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Three Swedish symphonies:

Up first -

Nystroem
Sinfonia del Mare
Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano
Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra



Followed by -

Stenhammar
Symphony No. 2 in G minor, Op. 34
Stig Westerberg, conductor
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra



Pettersson
Symphony No. 7
Leif Segerstam, conductor
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

[Daverz]

Three Swedish symphonies:

Up first -

Nystroem
Sinfonia del Mare
Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano
Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra



Followed by -

Stenhammar
Symphony No. 2 in G minor, Op. 34
Stig Westerberg, conductor
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra



Pettersson
Symphony No. 7
Leif Segerstam, conductor
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

Bork, bork, bork!

https://www.youtube.com/v/sY_Yf4zz-yo

TD: Brahms Serenade No. 1:

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Bork, bork, bork!

https://www.youtube.com/v/sY_Yf4zz-yo

Love it! I really miss The Muppet Show.

[JBS]

I liked it very much,good atmoshere.

The Metamorphosen in that set is perhaps the best recording of that work I have heard.  I have it coupled with Mshler 9 and Tod u. Verklarung. Its chief rival in my affections is Barbarolli (again coupled with Mahler, the Sixth in this case).

TD

I have it as CD 1 of 3 in one of those  Warner DB in Fedora sets, but frankly this cover is much better.

[SymphonicAddict]

Wonderful arrangements/transcriptions. They sound like whether they were originally intended for orchestra.

[SymphonicAddict]

Three Swedish symphonies:

Up first -

Nystroem
Sinfonia del Mare
Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano
Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra



Followed by -

Stenhammar
Symphony No. 2 in G minor, Op. 34
Stig Westerberg, conductor
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra



Pettersson
Symphony No. 7
Leif Segerstam, conductor
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

Great selection! Which one is your favorite?

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Great selection! Which one is your favorite?

I love them all for different musical reasons and personal tastes. I like the Nystroem for the poetic yet brooding atmosphere. The Stenhammar is a Late-Romantic masterpiece, IMHO. It's a combination of swashbuckling heroics and gorgeous lyricism. The Petterson 7th (my favorite from him) is by turns ominous and foreboding but not without moments of heart-rendering emotionalism.

[Daverz]

Copycatting.

Bork, bork, bork!

Pettersson: Symphony No. 7

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Nystroem: Sinfonia Shakespeariana,

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Stenhammar: Symphony No. 2

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Debussy
En blanc et noir
Stephen Coombs & Christopher Scott, pianos

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Debussy
Images, Livre I & II
Zoltán Kocsis

[Mandryka]

After a disappointing concert experience with this mass, I'm reminding myself how good the music can be when performed correctly. This is one of my favourite Dufay recordings, if not my favourite recording of masses by him.

[Que]

After a disappointing concert experience with this mass, I'm reminding myself how good the music can be when performed correctly. This is one of my favourite Dufay recordings, if not my favourite recording of masses by him.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Maletto use trumpets, trombones and sackbutts and stuff?

Q

[San Antone]

I created a Spotify playlist of these four recordings of Cipriano de Rore:



While I am still assimilating the differences, I feel myself leaning towards the Schmelzer.

[Que]

I created a Spotify playlist of these four recordings of Cipriano de Rore:



While I am still assimilating the differences, I feel myself leaning towards the Schmelzer.

Nice project! 

Q

[Mandryka]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Maletto use trumpets, trombones and sackbutts and stuff?

Q

Yes. And they greatly enhance the music.

[Mandryka]

I created a Spotify playlist of these four recordings of Cipriano de Rore:



While I am still assimilating the differences, I feel myself leaning towards the Schmelzer.

I like the Rooley, it's the difference between lieder and opera. Between warm and fluffy and sharp like a cactus. (Do you know the song Le monde entier est un cactus?)

[San Antone]

I like the Rooley, it's the difference between lieder and opera.

Yes, I do too.  Which surprised me since I was predisposed not to; thinking it would sound old-fashioned, or hooty, or something.      The only one of these four that I can say I will not revisit is the Eric Van Nevel.  The recitations were an immediate turn-off.

[Que]

Yes. And they greatly enhance the music.

I thought so... I recall some of his Glossa recordings. To each his own... 

Q

[Mandryka]

The recitations were an immediate turn-off.

I cut them out immediately with audacity -- you can have the files if you want, I listen to it often (but maybe because I put so much work in.) There's another Rore CD by Nevel/Currende consort.

My thought when I listened again to the Rooley yesterday was that he's something of a one trick pony . . . it's very similar to the approach he takes in Monteverdi (and I like his Monteverdi too.)

[Mandryka]

I thought so... I recall some of his Glossa recordings. To each his own... 

Q

I think you're wrong to reject it on those grounds, there are so many interesting things going on there, the style of voice production, the tactus, the harmonies, and the brass is very well done.  I appreciate that without downloads/streaming it's hard for you to hear things before judging, but you could easily correct that you know . . .