

From a radio broadcast.

Some bio here: http://www.cebedem.be/en/composers/w/152-woestijne-david-van-de (http://www.cebedem.be/en/composers/w/152-woestijne-david-van-de)


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on August 11, 2014, 10:47:03 am
Karel de Brabander – Symphony Nº 2 (1978)*
(Geel, 31/03/1913 > Watermaal-Bosvoorde, 20/11/1984)
Symphony Orchestra of the  BRT, conducted by Fernand Terby.

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/kpgsctmevtmrq3l/Karel_De_Brabander_-_Symfonie_Nr_2.mp3 (http://www.mediafire.com/listen/kpgsctmevtmrq3l/Karel_De_Brabander_-_Symfonie_Nr_2.mp3)


The recording was made from a radio broadcast in februari 1984. It shows the tape is somewhat deteriorated. Especially the first minute is pretty bad.
I post it here, because the symphony is in my opinion worth to be heard.
Date of composition unknown.

More info on the composer:  http://www.svm.be/content/de-brabander-karel (http://www.svm.be/content/de-brabander-karel)

*Thanks to Holger who provided the composing date


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on August 11, 2014, 11:18:23 am
August L. Baeyens - Lofzang aan de Haven (Hymn of the Harbour) (1929), a Cantata

From Hymn of the Harbour you will hear a mono recording with the narrator Jos Joos, the BRT choir and the Symphony Orchestra of the former BRT, directed by Daniel Sternefeld. This is a recording I made from the Belgian Radio (BRT) in 1984

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/6p3bgsbdz6f7a6i/Baeyens,_August_L-Lofzang_aan_de_Haven.mp3 (http://www.mediafire.com/listen/6p3bgsbdz6f7a6i/Baeyens,_August_L-Lofzang_aan_de_Haven.mp3)

I listened to the work, wrote down the dutch text of the intro and auto translated that (below)
:

The composer belonged to those who were looking for radical changes in composing.
Both Hindemith and the Jazz-music pushed Baeyens in the direction of vital expressionism, that had to give expression to a fierce emotional charge.
The original french text by Rogier Avermaete, here translated in dutch by Victor Bruncklaer, thus creates the port activity as a melting pot of all human passions: of immoderate labor, various sensory and strike violence to end in an ode to the labor.
The importance of the rhythm, the role of the drums, until then unusual melodic section, the use of speaking voices in the choir and the major role of the reciter, are so many innovations that this cantata is to be labeled as a revolutionary step of the musical picture of 20th century.


Here is the text of the declamation: (in dutch)
http://www.mediafire.com/view/w42m6wuk9c6ppxb/Baeyens_-_Text_bij_Ode_aan_de_Haven.rtf (http://www.mediafire.com/view/w42m6wuk9c6ppxb/Baeyens_-_Text_bij_Ode_aan_de_Haven.rtf)


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on August 11, 2014, 08:34:51 pm
Willem Kersters (Antwerpen, 09.02.1929 - 29.12.1998)

A Hymn of Praise, op 38 -Oratorio in two parts on Hebrew Psalms (1966)
written for speaking voice, soprano, contralto, vocal trio (2 tenors, 1 bass), 1 bass voices, chorus and orchestra.

Recording from the Belgian radio in 1985.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/0v79t8f4h06r979/Kersters_Willem_-_A_Hymn_of_Praise_-_Track_01_.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/download/0v79t8f4h06r979/Kersters_Willem_-_A_Hymn_of_Praise_-_Track_01_.rar)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/4xsjtqadlrft2yf/Willem_Kersters_-_A_Hymn_of_Praise_-_Track_02.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/download/4xsjtqadlrft2yf/Willem_Kersters_-_A_Hymn_of_Praise_-_Track_02.rar)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6b21furmzwl8q0q/Willem_Kersters_-_A_Hymn_of_Praise_-_Track_03.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/download/6b21furmzwl8q0q/Willem_Kersters_-_A_Hymn_of_Praise_-_Track_03.rar)
Announcement:http://www.mediafire.com/listen/traut2m1q71t6ea/Kersters_Willem__-_A_Hymn_of_Praise_-_intro.wav
 (http://www.mediafire.com/listen/traut2m1q71t6ea/Kersters_Willem__-_A_Hymn_of_Praise_-_intro.wav)
More info on Willem Kersters
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Kersters
http://www.muziekcentrum.be/identity.php?ID=134639


