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1 hour ago, semente said:

I currently much prefer the 8th.

The 7th is quite good too IMHO. He's definitely not among the most significant composers but I'm afraid most of the later ones have already been discussed here. I'm simply (as usual) looking for something I don't know yet.

Thanks for all your suggestions, guys!

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58 minutes ago, sphinxsix said:

The 7th is quite good too IMHO. He's definitely not among the most significant composers but I'm afraid most of the later ones have already been discussed here. I'm simply (as usual) looking for something I don't know yet.

Thanks for all your suggestions, guys!

 

I can not stop discovering new music/composers, even though I would be quite happy limited only to Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner and few other composers which names started with other letters of alphabet. BTW, why most if not neatly all great composer names start with three letters only, B, M, S? Plus W, of course.

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1 hour ago, AnotherSpin said:

BTW, why most if not neatly all great composer names start with three letters only, B, M, S? Plus W, of course.

It’s not completely random, given the dominance of Germany & Austria in the classical music space. 
 

At least S and B are among the most common first letters of German last names (couldn’t find  similar stats for Austria unfortunately). See a link below in German. 
 

 

 

https://www.datendieter.de/item/Buchstabenhaeufigkeit_von_deutschen_Nachnamen

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18 hours ago, Musicophile said:

It’s not completely random, given the dominance of Germany & Austria in the classical music space. 
 

At least S and B are among the most common first letters of German last names (couldn’t find  similar stats for Austria unfortunately). See a link below in German. 
 

 

 

https://www.datendieter.de/item/Buchstabenhaeufigkeit_von_deutschen_Nachnamen

 

Interesting info. It explains some things and creates more questions...) Why there is no great composers of the first rank which names start with letter K, which is second most popular in Germany?....😙

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21 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

The 7th is quite good too IMHO. He's definitely not among the most significant composers but I'm afraid most of the later ones have already been discussed here. I'm simply (as usual) looking for something I don't know yet.

Thanks for all your suggestions, guys!

 

I'm not particular experienced when it comes to off-the-beaten-track music but which second-tier and lesser known composers have you investigated?

Some may not have been prominent or particularly proliferous writers but there are many pieces worth investigating. I suggest the following:

 

Bloch Schelomo

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8028034--in-the-shadow-of-war

 

Delius VC and orchestral music

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8020030--delius-violin-concerto

 

Falla

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7923719--the-essential-falla

 

Field nocturnes and PCs

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7954754--john-field-piano-music-vol-2

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7952076--field-piano-concertos-nos-5-6

 

Gade

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7996480--gade-novelletter-for-strings

 

Herbert CC

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8050173--victor-herbert-cello-concertos

 

Karlowicz VC

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7994972--karlowicz-serenade-violin-concerto

 

Kodaly cello sonata

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7971482--starker-plays-kodaly

 

Korngold VC

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8080670--britten-korngold-violin-concertos

 

Respighi

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8021224--respighi-roman-festivals-brazilian-impressions-pines-of-rome

 

Rott

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7937612--rott-symphony-in-e-major

 

Rozsa

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8117707--rozsa-spohr-violin-concertos-tchaikovsky-serenade-melancolique


Saint-Saens

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8073391--schumann-lalo-saint-saens-cello-concertos

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7925135--lalo-saint-saens-ravel

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7923517--saint-saens-danse-macabre

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7942773--saint-saens-symphony-no-3-in-c-minor-op-78-organ-symphony-etc

 

Clara Schumann

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7955385--schumann-clara-the-complete-works-for-piano-solo

 

Scriabin

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8052602--scriabin-medtner-piano-concertos

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7959641--yevgeny-sudbin-plays-scriabin

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7923956--scriabin-complete-symphonies

 

Weber

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7980781--weber-the-symphonies

 

Wetz

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7946810--wetz-symphony-no-3-gesang-des-lebens

 

 

If you enjoy music from the Romantic period:

 

The Romantic Piano Concerto series

https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/s.asp?s=S_1

 

The Romantic Violin Concerto series

https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/s.asp?s=S_3

 

 

And then there are the recitals...so much to choose from.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7924056--horowitz-in-moscow

 

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19 hours ago, semente said:

 

I'm not particular experienced when it comes to off-the-beaten-track music but which second-tier and lesser known composers have you investigated?

