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MEMBERS' CORNER / Members' wish lists & requests / Re: Stjepan Sulek Symphony no 3
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on: October 27, 2012, 09:41:27 am
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OK. I found it in the other forum. This one has a slow finale (Larghetto), right? I'd still like the tempo of the scherzo, if anyone has it available.
The three movement titles are: Allegro non troppo, Scherzo: Allegro, Larghetto. I find myself having a problem, having downloaded the piece and given it a preliminary hearing. The Larghetto doesn't seem to end in the nominal tonality of the piece. It's almost as if there's a finale missing, unless this is a work that uses progressive tonality. Are you absolutely sure this is all there is of the symphony? You are right. However, I have heard different performances of this symphony, one of them from a live broadcast, and none had more movements than this. It is true that the Violin Concerto, from the same period, is unambiguously in D Major. However, the Fourth Symphony from two years later, nominally in D minor, also uses some kind of progressive tonality: the whole beginning is tonally very ambiguous. The Third starts in E minor and ends in C flat minor, the relative not of E minor, but of E major. From what I know of his harmonic language, this kind of biased correspondence seems likely enough. |
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Downloads by surname / Downloads: discussion without links / Re: Russian and Soviet Music
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on: October 24, 2012, 09:08:39 pm
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Maybe it is good to give different spellings possible in parenthesis or something ?
I think it could help in some situations. Maybe in next edition one could use only one way or something?
It is difficult to presict the future, but there is great potential for confusion. Or may be it different spelling could be in the small script under?
Indeed. I usually try to list spellings I encounter, as for instance here: http://ttle.perso.neuf.fr/Symphonies/symphonistes_a-d.htmand be consistent in the "preferred choice" (which should be self-evident when the language is originally written with Latin characters) but, to be honest, one cannot always keep track of all possible variants. |
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Downloads by surname / Downloads: discussion without links / Re: Latvian music
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on: October 23, 2012, 10:30:35 pm
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Just now as I write I'm listening again to Symphony No.9, - 33' in and the work is just about over. A "farewell Symphony" you say, - "autumnul", "melancholic", and "retrospective". I should be in my element here.
But it's not really happening so. I can relate your words somewhat to the passing sounds at times, and the overall mood I feel some resonance with. However the themes I just don't find compelling, - not "memorable" as I say,
nor does the piece as whole hang together for me, - it is just a "succession" but not a "coherence". There are fragments that engage me momentarily, even a few sustained passages I hear some "call" from. But overall, - and the piece has now finished - I'm rather indifferent to it. It's a miss. I can't say any more.
Whether one is caught by a given piece cannot (and certainly should not) be commanded. I confess having some difficulty to be fully convinced by the final part of the 9th, much as I would like to. In contrast, the slow movement is, to me, fully convincing and something to wallow in. It could be kitsch, and so it is to an extent. It reminds me of atmospheric film music, which is normally not an unmitigated positive comment for me, when it comes to symphonies. Yet, I find it moving and satisfactory. Right now, it reminds me of Atterberg's Fifth. Totally different music, I know, but in both cases, the craftsman's skills recede out of sight, the strings (no pun intended) are set loose and the music stands perfectly on its own right. As for the Fifth, it does have many dark sides, but I have always perceived it as quite hedonistic at the same time, more so, indeed, than most other Skulte symphonies. Light-hearted it is not, but rather sensuous. |
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Downloads by surname / Downloads: discussion without links / Re: Russian and Soviet Music
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on: October 23, 2012, 10:07:34 pm
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Thank you Sicmu for the Georgi Nyaga symphony. It's not that common to run across Moldovan music of any kind. Here's a stitch of biographical detail: Born in Bucharest, Romania, the son of composer Stefan Nyaga (1900-1951). He studied violin at the Moscow Conservatory and composition with Leonid Gurov at the Kishinev (now Chisinau) Conservatory, remaining at the latter school as a teacher and administrator. His catalogue covers varied genres from opera to solo instrumental pieces. He wrote 2 other Symphonies, Nos. 1 (1957) and 3 (1983) as well as a Chamber Symphony for Solo Violin, Violins, Piano, Clarinet and Soprano (1982). A works list is available at: http://russiancomposers.org.uk/page903.htmlA search through Worldcat suggests that his compositions featuring violin were pretty well-received. Aside from that, there's not much info to be found. Gheorghe Neaga ("Georgi Nyaga" is the standard reverse transliteration of the Russian transliteration...) passed away in 2003 in the USA. I recently found the score of his sonata for violin and piano in London, and shall let you know what I think once I have sight-read through it. |
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MEMBERS' CORNER / Members' wish lists & requests / Svend S. Schultz
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on: September 30, 2012, 10:58:37 pm
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While the choral music of Svend S. Schultz (1913-1998) is popular in his native Denmark, I have been completely unable to find any recording of his symphonies. This is quite weird, since at least Nos. 3 (1955) and 4 (1957) were once quoted in the same breath as H.D. Koppel's Fifth, Holmboe's Fifth and S.E. Tarp's Second (in E flat), all remarkable works. They are said to be relatively close to Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Has anyone heard them, are there any recordings available, or should we wait for a DaCapo release?
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