Title: Re: Belgian Music
Post by: Elroel on August 11, 2014, 09:50:04 pm
Jef  (Jozef) Schampaert (Kalfort-Puurs, 18/02/1899 > Willebroek, 11/01/1985)

Sotternieën (Buffoonery) - Muzikaal kluchtspel (Musical farce play)
Performers not known (for now)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/54sird6h267xx22/Jef_Schampaert_-Sotternien.mp3 (http://www.mediafire.com/listen/54sird6h267xx22/Jef_Schampaert_-Sotternien.mp3)

More on the composer:
http://www.svm.be/content/schampaert-jozef

Recorded from the Belgian Radio 1979


Title: Music of the Low Countries, part 2 (Belgian composers
Post by: guest145 on August 15, 2018, 10:37:15 pm
Music of the Low Countries, part 2 (Belgian composers)

Jan Blockx (1851-1912)
Flemish Dances, Op. 26 (1884)
      Reuzendans
      Anne-Marieke
      Reuzendans II
      Zeg kwezelken, wilde gy dansen?
      Jagerdans
   Irwin Hoffman, conductor

August de Boeck (1865-1937)
Rhapsodie dahoméenne (1893)
   Irwin Hoffman, conductor
   
August de Boeck
Symphony in G (1893)
      Andante -- Allegro vivace e molto agitato -- Andante celeste
      Scherzo
      Andante
      Allegro giocoso
   Irwin Hoffman, conductor
   
Arthur Meulemans (1884-1966)
Pliny's Fountain (1913)   
      Summer Morning at Pliny's Fountain (Moderato)
      At Twilight (Poco con moto)
      Night Festival (Allegro)
   Irwin Hoffman, conductor

Arthur Meulemans
French Horn Concerto No. 1 (1939)
      Allegro
      Andante
      Rondo: Allegro giocoso
   Andre van Driessche, French horn
   Ari Ostrovsky, conductor

Jef Van Hoof (1886-1959)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major (1941)
      Moderato
      Tempo di marcia funebra
      Scherzo
      Allegro
   Irwin Hoffman, conductor
   
Jef Maes (1905-1996)
Ouverture concertante (1961)
   Gerard Devos, conductor
   
Louis de Meester (1904-1987)
Sinfonietta buffa (1949)
      in 4 movements
   Mendi Rodan, conductor
   
Norbert Rosseau (1907-1975)
Overture to a Comedy by Goldoni, Op. 1/66 (1966)
   Paul Strauss, conductor
   
Marcel Poot (1901-1988)
Symphonic Ballad (1976)
   Ogan d'Narc, conductor
   
David van de Woestijne (1915-1979)
Twenty-One (1976)
   Irwin Hoffman, conductor
   
Victor Legley (1915-1994)
Three Movements for Brass and Percussion, Op. 76 (1969)
   Fernand Terby, conductor
   
Jacqueline Fontyn (1930-
Per archi (1971)
   Gerard Devos, conductor
   
Willem Kersters (1929-1998)
Halewijn, Op. 62 (ballad, 1974)
   Irwin Hoffman, conductor
   
   all with Belgian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra

FLAC files divided into three RAR folders:

https://mega.nz/#!6SpGnaCA!mk7uU3QPKv0pZbbUNfkUJgut6SaMM 2yZsJtWmhklVus (https://mega.nz/#!6SpGnaCA!mk7uU3QPKv0pZbbUNfkUJgut6SaMM2yZsJtWmhklVus)
https://mega.nz/#!nDgCFSSI!LAJY0PklCBJlW8bDxcBjsgLK6o-VwL9sJrKGBu4fXF0 (https://mega.nz/#!nDgCFSSI!LAJY0PklCBJlW8bDxcBjsgLK6o-VwL9sJrKGBu4fXF0)
https://mega.nz/#!nO5kXCRL!0yfagnoEjA30MqqlRB_UT1MFGTWjB O-NCeJln0urX6Y (https://mega.nz/#!nO5kXCRL!0yfagnoEjA30MqqlRB_UT1MFGTWjBO-NCeJln0urX6Y)