Some may not have been prominent or particularly proliferous writers but there are many pieces worth investigating. I suggest the following:

 

Bloch Schelomo

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8028034--in-the-shadow-of-war

 

Delius VC and orchestral music

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8020030--delius-violin-concerto

 

Falla

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7923719--the-essential-falla

 

Field nocturnes and PCs

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7954754--john-field-piano-music-vol-2

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7952076--field-piano-concertos-nos-5-6

 

Gade

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7996480--gade-novelletter-for-strings

 

Herbert CC

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8050173--victor-herbert-cello-concertos

 

Karlowicz VC

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7994972--karlowicz-serenade-violin-concerto

 

Kodaly cello sonata

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7971482--starker-plays-kodaly

 

Korngold VC

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8080670--britten-korngold-violin-concertos

 

Respighi

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8021224--respighi-roman-festivals-brazilian-impressions-pines-of-rome

 

Rott

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7937612--rott-symphony-in-e-major

 

Rozsa

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8117707--rozsa-spohr-violin-concertos-tchaikovsky-serenade-melancolique


Saint-Saens

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8073391--schumann-lalo-saint-saens-cello-concertos

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7925135--lalo-saint-saens-ravel

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7923517--saint-saens-danse-macabre

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7942773--saint-saens-symphony-no-3-in-c-minor-op-78-organ-symphony-etc

 

Clara Schumann

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7955385--schumann-clara-the-complete-works-for-piano-solo

 

Scriabin

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8052602--scriabin-medtner-piano-concertos

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7959641--yevgeny-sudbin-plays-scriabin

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7923956--scriabin-complete-symphonies

 

Weber

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7980781--weber-the-symphonies

 

Wetz

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7946810--wetz-symphony-no-3-gesang-des-lebens

 

 

If you enjoy music from the Romantic period:

 

The Romantic Piano Concerto series

https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/s.asp?s=S_1

 

The Romantic Violin Concerto series

https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/s.asp?s=S_3

 

 

And then there are the recitals...so much to choose from.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7924056--horowitz-in-moscow

 

 

From the pieces mentioned I really like Korngold's Violin Concerto... Field's Nocturnes are fine.

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20 minutes ago, WAM said:

 

What about Kleiber? Now listening to his Beethoven 7

 

 

Kleiber Beethoven.jpg

He was mentioned earlier by me. I think we all agree he was an important conductor. Actually in a moment I'll start watching the BBC 'Karajan's Magic and Myth' documentary. Seems interesting.

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On 9/30/2019 at 8:17 PM, sphinxsix said:
On 9/29/2019 at 12:56 AM, Bob Stern said:

A classic I love is Du Pre & Celibidache 1967, which is unusually soft and tender.

I checked out this concerto earlier - Du Pre with Barrenboim, A.Weilerstein/Belohlavek and Tetzlaff/Storgards, will check out this one too.

I agree Du Pre/Celibidache is the better one of these two. I got it a couple of days ago and some other albums recommended by you guys too, thanks a lot again!

 

Meanwhile I heard Stravinsky's Petrouchka on the radio while coming back from work (I don't know who the performers were) and I think I really 'dug' Stravinsky's ecstatic rhythms for the first time. So recently my attention has shifted to .. you've guessed it right - Igor Fyodorovich.. :)

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Mesmerized by the one No 82, been checking Bach's cantatas recently (I seem to prefer Suzuki's recordings). There are 200 of them, so I'm asking myself - how to even bite this piece of cake.? O.o 

Hence my simple question - what are your favorite ones? 

And BTW - Merry Christmas to everybody! :)

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I feel quite lucky - next week the cantata no 82 will be performed in Hooglandse Kerk - the biggest gothic church in Leiden (great acoustics!). I have attended a number of concerts which took place in this venue and with real pleasure will also attend this one. 

A digression - during one of the concerts I was sitting 3m from a lead sopranist of a (very good) choir. I had a simple reflection while listening to the music in these circumstances - no stereo system is able to reproduce the nuance of a soprano being that close to the listener and the acoustics of a big gothic church at the same time in a fully convincing way. I couldn't help thinking that with some music the multi channel reproduction might be the only way to go. I think @Kal Rubinson could comment on it.

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3 minutes ago, sphinxsix said:

A digression - during one of the concerts I was sitting 3m from a lead sopranist of a (very good) choir. I had a simple reflection while listening to the music in these circumstances - no stereo system is able to reproduce the nuance of a soprano being that close to the listener and the acoustics of a big gothic church at the same time in a fully convincing way. I couldn't help thinking that with some music the multi channel reproduction might be the only way to go. I think @Kal Rubinson could comment on it.

I think you have already done so.  OTOH, one of the most elusive elements, even for multichannel, is real proximity.  

Kal Rubinson

Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile

 

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