The first movement of this symphony was used for a one-act ballet by the American choreographer Crystal Pite, produced for the Royal Ballet in 2019. It was such a success she was asked to extend it to encompass the entire symphony, which ran last autumn. It was fantastic, as is this music.
Holst - The Planets 1971 Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony, Promo copy just acquired NM from Discogs seller
I’ve had that LP for a long time. It’s pretty decent.
Heinrich Schütz : Psalmen-Motetten-Konzerte
Cantus Cölln - Konrad Junghänel
Musica Fiata, Knabenchor Hannover
Edward Elgar : Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra - Sakari Oramo
Same time but different approaches: Music of Samuel Scheidt and Matthias Weckmann. Music, which was influenced by 30 years of war in middle Europe in 17th Century …
Chaya Czernowin : The Fabrication of Light
Ensemble Musikfabrik - Enno Poppe
BBC Music Magazine’s Recording of the Month from April. A third volume of Bach keyboard pieces transcribed for a collection of viols.
Ennemond Gaultier (c. 1575 – 1651): pieces for solo lute
Hopkinson Smith, lute
rec. 1987
Luigi Boccherini : String Quartets Op. 39 and 41
The Revolutionary Drawing Room
rec. 1993
Christoph Graupner : Cantatas for soprano and alto
Capricornus Consort Basel
Miriam Feuersinger, soprano
Franz Vitzthum, counter-tenor
I streamed this a couple of times and liked it so much I bought the 24/192 download today from Presto. The Pärt holds my interest, and the whole set is extremely well recorded IMO. The Bach is open and full of depth, unlike the overly opaque old Archiv CDs I have with Pinnock and the English Concert.
Egon Wellesz (1885-1974): late chamber works
Veles Ensemble
Peter Cigleris, clarinet
Gabriela Opacka-Boccadoro, violin
Pisendel composed really great music for violin. His music motivated Bach to compose his partitas and sonatas for violin solo …
