What music have you bought recently?

[Montefalco]

There was a thread similar to this one in the jazz forum, but I thought I'd start specifically for classical music.

I have ordered a solo piano disc by Sven-Erik Back.

[Fretless]

Is that the name of the composer, performer, or both?
I just ordered a major end-of-school-year/pre-father's-day haul from Amazon.
I do not usually splurge like this but it was a difficult year.

Twilight of the Gods
Noah Creshevsky

Ingram Marshall: September Canons
Biber: Violin Sonatas Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Hans Werner Henze: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 9; Barcarola; Three Auden Songs

CARTER, E.: String Quartets (Complete) / 100th Anniversary Release (3CD+1DVD Box Set Release) E. Carter
Whispers Out of Time: Works for Orchestra by Roger Reynolds

I haven't heard any of these works with the exception of a couple of Carter's string quartets; and Reynolds, Marshall, and Creshevsky are completely new composers for me.

[Montefalco]

Back is the name of the composer. The performer is Roland Pöntinen.
All of those look great, Fretless, especially the Henze symphonies.

[Corno Dolce]

The score of Kaikhosru Sorabji's *Symphonic Variations* for piano - It takes about 9 hours to perform it - A real humdinger........

[Montefalco]

THe score of Kaikhosru Sorabji's *Symphonic Variations* for piano - It takes about 9 hours to perform it - A real humdinger........

Wow! I've seen some of the scores for Sorabji's works (1st/2nd Piano Sonatas) and to even be able to contemplate playing them is beyond me

[Corno Dolce]

If Sorabji is scary to you then try something easier, like Ronald Stevenson's *Passacaglia*...

[Montefalco]

Easier by 7 hours, that is
I think I might stick to my Grieg and Messiaen for a while yet

[Corno Dolce]

Well, a most fitting and proper preparation for Sorabji would be Messiaen's *Vingt regards sur L'enfant-Jesus*........

[Montefalco]

As a matter of fact, I am playing one of the Vingt Regards. No. 2, Regard de l'Etoile, which is one of the easier ones as far as I am aware

[martist]

Last CD I bought is Tchaikovsky 6th Symphony with Leonard Bernstein as conductor and Chicago Philharmony... Amazing performance! My favorite of this piece!

[Corno Dolce]

Bravo, Montefalco - Have fun with the piece. Messiaen speaks to all open hearts and minds through *Vingt Regards*.

[Montefalco]

I was recently in Sydney, and came back with a large haul of music;
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87
Liszt: Piano Music
Sculthorpe: String Quartets, vol. 3
Hindemith: Symphony 'Mathis der Mahler'
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite
Elgar: Cello Concerto

Also sheet music 'Scriabin: Complete Preludes and Etudes'

[Sebastian7]

The most recent music I bought was Delius's exquisite "Fennimore and Gerda" opera from itunes. Absolutely wonderful!

[Fretless]

I was recently in Sydney, and came back with a large haul of music;
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87
Liszt: Piano Music
Sculthorpe: String Quartets, vol. 3
Hindemith: Symphony 'Mathis der Mahler'
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite
Elgar: Cello Concerto

Also sheet music 'Scriabin: Complete Preludes and Etudes'

That's quite a haul. Who is performing the Beethoven and Shostakovich?

[Montefalco]

Beethoven Symphonies: Herbert von Karajan, conducting the Berliner Philharmo****r.
Shostakovich: Played by Tatiana Nikolayeva.