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 At long last, (there have been major distribution problems with this disc in the UK. I eventually canceled my order at HMV when MDT came up with a lower price, but it still took a further fortnight or so to arrive). Well worth the wait though. I note that the '1st' and '2nd' concertos are in the pipeline for 2009. So what about the Triple Concerto and Choral Fantasia? I do hope they get round to them too. |
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« Reply #3661 on: 19:15:13, 18-09-2008 » |
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Charles Koechlin The Jungle Book, symphonic poems based on the books by Rudyard Kipling. Berlin RSO, David Zinman. A fine disc, b-b-m, only the tenor (Johan Botha) in the Three Poems has a terrible voice.  |
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Charles Koechlin The Jungle Book, symphonic poems based on the books by Rudyard Kipling. Berlin RSO, David Zinman. A fine disc, b-b-m, only the tenor (Johan Botha) in the Three Poems has a terrible voice. True; though I think Holliger's recording of La course du printemps show the subtleties of the orchestration better than Zinman's. I'm fascinated by Koechlin's music. Anyone who likes Le loi de la jungle should have a listen to Le docteur Fabricius which is a much more extended work beginning from the same kind of stark monody and developing (very very very slowly) eventually into a vision of the night sky complete with soaring Ondes Martenot. |
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« Reply #3663 on: 19:48:54, 18-09-2008 » |
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Koechlin was a fascinating figure indeed, Richard. I'm looking for a good recording of the Seven Stars Symphony. The one issued by BMG isn't very good. I believe I saw an "Esprit Francaise" recording in an EMI catalogue many years ago. Good to know that Holliger is a good Koechlin conductor. Do you know if Jean Martinon has recorded pieces by Koechlin?
Koechlin's three-dimensional photographs are also interesting, by the way. We have a club for 3D photography enthusiasts here in Maassluis.
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« Reply #3664 on: 19:56:50, 18-09-2008 » |
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All of Holliger's Koechlin recordings are worth having, I think - there's the two already mentioned plus a double CD of music for solo voice(s) and orchestra and Les heures persanes, which I particularly like. I think there must have been an earlier recording of the Seven Stars Symphony, because I'm sure I remember there existing an LP of the work. However that's as much as I can dredge from my memory.
Does anyone know his chamber music? There seems to be a lot of that too.
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Charles Koechlin The Jungle Book, symphonic poems based on the books by Rudyard Kipling. Berlin RSO, David Zinman. A fine disc, b-b-m, only the tenor (Johan Botha) in the Three Poems has a terrible voice. True; though I think Holliger's recording of La course du printemps show the subtleties of the orchestration better than Zinman's. I'm fascinated by Koechlin's music. Anyone who likes Le loi de la jungle should have a listen to Le docteur Fabricius which is a much more extended work beginning from the same kind of stark monody and developing (very very very slowly) eventually into a vision of the night sky complete with soaring Ondes Martenot. Thanks, Richard - duly noted. I have a stack of strange pieces by Koechlin for unaccompanied horns, some (many?) using natural harmonics . . . |
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« Reply #3666 on: 20:09:10, 18-09-2008 » |
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I have a beautiful Koechlin piece for ondes martenot (on tape): Vers de Soleil. I also remember a piece for flute. I like Koechlin's orchestral songs, but I never heard any of his non-orchestral songs.
I see that a few Koechlin chamber pieces can be found on Youtube.
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« Reply #3667 on: 07:23:18, 19-09-2008 » |
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I believe I heard that on R3 a few weeks bak now. I think they were talking about the ondes martenot, actually, and if my brain cells serve me correctly, they had this piece on, or did Jean Francaix compose a piece with OM? One of the two.
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I have a beautiful Koechlin piece for ondes martenot (on tape): Vers de Soleil. I also remember a piece for flute. I like Koechlin's orchestral songs, but I never heard any of his non-orchestral songs.
I see that a few Koechlin chamber pieces can be found on Youtube.
Just had a bash through some Koechlin piano music from IMSLP: Paysages et marines, op. 63 I can't understand the appeal of these. I can well understand the appal, though, if it exists. Maybe because they're adead of their time? |
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« Reply #3669 on: 09:40:57, 19-09-2008 » |
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I have the EMI Seven Stars Symphony recording on LP, Pim, though, like all my other LPs, it's in storage right now: I've not heard that later BMG version, though a dealer I trust (and who indeed persuaded me to buy the EMI when first released) thought it far inferior to the earlier version. There's a wonderful ondes movement in that, too: is it Garbo? I notice that there's another Jungle Book set doing the rounds: a reissue of a 2002 set under Steuart Bedford http://www.amazon.fr/Le-Livre-De-La-Jungle/dp/B0013FDTOA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1221813146&sr=1-1Has anyone any experience of it? |
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« Reply #3670 on: 16:25:50, 19-09-2008 » |
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NS here, RVW 9 from the Previn/LSO boxed set I got in the post yesterday. Good golly Miss Molly. I'm starting to see what all the fuss here is about.  |
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NS here, RVW 9 from the Previn/LSO boxed set I got in the post yesterday. Good golly Miss Molly. I'm starting to see what all the fuss here is about. And have you heard The Swinging Blue Jeans version of the Tallis Fantasia? |
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« Reply #3672 on: 06:57:44, 20-09-2008 » |
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I have the EMI Seven Stars Symphony recording on LP, Pim, though, like all my other LPs, it's in storage right now: I've not heard that later BMG version, though a dealer I trust (and who indeed persuaded me to buy the EMI when first released) thought it far inferior to the earlier version. There's a wonderful ondes movement in that, too: is it Garbo? I notice that there's another Jungle Book set doing the rounds: a reissue of a 2002 set under Steuart Bedford http://www.amazon.fr/Le-Livre-De-La-Jungle/dp/B0013FDTOA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1221813146&sr=1-1Has anyone any experience of it? That BMG version was an early attempt to create a "surround" sound but it failed completely: the last movement is terribly noisy and out of tune. I see that Iris Vermillon is singing on that Bedford recording of The Jungle Book. She's also singing on the Zinman recording. |
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« Reply #3673 on: 16:17:29, 20-09-2008 » |
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Boris Lyatoshinsky (1895-1968). 4th and 5th Symphonies. Not heard of him? He composed the first Ukrainian symphony. 4 + 5, both of which date from the 1960s, are well worth hearing, especially no. 5. Dramatic, melodic, developmental and basically tonal, but unafraid of dissonance, especially bitonal. Highly skilled orchestration - likes his dark brass colours but with some surprising harp and tuned percussion moments. More info http://mx.groups.yahoo.com/group/lomejordelamusicaclasica/message/2914 |
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I hate to admit it, but: Pink Floyd - AGAIN  I'll get me coat! |
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