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[Kalevala]

Up to usual high standard of conducting French music, K. Jean Fournet's large discography is made of nearly totally French orchestral music with little actually recorded in France. Many fine recordings with Czech Philharmonic for Supraphon, which I treasure. He also recorded in the Netherlands for Philips. Towards the end of his career he moved to Japan and made recordings for Denon. Fournet can safely described as a specialist conductor and worldwide promoter of French music. 

I recalled reading that he was a fine conductor and also associating him with French music.  Any idea as to why he recorded so little actually in France?

K

[Harry]

A Room of Her Own.
Chamber Music.
Works by: Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)-Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)-Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983) Dame Ethel Smyth (1858– 1944).
See back cover for details.
Neave Trio
Anna Williams, violin.
Mikhail Veselov, cello.
Eri Nakamura, piano.
Recording: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, 2023.

Lili Boulanger is still a tough nut to crack for me. Her D'un Soire Triste is a passionate composition with some disturbing harmonies, bend on sending out a disturbing message. I do not readily connect to her idiom. Tailleferre is another instance for me to find its worth, but I am trying to make sense of it. Chaminade and Smyth ist "Gefundenes fressen" for mich, always was. Performance and sound are very good!

[vandermolen]

Glazunov: Symphony No.4

[vandermolen]

Popov: Symphony No.2 'Motherland' New Alto release

[VonStupp]

George Lloyd
Symphony 7 'Proserpine'
Symphony 8
BBC PO & Philharmonia - George Lloyd

These two symphonies take a turn towards moodier settings. More harmonic uncertainty exists compared to what I heard in the previous six.
VS

[Traverso]

Mozart

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

[brewski]

Watching the live press conference with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's new music director, Cristian Mӑcelaru, introducing the new season.

Cincinnati is lucky.

[Traverso]

Mozart

[pianococo90]

Gerard Pesson
Mes béatitudes

[ritter]

Ernest Ansermet conducts the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Ravel: Boléro and Le Tombeau de Couperin.

From CDs 13 and 9, respectively, of this set:



I acknowledge the historical relevance of Ansermet as a conductor of 20th century music and all that, but must confess that I find most of his recordings undistinguished; not bad, simply undistinguished (well, except when there's choirs involved, then things can turn really dreadful -- some of those Geneva choirs were  squalid-sounding  ).



 

[Harry]

Alla Venetiana.
Early 16th Century Venetian Lute Music.
See back cover for details.
Paul O'Dette, Lute. Which Lute?
No PDF file attached to this recording.
Recorded: 1997. Venue?

A wonderful performance. During the Renaissance the Lute was the most popular instrument in Italy, and elsewhere. The music is divided into three divisions of pieces I think, namely arrangements of well-known and popular (polyphonic) vocal movements, dances, and preludes. Of all three  O'Dette plays a fair amount of them. Excellent recording.

[Traverso]

Bach

[Karl Henning]

CD 12 recorded 16 Nov 1946

[ritter]

Eduardo Mata conducts Falla's Homenajes suite (Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar).

From this set:

[Que]

[Que]

Ernest Ansermet conducts the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Ravel: Boléro and Le Tombeau de Couperin.

From CDs 13 and 9, respectively, of this set:



I acknowledge the historical relevance of Ansermet as a conductor of 20th century music and all that, but must confess that I find most of his recordings undistinguished; not bad, simply undistinguished (well, except when there's choirs involved, then things can turn really dreadful -- some of those Geneva choirs were  squalid-sounding  ).

I once bought this set specifically for exploring French Music, and have to agree... 

[Karl Henning]

CD 12 recorded 16 Nov 1946

I don't often listen to the Tchaikovsky First Concerto (thanks to Radio Overkill) but when I do, I love it. I just had to replay the Andantino semplice and Allegro con fuoco.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Reza Vali: The Being of Love.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Eduardo Mata conducts Falla's Homenajes suite (Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar).

From this set:

How do you like the set? Not a big fan of the cover art.

[Que]