Here is an especially interesting, varied, and enjoyable set of works from one of many non-commercial sets distributed free of charge to radio stations by Radio Nederland, with the goal of promoting and popularizing Dutch music and performers. This particular set was a 1973 co-production with Belgian Radio & Television and featured a mix of Dutch and Belgian composers and performers in both classic and then-new works, from a mix of studio and live recordings in their archives. I obtained this particular 8-LP boxed set years later in a used copy (though very good condition), but I was fortunate to have been a classical radio show host at my college radio station for three years. A friend of mine with connections at a larger public radio station got me on the mailing list for Radio Nederland releases and it was an indescribable thrill to receive discs from them on a regular basis, with much music that was unfamiliar to me at the time, and which I happily played on my shows. An added benefit was that the radio station had no interest in keeping the discs after broadcast so I was able to take them home. Thus began my interest in Dutch music.

Please do not share these links outside of this forum.


Title: Re: The UC-uploads at A-M F
Post by: Dundonnell on June 12, 2019, 01:57:25 am
Well, some of the dead ones on here, such as the de Vocht and Rasse violin concertos would be nice, unless you can find them commercially available anywhere.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/jtgkac5zge5ftvi/deVocht_vlnCto.wav/file (https://www.mediafire.com/file/jtgkac5zge5ftvi/deVocht_vlnCto.wav/file)

I have not had time to put these links in the correct location on this site or transcribe the details (I am about to leave home for London)....but since you asked!


Title: Re: The UC-uploads at A-M F
Post by: djarvie on June 12, 2019, 03:57:16 pm
unless you can find them commercially available anywhere.

The Rasse violin concerto is in fact available commercially; as far as I can see it's the same performance:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8016146--rasse-violin-concerto-jongen-piano-concerto#about (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8016146--rasse-violin-concerto-jongen-piano-concerto#about)

I liked the concerto, which was completely unknown to me, and have downloaded it from Presto Classical.


Title: Absil, Jean
Post by: Jolly Roger on April 27, 2022, 09:33:56 am
Absil,Jean - Introduction and Waltz
Sternefeld /Belgian RTV SO

https://mega.nz/file/Uy5SAQLL#G5MmHFUVuhY59_EqKb0nd-RbDMIBiaxn0qBpdvlW5vk


Title: Absil, Jean
Post by: Jolly Roger on April 27, 2022, 09:41:27 am
Absil,Jean - Mythologie Op. 84, Suite Symphonique (1954)
Defosssez /Belgian RTV SO.
1 Jupiter  2 Venus    3 Vulcain     4 Ceres   5 Pan


https://mega.nz/file/I3AzlSiB#-VDtvqjRdhKAd9kpWy3QiXXdpSG0FdT_PYe1C__fIeQ


Title: Re: Belgian Music-Kersters Orchestral
Post by: Jolly Roger on May 11, 2022, 08:00:04 am
Kersters,Willem - Concert Music_ for Piano & Orch. Op.28 (1964)
performers unknown
internet Archives

Kersters,Willem - Concertino for Oboe and String Orchestra Op. 2
Czech Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra · Herman Engels · Piet van Bockstal
I. Quasi andante-Allegretto  60   II. Lento  624   III. Allegro  434
internet Archives

Kersters,Willem - Meditation On B-A-C-H for Trumpet and Ch. Orch. (1968)
Merters /Alberth /Belgian RTV Cham.Orch.
internet Archives

Kersters,Willem - Serenade No. 2           
Daniel Gazon - dirigent,Tina Ceh - solist,L’Orchestre d’ARTS
internet Archives

Kersters,Willem - Suite in the form of a French Overture Op. 29
George Maes conducting The Chamber Orchestra of Belgium
internet Archives

https://mega.nz/file/IyRWCBRS#jHaOLZPBh2MHiNKWl0oe0BcsBEGtNw0DGrS_J17BBwU