guest377
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Klami... finnish composer... several of his CDs on BIS/Ondine and Alba
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cjvinthechair
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Klami... finnish composer... several of his CDs on BIS/Ondine and Alba
Like so many Finnish (& Baltic, & Russian) composers, a delight. Just acquired his oratorio/cantata Psalmus. Do try it !
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Clive
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guest377
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Klami... finnish composer... several of his CDs on BIS/Ondine and Alba
Like so many Finnish (& Baltic, & Russian) composers, a delight. Just acquired his oratorio/cantata Psalmus. Do try it ! OK actually that is on my Amazon wish list... think I'll move it into my cart. Looks like its only available as a used CD. Just saw Rene Eespere's Glorificatio....a live performance here in Tallinn.... I have to find that recording. The Finnish and Estonian's have wonderful choirs.
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Elroel
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I'm listening now to the Symphony in b by the other Schumann, Georg. The works is from 1887 and should be played on many stages. And than I go to listen to his Oratorio Ruth. It's been a while I heard that one.
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guest377
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thanks I'll copy that over to the Klami section under Finnish composers. I've read some of this commentary in the notes to the various CDs.
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There's an excellent afternoon's listening of C20th expressionist opera on Swiss Classical Radio this afternoon. I've just finished hearing Gottfried von Einem's Der Besuch der alten Dame ("The Visit Of The Old Lady"), and the broadcast of Gerhard Rosenfeld's Kniefall in Warschau ("A Deep Bow in Warsaw") has just begun. I've heard the Einem work before, and it's a very good piece of music-theatre. The Rosenfeld piece is new material for me. Listen in
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Decades old, but new to me: the dual ballet-pantomines 'Signorina Gioventu', op. 58, and 'Nikotina', op. 59, by Vitezslav Novak. The first is a passionate paean, the second a delightful drollery. Both works are clearly products of the 1920s, both possess an aesthetic sophistication one might not expect from the Novak who wrote 'The Storm' and 'Pan', often considered the high points of his art. The ballet-pantomimes were intended as a double bill and they work wonderfully in tandem.
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cjvinthechair
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Decades old, but new to me: the dual ballet-pantomines 'Signorina Gioventu', op. 58, and 'Nikotina', op. 59, by Vitezslav Novak. The first is a passionate paean, the second a delightful drollery. Both works are clearly products of the 1920s, both possess an aesthetic sophistication one might not expect from the Novak who wrote 'The Storm' and 'Pan', often considered the high points of his art. The ballet-pantomimes were intended as a double bill and they work wonderfully in tandem.
Ah, thank you - quite good on Novak's symphonic/tone poems, but ignorant of the ballets. Will be trying to find them !
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Clive
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shamus
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Doreen Carwithen's Piano Concerto and film music. Great stuff to me!
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Doreen Carwithen's Piano Concerto and film music. Great stuff to me!
British piano concertos are always among my favourites, and Carwithen's is one of the most impressive!
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guest377
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Erkki Melartin.... the 6 Symphonies on Ondine....... Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
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chill319
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Ah, Melartin/Grin, the set that introduced most of us to these wonderful symphonies, which really deserve to be represented by recordings that eschew ill-advised cuts.
Klami... very tempting!
Re Novak's ballets -- the ballet-pantomime is a Czech version of the sort of ballet we associate with French Baroque opera -- but with lots of folk admixture and generally broad humor. Before Novak it wasn't considered a candidate for art music. Since him, it has been. The recordings and performances on the Supraphon discs demonstrate splendid technique and spirit. I bought these superb discs (gently) used, which made them affordable.
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Jolly Roger
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Despite lukewarm reviews for this recently deceased unique composer, this symphony really floats my boat. Asenjo,Florencio - Symphony for Strings (1948) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra,Kirk Trevor obituary here and worth a read.. http://www.utimes.pitt.edu/?p=26442
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guest2
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Thanks for the recommendation Roger, I like it too.
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