Your Discovery of the Year

[relm1]

The 8 symphonies of the Croatian composer Stjepan Sulek were a great recent find for me.
I find his music fascinating, cleverly inventive and quite unique.

I agree totally and hope for more cd releases i found particularly impressive 2 and 7

I can't find any of his symphonies for purchase online especially the "impressive 2 and 7" if you can provide link?

[kyjo]

I do not know where to purchase the CD Toby mentioned (it is probably not available in the US, at least), but I do know that the complete cycle is available for download here and some can be found on YouTube.

[Toby Esterhase]

The 8 symphonies of the Croatian composer Stjepan Sulek were a great recent find for me.
I find his music fascinating, cleverly inventive and quite unique.

I agree totally and hope for more cd releases i found particularly impressive 2 and 7

I can't find any of his symphonies for purchase online especially the "impressive 2 and 7" if you can provide link?

This is ebay link for cds.I've downloaded 2-7 at UC but i hope for a modern cd recording.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/STJEPAN-SULEK-symphonies-3-8-concerts-1-2-4-CROATIAN-BRAND-NEW-DOUBLE-CD-/281124121275?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item41744daabb

[Jolly Roger]

The 8 symphonies of the Croatian composer Stjepan Sulek were a great recent find for me.
I find his music fascinating, cleverly inventive and quite unique.

I agree totally and hope for more cd releases i found particularly impressive 2 and 7

I can't find any of his symphonies for purchase online especially the "impressive 2 and 7" if you can provide link?

1 and 2 Eroica)are here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?j8ub1u9r76b7b
6 and 7 here
http://www.mediafire.com/?fluz1skerbsqg53





They are all at the unsung archives..

[SBookman]

Gjerstrom - Piano Concerto No. 2, 'By the Sea - Sea Moods', 1936
Glass L. - Symphony No. 3, in D Major, 'Forest Symphony', 1901
Glass L. - Fantasia, 1913
Bresgen - Totentanz, for Piano & Small Orchestra, 1958
Pavlov - Symphony No. 1, 'Siberia'
Pavlov - Symphony No. 2
Shymko - Piano Concerto No. 2, 2006-9
Shymko - Offlife, for Chamber Orchestra & Electronics, 2013
Lubchenko - Piano Concerto No. 4, 2010
Kolodub - Symphony No. 3, 'In the Ukrainian Baroque Style', 1980
Tamberg - Concerto Grosso
Matchavariani - Symphony No. 2, 1972

Gentlemen,
As with all my discoveries: if you cannot find anywhere such works: at the cost only of your opinion, I can send you a copy: pm me.

[cjvinthechair]

Mr. Sbookman - much appreciated, thanks - found Gjerstrom, Bresgen, Shymko & Lubchenko, all new to me, on YT. Pavlov's on classical music online, as is Kolodub; will download them later.
A terrific post, thanks !

[SerAmantiodiNicolao]

The 8 symphonies of the Croatian composer Stjepan Sulek were a great recent find for me.
I find his music fascinating, cleverly inventive and quite unique.

I agree totally and hope for more cd releases i found particularly impressive 2 and 7

I can't find any of his symphonies for purchase online especially the "impressive 2 and 7" if you can provide link?

Do you know, I think I actually have this set.  From some years back...I was in Croatia in 2005.  That's where I picked it up.  Can't say I remember it too well.

Although speaking of Pavle Despalj, I also picked up a two-disc set of his music on that trip.  And that I liked a great deal.  I'll see if I can find it when I get home...

[Vandermolen]

Thanks to Kyle and Colin here my discovery this year has been Freitas Branco Symphony No 4. Having purchased some of the earlier symphonies on Naxos, I was disappointed, finding them as 'not as good as Braga Santos' but my hasty and ill-informed judgment was corrected by the towering Symphony No 4, an epic work of considerable slumbering power which I have played over and over again.

[kyjo]

Thanks to Kyle and Colin here my discovery this year has been Freitas Branco Symphony No 4. Having purchased some of the earlier symphonies on Naxos, I was disappointed, finding them as 'not as good as Braga Santos' but my hasty and ill-informed judgment was corrected by the towering Symphony No 4, an epic work of considerable slumbering power which I have played over and over again.

Excellent, Jeffrey! Pleased I could lead you to this wonderful piece :)

[SBookman]

Ustvolskaya - Symphony No. 1, 1955
Kossenko - Piano Concerto, Op. 23
Ivanov K. - Cosmic Symphony
Levina - Piano Concerto No. 2
Olah - Symphony No. 4
Rybnikov - Symphony No. 6, 2008
Kats-Chernin - Piano Concerto No. 2
Sallinen - Shadows, Prelude for Orchestra, Op. 52, 1982
Sallinen - Chorali
Markelov - 'Clouds Of Creation,' Bell Symphony No. 15
Adams - China Gates, Op. 1, 1977
Pelécis - Concertino Bianco, for Piano & Chamber Orchestra, 1984

Gentlemen,
As with all my discoveries: if you cannot find anywhere such works: at the cost only of your opinion, I can send you a copy: pm me.

[cjvinthechair]

A lovely evening spent tracking down a good few of these, and assorted offshoots - thank you !

[Toby Esterhase]

IMHO a striking work well balanced between dark and elegiac mood.It reminds in some ways Levina's Second on the same subject.

[Jolly Roger]

IMHO a striking work well balanced between dark and elegiac mood.It reminds in some ways Levina's Second on the same subject.

I agree totally!! Lloyd's fine concertos are highly underrated and I think among his best works..and they do not suffer from some of the banality encountered in some of the symphonies.

[SBookman]

Gentlemen,
As with all my discoveries: if you cannot find anywhere such works: at the cost only of your opinion, (of which, so far, - requests and criticisms, - I have received, - both roughly and exactly, - none, zippo, zilch, nada), I can send you a copy: pm me.

Hajiyev - Symphony No. 4, 1952-6
Elfman - Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993
Klami - Concerto No. 2, for Piano & String Orchestra, Op. 41
Rääts - Sonata for Two Pianos, Op. 82, 1990
Reznicek - Donna Diana Overture, 1894
Khatchaturian - Concerto for Cello & Orchestra, 1946
Nyman - Harpsichord Concerto
Nyman - Memorial
Bloch - Schelomo, 1916
Kabalevsky - Violin Concerto, 1948
Khanon - A Certain Concerto
Lutoslawski - Concerto For Orchestra, 1954

[jimfin]

I quite agree about Lloyd's concertos, all magnificent and little heard, even compared to his symphonies. The Third is a masterpiece!