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Downloads by surname / Downloads: discussion without links / Re: Ukrainian Music
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on: March 19, 2016, 03:23:08 pm
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Thank you so much to Stefan (Carpaccio.Espagnol) for his youtube channel of Ukrainian music. I particularly liked the recording by violinist Abram Shtern of the Adagio of Mavka and Lukash from Song of the Forest ballet by Mykhailo Skorulskyi (1887-1950). So I have converted it to mp3; and I also did some digging around and found some more youtube clips, all recordings of live performances of the ballets. I have also converted these to mp3 and put in the downloads section. Lovely harmonious atmospheric music, with hints of Khachaturian (who was actually 17 years younger).
Could you please indicate the right order for the complete Song of the Forests ballet? Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Various types of music / Commercial recordings (vintage, new and forthcoming) / New recordings from cpo
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on: January 03, 2015, 02:45:55 pm
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Paul Graener (1872-1944) Piano Concerto op. 72; Symphonietta op. 27 for string instruments & harp (Uta Jungwirth, harp); Three swedish dances op. 98; Divertimento op. 67 Oliver Triendl, Piano; Muenchner Rundunkorchester Ulf Schirmer
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1865) The Virtuoso Violin: CD 1: Fantaisie Brillante sur la Marche et la Romance de l‘Opera Otello de Rossini op. 11; Rondino grazioso op. 13 Nr. 2; Morceaux de Salon op. 13 Nr. 1; La Romanesca; Elegie op. 10; Streichquartett B-Dur; 2 Nocturnes op. 8; Feuillet D‘Album
CD 2: Pansée fugitives (Les gages d‘amitié); Six Morceaux de Salon op. 25 Nos 1, 24 & 34; Deux Romances op. 15; Pré aux Clercs Grand Duo pour Piano et Violin par Ernst et Schunke; Henri Wieniawski: Rêverie Thomas Christian, Violine Thomas Christian Ensemble
Felix Woyrsch (1860-1944) Symphony No. 3 op. 70; Three Boecklin Phantasies op. 53 Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester; Thomas Dorsch
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Various types of music / Commercial recordings (vintage, new and forthcoming) / Kallstenius on cpo
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on: August 28, 2014, 05:38:51 pm
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Edvin Kallstenius (1881-1967) Symphony No. 1 op. 16; Sinfonietta No. 2 op. 34; Musica Sinfonica op. 42 Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra Frank Beermann
Symphonies Rich in Innovations Edvin Kallstenius studied the natural sciences prior to receiving musical training from Stephan Krehl in Leipzig from 1904 to 1907. He was a music critic and from 1928 to 1946 served as the Swedish Radio music archivist in Stockholm. Additionally, he was a member of the executive board of the Swedish Society of Composers from 1933 to 1961 and of the Copyright Association from 1932 to 1957. Although as a composer he admired both the sublime and the lyrical Beethoven and was of the opinion that the old forms still had much to say, he filled these old forms with his unique harmonic designs and his own personal content. Throughout his life he held to a personal style that was rigorous but rich in innovations. He avoided rigid commitment to a monolithic tonal language by resorting to melodic intensity reinforced by harmonic expansions and interaction between introverted romanticism and gestures of greater vigor pointing toward expressionism. He was an uncompromising craftsman whose scores contain meticulously precise playing instructions. His music is not always easy to follow; he himself was held to be brusque and obstinate and was nicknamed »Gallsteinius« (Mr. Gallstone). His first symphony is one of the most remarkable symphonies composed in Sweden during the 1920s. After the symphony’s premiere Ture Rangström wrote, »Kallstenius is not a charming composer who invites one to applaud.« But the composer’s honesty, intentionality, and feeling did not escape him: »He does not play the coquette with his modernism.« In any case, in our Swedish discovery series his music always holds in store particularly interesting finds!
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Various types of music / Commercial recordings (vintage, new and forthcoming) / Re: Ongoing CPO projects.
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on: April 06, 2014, 01:40:02 pm
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Forthcomong Larsson on cpo
Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986) Orchestral Works Vol. 1: Symphony No. 1 in D op. 2; Four Vignettes to Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale; Music for Orchestra op. 40; Pastoral for small orchestra; Lyric Fantasy for small orchestra op. 54 Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra Andrew Manze cpo 777 671-2; UPC Code: 761203767120
A Master of Classical Modernism Rangström, Wirén, Pettersson, Atterberg, Peterson-Berger: these names represent high points in Swedish music history and have found a discographic home on cpo. Today I would like to add another important name to this Swedish Olympus of composers: Lars-Erik Larsson. Along with Dag Wirén, Larsson currently continues to number among the most popular composers of classical modernism in Sweden. Their popularity of course is explained in part by the fact that both continued to abide by the tradition of tonality without being epigonic reactionaries. Andrew Manze, to whom cpo owes a wonderfully inspired edition of the Brahms symphonies, is now presenting a new recording with Larsson’s most important symphonic works as performed by his very own Helsingborg Orchestra. One of Larsson’s three symphonies forms the focus of each of the three CDs. And now, to begin, the first symphony. Brimming with natural freshness and youthful new beginnings, it reflects Larsson’s enthusiasm for the first two symphonies of Sibelius and in melodic respects, especially in its last two movements, is also guided by Carl Nielsen. Even in this early work Larsson displays mastery commanding respect.
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Various types of music / General musical discussion / Re: Canadian Composers
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on: January 16, 2014, 11:27:54 am
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I would like to add the very "romantic" André Mathieu. Since visiting the CBC web site, I have been able to hear some very memorable music from Canada. Since there is a dearth of Canadian music downloads and/or any discussion of Canadian composers at this site , I wondered how and why this situation has occurred. I find some of their music to be of the highest quality and am discovering new jewels nearly every day. Like UK, they have a interesting mix of ex-pats and homegrown composers.
This is not a "comprehensive" all-knowing list, but I feel these composers deserve much more public exposure.
Jacques Hetu Jean Coulthard Malcolm Forsyth Harry Somers Talivaldis Kenins Srul Irving Glick Oskar Morawetz Rudolf Komorous
and an interesting new one I am eager to hear to hear; Sydney Hodkinson
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