I'm delighted! I think it is a marvellous set and is beautifully recorded too.fergus wrote:
Delving further into this set and very much liking what I am hearing!
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"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Albert Roussel
Symphony No. 3
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stéphane Denève conducting.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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I remember buying that on your recommendation Seán and liking it but I have not listened to it in a long time so I must revisit it soon.Seán wrote:
Albert Roussel
Symphony No. 3
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stéphane Denève conducting.
To be is to do: Socrates
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To do is to be: Sartre
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To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, op. 5
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, op. 69
Pierre Fouriner - Cello
Jean Fonda - Piano
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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I do enjoy Roussel's music and his Third Symphony is my favourite.fergus wrote:I remember buying that on your recommendation Seán and liking it but I have not listened to it in a long time so I must revisit it soon.Seán wrote:
Albert Roussel
Symphony No. 3
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stéphane Denève conducting.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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From the same era as Roussel (and Martinu and Honegger) is this disc of interesting and well played/recorded works by the Italian Alfredo Casella. Casella was once highly regarded as pianist, composer and conductor. He was a one time Boston Pops Conductor and his 3rd Symphony a Chicago Symphony commission. However, his Fascist connections have clouded his reputation.
The Concerto for Orchestra 1937 (written for Mengelburg and the Concertgebow) is a well constructed, colorful and powerful work. Deserves to be heard more often. The Suite from his 1928 opera "La Donna Serpente" is subtitled "Symphonic Fragments" and are indeed a bit fragmented and diverse. But oh great fun!
I have not heard the piano orchestra tone poem A notte alta (In Deepest Night) on the disc, it is for later!
Great music off the beaten path. Some is available on YouTube if you do not want to commit to a disc.
Casella: Concerto For Orchestra, A Notte Alta, La Donna Serpente Symphonic Fragments
Noseda, BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10712
The Concerto for Orchestra 1937 (written for Mengelburg and the Concertgebow) is a well constructed, colorful and powerful work. Deserves to be heard more often. The Suite from his 1928 opera "La Donna Serpente" is subtitled "Symphonic Fragments" and are indeed a bit fragmented and diverse. But oh great fun!
I have not heard the piano orchestra tone poem A notte alta (In Deepest Night) on the disc, it is for later!
Great music off the beaten path. Some is available on YouTube if you do not want to commit to a disc.
Casella: Concerto For Orchestra, A Notte Alta, La Donna Serpente Symphonic Fragments
Noseda, BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10712
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I have heard of Casella but not his music unfortunately.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Sextet in D Op. 110
Dalia Ouzil - Piano, Gil Sharon - Violin, Ron Ephrat - Viola, Liisa Tamminen - Viola,
Alexander Hülshoff - Cello & Jean Sassen - Double Bass
This is gorgeous music.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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DonKC wrote:From the same era as Roussel (and Martinu and Honegger) is this disc of interesting and well played/recorded works by the Italian Alfredo Casella. Casella was once highly regarded as pianist, composer and conductor. He was a one time Boston Pops Conductor and his 3rd Symphony a Chicago Symphony commission. However, his Fascist connections have clouded his reputation.
The Concerto for Orchestra 1937 (written for Mengelburg and the Concertgebow) is a well constructed, colorful and powerful work. Deserves to be heard more often. The Suite from his 1928 opera "La Donna Serpente" is subtitled "Symphonic Fragments" and are indeed a bit fragmented and diverse. But oh great fun!
I have not heard the piano orchestra tone poem A notte alta (In Deepest Night) on the disc, it is for later!
Great music off the beaten path. Some is available on YouTube if you do not want to commit to a disc.
Casella: Concerto For Orchestra, A Notte Alta, La Donna Serpente Symphonic Fragments
Noseda, BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10712
Sounds interesting Don.
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra