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31  Assorted items / YouTube performances / Iulia Narcisa Cibisescu Duran on: November 01, 2017, 04:07:26 pm
Here is the premiere of the 2nd symphony by the romanian composer Iulia Narcisa Cibisescu-Duran.
She posted it herself on her channel.
It's a little noisy recording and the music is quite loud.

https://youtu.be/ba-jLjUhxlM

Her 1st symphony is here: https://youtu.be/4SP4eF4iBRU
A Suite for violin & orch: https://youtu.be/R5gVZYl8rjg

She was in 1966.
Next to her composing work she's a conductor as well. On Wikipedia you can learn more from this 1966 born composer
32  Assorted items / General musical discussion / Re: What are you listening to today? on: October 30, 2017, 10:21:19 pm
Today I found the composer Jorge E. López.
There quite a few of works on YT.

His symphonies 3 & 4 are very listenable. I'll let me surprise by his other works
33  Assorted items / Coming broadcasts and listen-later links / Re: Gordon Crosse: Symphony No. 3 "Between Despair and Dawn" (world premiere) on: October 27, 2017, 12:44:44 am
Thank you Kinder for this message. I will try to downliad them, if I can.
The subtitle of the symphony sounds intriguing.
34  Assorted items / General musical discussion / Re: "Tunes for Tyrants" (BBC 4) and "Carmina Burana" on: October 16, 2017, 12:17:33 am
Orff is also known for his Schulwerk. He created hundreds of pieces, some together with his wife, for school education. She also wrote pieces for this project on her own.
His opera 'Der Mond' has some funny moments. Here as in most of his works simplicity reigns.

He never reached the level of Çarmina Burana with his other works. The cantatas that were meant to create a triple together with the Carmina, were of another (IMHO, lower) level. History will prove if he is to be one of the composers remembered by one composition only.
35  Assorted items / General musical discussion / Re: "Tunes for Tyrants" (BBC 4) and "Carmina Burana" on: October 14, 2017, 02:16:51 pm
I certainly will continue to love the Carmina Burana. Better even, later this year it wil be performed in a few places here in my country, and I have a ticket for one of the perofrmances.

Whatever Orff did, this is one of the great vocal-orchestral works of the last century in my view.
36  Downloads by surname / Only direct links / Re: Missing Links on: October 09, 2017, 08:51:59 pm
Sorry I told that I would upload the 2nd cello concerto. I see now that it is on a cd.
So nothing for our forum.

37  Downloads by surname / Only direct links / Re: Missing Links on: October 09, 2017, 08:35:11 pm
I'll upload Bacewicz Cello Concerto No.2
38  Assorted items / Commercial recordings (vintage, new and forthcoming) / Re: Fricker Symphonies Nos.1-4 on Lyrita on: October 07, 2017, 11:08:25 pm
Well, space is of course a reason for me, buying only a little number of cd's. I also don't write cd's from downloaded works. I simply save them on external hard drives. I can attach them on  my home audio-set if I like. But mostly I play them from one of my computers in my "man cave"
39  Assorted items / Commercial recordings (vintage, new and forthcoming) / Re: Karl Höller symphonic music on: October 07, 2017, 08:41:17 pm
From all the afore mentioned germans, Erwin Dressel is maybe the least known.
The UE (Universal Edition have scores of a few of his works.
https://www.universaledition.com/

Der Rosenbusch der Maria  -a legend for chorus and orch (1929) (90 min)
Der Kuchentanz (1928)
Armer Columbus (Poor Columbus (1927) for chorus and large ensemble  (120 min)

It is hardly possible that we'll ever hear one of these I'm afraid.
40  Assorted items / Commercial recordings (vintage, new and forthcoming) / Re: Fricker Symphonies Nos.1-4 on Lyrita on: October 07, 2017, 04:26:59 pm
Happily the four symphonies are now also available at Spotify; joining in at the moment.  :)

Good thinking. At least it is cheaper than the cd release. But I don't regret I ordered the cd's. I prefer the cd's with booklet and so. Space is beginning to be a problem here, but a few cd's can still be added.
41  Assorted items / YouTube performances / Re: Kiko Arguello Symphony on: October 07, 2017, 03:59:40 pm
Thank you Toby,

There several videos of this work.  The long ones are from a complete concert (much talking) within it sits the Sinfonia.
42  Assorted items / Commercial recordings (vintage, new and forthcoming) / Re: Fricker Symphonies Nos.1-4 on Lyrita on: October 06, 2017, 03:17:37 pm
Fully agreed with Colin about Fricker. I also ordered the symphonies, but they are not in my mailbox yet. I have to be a little patient.
43  Assorted items / Individual composers / Re: Aarre Merikanto (1893-1958) on: October 06, 2017, 11:18:32 am
Aarre Merikanto was after WW II one of Finland's leading modern composers. In the 1960s and 70s, work of him came on Philips LP's, in the series Modern Music. His musical output differs very much from Sibelius's.
Of course, Merikanto wrote music through all of his life, where Sibelius skipped composing in earlier years of his.

I find Merikanto's 2nd symphony ('War Symphony') a very moving piece, although his 3td was more often performed (and recorded).
His opera 'Juha' from his younger years brought him fame (at least in Finland). In his latest years (in 1956) he wrote "Genesis" (for soprano,choir & orch).
His "Andante religioso" is a fine work and has been broadcasted several times and came on
Next to his piano concertos there are also at least 4 violin concertos. Nrs. 2 & 4 were recorded and sit in my
collection, but I must look for the source if I can upload them in our forum.
44  Assorted items / General musical discussion / Re: Lesser known followers of RVW on: September 25, 2017, 09:43:46 pm
[ How many fine composers have we been neglecting for so long?  ::)

That must be a vast number I believe.
The modernists from the 50s and the 60s had a grip on the media. Everything less modern (in their eyes) was doomed to become hidden.
Still, later in their lifes they seemed to have found the symphony orchestra back, as they did the symphony.
45  MEMBERS' CORNER / Miscellany / Re: Onno van Rijen's Shostakovich & Other Soviet Composers Page on: September 24, 2017, 11:43:25 am
the quote "all the arts" WOULD in fact qualify any discussion of Shostakovich, especially under the title "about music in general."
Agreed.
The most interesting of mr. van Rijen's pages was the info on so many composers. I still really miss it.
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