What music have you bought recently?

[Montefalco]

There was a thread similar to this one in the jazz forum, but I thought I'd start specifically for classical music.

I have ordered a solo piano disc by Sven-Erik Back.

 

[Fretless]

Is that the name of the composer, performer, or both?
I just ordered a major end-of-school-year/pre-father's-day haul from Amazon.
I do not usually splurge like this but it was a difficult year.

Twilight of the Gods
Noah Creshevsky

Ingram Marshall: September Canons

Biber: Violin Sonatas Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

Hans Werner Henze: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 9; Barcarola; Three Auden Songs

CARTER, E.: String Quartets (Complete) / 100th Anniversary Release (3CD+1DVD Box Set Release) E. Carter

Whispers Out of Time: Works for Orchestra by Roger Reynolds

I haven't heard any of these works with the exception of a couple of Carter's string quartets; and Reynolds, Marshall, and Creshevsky are completely new composers for me.

 

[Montefalco]

Back is the name of the composer. The performer is Roland Pöntinen.
All of those look great, Fretless, especially the Henze symphonies.

 

[Corno Dolce]

The score of Kaikhosru Sorabji's *Symphonic Variations* for piano - It takes about 9 hours to perform it - A real humdinger........

 

[Montefalco]

THe score of Kaikhosru Sorabji's *Symphonic Variations* for piano - It takes about 9 hours to perform it - A real humdinger........

Wow! I've seen some of the scores for Sorabji's works (1st/2nd Piano Sonatas) and to even be able to contemplate playing them is beyond me

 

[Corno Dolce]

If Sorabji is scary to you then try something easier, like Ronald Stevenson's *Passacaglia*...

 

[Montefalco]

Easier by 7 hours, that is :grin:
I think I might stick to my Grieg and Messiaen for a while yet

 

[Corno Dolce]

Well, a most fitting and proper preparation for Sorabji would be Messiaen's *Vingt regards sur L'enfant-Jesus*........

 

[Montefalco]

As a matter of fact, I am playing one of the Vingt Regards. No. 2, Regard de l'Etoile, which is one of the easier ones as far as I am aware

 

[martist]

Last CD I bought is Tchaikovsky 6th Symphony with Leonard Bernstein as conductor and Chicago Philharmony... Amazing performance! My favorite of this piece!

 

[Corno Dolce]

Bravo, Montefalco - Have fun with the piece. Messiaen speaks to all open hearts and minds through *Vingt Regards*.

 

[Montefalco]

I was recently in Sydney, and came back with a large haul of music;
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87
Liszt: Piano Music
Sculthorpe: String Quartets, vol. 3
Hindemith: Symphony 'Mathis der Mahler'
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite
Elgar: Cello Concerto

Also sheet music 'Scriabin: Complete Preludes and Etudes'

 

[Sebastian7]

The most recent music I bought was Delius's exquisite "Fennimore and Gerda" opera from itunes. Absolutely wonderful!

 

[Fretless]

I was recently in Sydney, and came back with a large haul of music;
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87
Liszt: Piano Music
Sculthorpe: String Quartets, vol. 3
Hindemith: Symphony 'Mathis der Mahler'
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite
Elgar: Cello Concerto

Also sheet music 'Scriabin: Complete Preludes and Etudes'

That's quite a haul. Who is performing the Beethoven and Shostakovich?

 

[Montefalco]

Beethoven Symphonies: Herbert von Karajan, conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Shostakovich: Played by Tatiana Nikolayeva.

 

[Montefalco]

Ordered Rautavaara's latest release 'Before the Icons/A Tapestry of Life', and Magnus Lindberg's Complete Piano Music.

 

[zacharygriver]

Liszt: Piano Music
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Sculthorpe: String Quartets, vol. 3
Hindemith: Symphony 'Mathis der Mahler'

 

[Chi_townPhilly]

Recent arrivals include-

Munch- Boston Symphony- Schubert 8 & 9: because I've been too long without a Schubert 8 opening movement Allegro Moderato that's more Allegro than Moderato.

Massenet Werther- London SO- Pappano

Gounod Faust- Toulouse- Plasson

Berlioz Les Troyens complete- London SO- C. Davis

and only the Berlioz remains on the unlistened-to pile!

 

[Corno Dolce]

Some new editions of Choral compositions---

Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom published by "Compozitor Publishing House" in Saint Petersburg.

Treasury of Russian Spiritual Music(various composers) published by "Muzyka" in Moscow.

 

[Nima]

Brahms - The Complete Symphonies
Brahms - The Complete Solo Piano
Brahms - Violin Concerto . Double Concerto
Dvorak - The Best of Dvorak
Liszt - Les Preludes. Hunagarian Rhapsodies
Schumann - Chamber Music 200th Anniversary
Schumann - Piano Music 200th Anniversary
Schubert - Trout Quintet . Death and The Maiden