The 14th-strictly speaking-is mid-period Brian D The later Brian would be from around No.22 onwards. :( I did like the section in the middle with the harp floating mysteriously above the low brass, but that's about it. 6 works leave me cold, for the most part. All I can say is more power to those that can get something out of Brian's later works! D This and pretty much all post-Symphony no. 14 (which in only available in the Archive) tonight. In an attempt to warm up to Havergal Brian's later style, I listened to his Symphony no. If you catch the Atterberg bug (which I guarantee you will )), snap these up after exploring the recordings pictured above:īut that's just my own opinion, of course! Just let me know if you need any more help with recommendations. The VC is a highly-charged, intense work on a symphonic scale with the typical Atterbergian soaring melodies.
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The PC is a hyper-romantic work in the vein of Rachmaninov which boasts some memorable melodies. I highly recommend the three CPO discs which supplement the symphonies cycle (the main works on each of them are the PC, the VC and the Symphony for Strings).
From there, I would explore the symphonies in this order: 2, 5, 1, 6, 4, 8, 7, 9. My favorite Atterberg symphony and a good starting point IMO is the Third (subtitled West Coast Pictures), which is an breathtakingly gorgeous piece with some vivid nature painting. I'm the Atterberg man around here D, so I'd be happy to give you some recommendations :) The complete symphonies set on CPO is essential listening as far as I'm concerned. I have been meaning to explore Atterberg! I have downloaded symphonies 1, 6 and 8 and the PC - but with so much to listen to not managed it yet! Anything you can recommend as representative of his best work? Atterberg's music never fails to warm my heart :) The Siciliano from the Suite Barocco is five minutes of pure heavenly beauty :) It's always good to return to old friends like Atterberg after a day of listening to composers like Tüür and Bainbridge. I was finally able to get ahold of this incredibly hard-to-find disc of some of Atterberg's "lighter" music. There's just so much better music out there, such as what's next on my listening schedule: At the moment, I'm not really convinced persevering with Bainbridge's music will yield many rewards. It's unlike anything else I've ever heard. It has a hypnotic, almost surrealist quality that I fail to comprehend. I honestly don't know what to think of Simon Bainbridge's complex music. Just finished listening to Fantasia for Double Orchestra (my second listening of this work). Title: Re: What are you currently listening to? Kalsons is a composer well worth your time! :) BTW there are two other Kalsons pieces besides Retrospection which are not available on CD or for DL here than can be found on YT:Ĭantata Parting Words for soprano, men's chorus and orchestra: The solo clarinet gives the last word of this beautiful piece in which not a note is wasted. The bright, propulsive energy of the middle section comes as a surprise, but it soon comes to a halt with a reprise of the waltz theme. The latter piece belongs to Kalsons' neo-romantic period and begins with a lengthy, mysterious clarinet solo which leads into a slow, melancholy waltz which is an obvious homage to Sibelius' Valse triste. The former begins dark and Shostakovichian, but the mood soon lightens with some grin-inducing Prokofievian irony along the way. Today I listened to his Concerto Grosso for Trumpet, French Horn and Orchestra (available in our DLs) and his Retrospection for orchestra (available on YT). His earlier works take Prokofiev and Shostakovich as their points of departure, but, more recently, Kalsons' style has evolved into a lushly melodic brand of neo-romanticism which produces quite beautiful results. I've really been getting into the music of Latvian composer Romualds Kalsons (1936-) lately.
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