Le Divin Poeme, or the 3rd Symphony by Scriabin

Scriabin 3rd Symphony

Jean Sibelius Symphony No.1 in E minor, op.39

Sibelius Symphony No.1

London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux playing Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations

Enigma Variations

Pierre Monteux conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Maurice Ravel Daphnis & Chloe

Daphnis et Chloe

Wow, found a motivational boost for my 20th Century listening. Alex Ross’ great book The Rest is Noise has been turned into a Festival at Southbank. Looks like a London trip is going to be on the cards this year!

For more info follow the following links:

The Rest is Noise Festival Southbank

Alex Ross Website – The Rest is Noise

Review from The Economist

Erwartung op.17 by Arnold Schoenberg. Anja Silja with the Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Cristoph von Dohnyanyi

Erwartung

A couple of CDs from the Mercury Living Presence Boxed-Set to pass the time:

Howard Hanson conducting the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra “Fiesta in Hi-Fi”

Mexican Rhapsody by Robert McBride
Savannah River Holiday by Ron Nelson
Kentucky Mountain Portraits by Lyndol Mitchell
Joe Clark Steps Out by Charles G. Vardell, Jr.
Sahdji (ballet) by William Grant Still
Overture to the Creole “Faust” by Alberto Ginastera

then

Antal Dorati conducting the London Symphony Orchestra & the Minneapolis Symphony – works by Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Scythian Suite, Op.20
Suite from “The Love for Three Oranges”, Op.33a
Symphony No.5, Op.100

Listening to Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi playing Copland’s 3rd Symphony. What impresses me about Copland’s ‘American’ sound is the way the soundscapes could equally evoke vast plains of grass or metropolitan canyons.

Copland Symphony No.3

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