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Vagn Holmboe’s Complete String Quartets
HOLMBOE: String Quartets Nos. 1-20; “Sværm”; Quartetto Sereno, Op. 197 (No. 21) / The Kontra Qrt / Dacapo 8.207001 (7 CDs) Also available for free streaming on YouTube starting HERE. While the...
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Vaughan Williams’ String Quartets
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Phantasy Quintet.* String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 / Medici String Qrt; *Simon Rowland-Jones, 2nd vla / Nimbus NI 5191 Since I was on a string quartet kick this month, I thought I...
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A Harvest of Holst!
HOLST: Sāvitri / Arda Mandikian, sop (Sāvitri); Peter Pears, ten (Satyavān); Thomas Helmsley, bar (Death); English Opera Group Chorus & Orch.; Sir Charles Mackerras, cond / Choral Hymns from the...
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Vagn Holmboe’s “Requiem for Nietzsche”
HOLMBOE: Requiem for Nietzsche / Helge Rønning, ten; Johan Reuter, bar; Danish National Symphony Orch. & Choir; Michael Schønwandt, cond / Dacapo 8.224207. Physical disc no longer issued but...
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Discovering Marie Jaëll
JAËLL: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Romain Descharmes, pno; Lille National Orch.; Joseph Swenson, cond. / Piano Concerto No. 2 / David Violi, pno; Lille National Orch., Swenson / Piano Sonate / Cora Irsen,...
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Holmboe’s “Kairos”
HOLMBOE: Kairos: Sinfonias I-IV / Camerata Wales; Owain Arwel Hughes, cond / Bis CD-1596 Here we return to the music of Vagn Holmboe, but this time in a lengthy-yet-compact web of four Sinfonias for...
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Neta Raanan “Blossoms” on Debut Leader CD
UNFORESEEN BLOSSOM / Violet. Blue Jay. Unforeseen Blossom. Mountain Voice. Late Fire Colors. Melt. CY (Neta Raanan) / Neta Raanan, t-sax; Joel Ross, vib; Simón Wilson, bs; Kayvon Gordon, dm / Giant...
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Narodytska Plays Musical “War Poems”
SZYMANOWSKI: Masques (Maski). CHOPIN: 2 Polonaises, Op. 40. NARODYTSKA: After. LIAKHOVYCH: “War Notebook,” 24 Postludes for Piano, “War Notebook”: Nos. 2-8. SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Sonata No. 2 / Maria...
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Holmboe’s “Symphonic Metamorphoses”
HOLMBOE: Four Symphonic Metamorphoses: Epitaph. Monolith. Epilog. Tempo variabile / Aalborg Symphony Orch.; Owain Arwel Hughes, cond / Bis CD-852 Yes. I admit that I’m on a Vagn Holmboe kick this...
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Holmboe’s Chamber Music
HOLMBOE: Primavera for Flute, Violin, Cello & Piano. “Gioco,” String Trio. Sonata for Solo Flute. Ballata, Op. 159 for Piano Quartet. Quartetto for Flute, Violin, Viola & Cello / Ensemble...
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Holmboe’s Complete Symphonies
HOLMBOE: Symphonies Nos. 1-13. Sinfonia in Memoriam, Op. 65 / The Jutland Opera Choir (Symphony 4); Aarhus Symphony Orch.; Owain Arwel Hughes, cond / Bis CD-843/846 Here we go again with the music of...
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Fénelon’s Free-form & Feisty Flights of Fancy
FÉNELON: Épilogue. Halley. Les Combats nocturnes* / Florent Boffard, pno; *add Florent Jodelet, perc / Deux Epigrammes / Joëlle Léandre, bs; Sylvie Beltrando, harp; Jodelet, perc / Omaggio (a Tiepolo)...
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Walter Braunfels’ “Jeanne d’Arc”
BRAUNFELS: Jeanne d’Arc / Juliane Banse, sop (Joan); Martin Gantner, bar (Baudricourt, a Knight); Pavol Breslik, ten (Charles of Valois); Johan Reuter, bs-bar (Gilles de Rais); Ruben Drole, bs-bar...
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Braunfels’ “Grosse Messe”
BRAUNFELS: Grosse Messe / Simone Schneider, sop; Gerhild Romberger, alto; Christian Elsner, ten; Robert Holl, bs; Philharmonischer Chor Berlin; Berliner Singakademie; Knaben des Staats- und Domchores...
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Walter Braunfels’ “Te Deum”
BRAUNFELS: Te Deum / Leonie Rysanek, sop; Helmut Melchert, ten; Hermann Werner, org; Gürzenich-Chor; Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester; Günter Wand, cond / Acanta 233670, available from eclassical,...
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Martinaitytė’s Zen-like Choral Music
MARTINAITYTĖ: ALETHEIA. Chant des Voyelles. Ululations. The Blue of Distance / Latvian Radio Choir; Sigvards Kļava, cond / Ondine ODE 1447-2 This CD features chorus music by a composer I’d never heard...
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Eric Person’s “Rhythm Edge”
RHYTHM EDGE / Tyner Town. The Multitudes. Majestic Taurean Majesty. I’ll Be Just Fine. Beauty. Reach. Rhythm Edge. A Word From Our Sponsor. All Out in the Open. It’s Time Again. Supersonic. Pendulum...
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The Verdi “Requiem” That Got Away
VERDI: Messa da Requiem / Jessye Norman, sop; Agnes Baltsa, mezzo; José Carreras, ten; Yevgeny Nesterenko, bs; Bavarian Radio Orch. & Chorus; Riccardo Muti, cond / BR Klassik 900199, also...
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Stockholm Swing All-Stars Shine on New CD
STOCKHOLM SWING ALL-STARS PLAY THE JAZZ HITS / Perdido (Tizol). Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Waller-Brooks-Razaf). Little Green Apples (B. Russell). Stardust (Carmichael-Parish). L-O-V-E (B. Kaempfert-M....
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Szell Conducts Smetana
SMETANA: The Bartered Bride: Overture. Wallenstein’s Camp. Ma Vlast: The Moldau; From Bohemia’s Fields and Forests.* Strong Quartet No. 1, “From My Life” (orch. Szell) / NBC Symphony Orch.; *Boston...
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