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Saint Saens' symphonies aren't only about the famous 3rd.
These are good, too, as is the piano/orchestra work 'Africa'
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https://open.spotify.com/album/6UpRI2kW034KV1IoXp6BuT
Strongly recommended by Fanfare magazine, and I can hear why.
Personally I find these works a bit over-rich and cloying. OK for me limited to one per listening session, I tend to rebel when a 2nd one starts!
Beautiful purity of line by these performers, and scrumptious sq.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/2arBD5PN1JKUv8jGWRtaEC
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A resident of this country from 1936 until his death in 1951.
This was in heavy rotation yesterday - I can't stop playing it!
(Do things rotate on Spotify? :scratch:)
Webern. Me. Jeez, what are things coming to?
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https://open.spotify.com/album/73iUeuE1qaVtguL0kLVtEr
Nice one, Jerry ~ here's some more.
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Beste Grüße!
Arvo Part's 3rd symphony.
Written after the years-long sabbatical from composing when he gave up on the standard European avant-garde approach (thankfully :)) and started on his tintinnabula style of simpler (or simplistic, depending on your viewpoint :)) more minimalist music that has won him far wider appeal.
The 3rd shows hints of that style, but it does not dominate by any means.
It just provides a far more melodic and approachable work as far as I am concerned. In fact I think it is an excellent piece.
On this BIS recording you get to hear his earlier, avantgarde style, as well as the post-sabbatical 3rd symphony.
See what you think!
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https://open.spotify.com/album/3XGq3d7BTy1ZbMs0Vzc5wc
Mozart's perfect 25th symphony damn near perfectly performed by Josef Krips. Great sq, too. Recorded in the 1960s, I think. Shows the modern 'authentic instrument' brigade how it should be done in terms of nuanced delicacy and rhythmic lightness of touch.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/7wvF78MxzsQvKriafXBPNd
Telemann's set of solo flute fantasias (about an hour long) are, for me, much more approachable when transcribed for oboe.
Excellent music, endlessly fascinating.
The Britten solo oboe suite is one of my favourite works by the composer.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/6yuopZwabMbSb38ROWl5rZ
Another great find. :) It's not an exaggeration to say that Spotify has transformed my musical listening and enjoyment, such a fantastic and easy way to explore new music.
The YOA Orchestra of the Americas, conducted Carlos Miguel Prieto. Musicians aged 18-30. They are superb in this Shostakovich 6th symphony!
It's a live recording, in the best and worst senses. Fantastic electricity and sense of excitement and involvement. Great sq, but the audience cough and shuffle their way through the performance quite audibly at times.
I can hardly wait to hear more recordings by these musicians, but I have to listen to this Shosty 6 just one more time. :)
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https://open.spotify.com/album/0dJv7MbK7QjeV6zGfpoiIS