Repertoire: 10 Stunning Albums of Non-Standard Repertoire (4) on ONDINE
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2022
- And here's the list (in no particular order):
Sallinen: Songs of LIfe and Death; The Iron Age Suite
Lindberg: Piano Concerto; KRAFT
Rouse: Der Gerettete Alberich; Rapture; Violin Concerto
Pingoud: Prophet; Song of Space; others
Prokofiev: Complete Piano Sonatas (Matti Raekallio, piano)
Klami: Works for Orchestra (The Cobblers on the Heath; Karelian Rhapsody, etc)
Corigliano: Phantasmagoria; To Music; Fantasia on an Ostinato; Three Hallucinations
Raitio: Orchestral Works (2 separate discs)
Madetoja: Symphonies 1-3 and Orchestral Works (2 separate discs)
Rautavaara: Concertos (12) 4-CD set - Hudba
We Madetoja fans have been blessed: for such a little-known--but really wonderful--composer, we've had at least four recorded symphony cycles: on Chandos, Alba, Finlandia, and Ondine. He sounds a bit like a cross between Sibelius, Bax, and Suk. And really, there could be no higher praise :)
Agree, Ondine is a great label. Hannu Lintu has given us a terrific Lutoslawski symphony cycle there, too. My favorite Rautavaara is also on Ondine-his Vigilia! I have been so impressed with his choral music in general.
Many thanks for this series! Pingoud is a completely new name to me - and this from someone who is always hungry for non-standard repertoire. I can't wait for the next entries; CPO could furnish enough material for its own mini-series within the series.
Many thanks to you for bringing Finnish music to the fore. In Finland, a really large number of important composers and musicians have grown up behind Sibelius. Interesting and talented composers of the 20th century modern period (impressionism, expressionism, neoclassicism, modernism, late romanticism) were:
Ilmari Hannikainen (1892-1955), melodical and lyrical style, represents late romanticism or even national romanticism, he is better known as a pianist, but composed very beautiful piano minuatures and vocal music.
Väinö Raitio (1891-1945), modernist, you presented him well.
Aarre Merikanto (1893-1958), modernist.
Uuno Klami (1900-1960), modernist with impressionistic nuances.
Einar Englund (1916-1999)
Ahti Sonninen (1914-1984)
Tauno Pylkkänen (1918-1980), mainly opera composer, has other great vocal music too
Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996), very versatile composer, academic.
Ondine is a wonderful label, especially for its opera recordings of, say, Merikanto's Juha (a Finnish gem), Pylkkanen's Mare & Her Son, Launis' Aslak Hetta, and Tubin's two operas (not to mention Madetoja's The Ostrobothnians and Juha in particular).
My chief problem is that some of these recordings tend to not stay in print for long, unfortunately.
Thanks for bringing Raitio and Pingoud to light. If we only had a new recording of Raitio's Moonlight on Jupiter! The CZcams version comes from a non-commercial LP with a very distinctive scratch!
I treasure my Ondine recordings, many recommended by you!
So glad you mentioned the Sallinen Songs of Life and Death/Iron Age Suite album - two of my favorite vocal works of the 20th century. I’m not always entirely convinced by Sallinen’s symphonies (save for No. 4, which is one of the greatest late-20th century symphonies in my view), but those two vocal works show him at his lyrical, expressive, and colorful best.
Yeah can absolutely attest to the fact the Corigliano disc mentioned is fabulous. Actually Corigliano is well worth getting to know (the Altered States soundtrack mentioned which the Three Hallucinations are culled from is extraordinarily good), his 1st Symphony a work of Mahlerian power (Corigliano is an eclectic too, juxtaposing different styles but always distinctively modern in idiom) and his wind band music, Circus Maximus (actually his 3rd Symphony) and the delightful Gazebo Dances are all fantastic IMHO. Actually Naxos are to be praised too as they have quite a few discs devoted to Corigliano.
Thanks for all the suggestions. A lot of new composers to discover for me. The Sallinen disc is fabulous indeed and the Prokofiev cycle is my favorite. On Ondine, I also really like the Vasks cycle conducted by Storgard and the Nielsen by Oramo that were already discussed in other videos.
Thanks for exploring these Ondine recordings with us. I agree with John Wright that Ondine's Rautavaara recordings are excellent. I particularly like his eighth symphony. I agree with Chris Little about CPO. Felix Weingartner recorded the first complete Beethoven symphony cycle commercially. His seven symphonies are recorded on CPO. Sir Andrzej Panufnik's fine orchestral works are recorded on CPO. Please consider reviewing these box sets. He re-established the Warsaw Philharmonic after World War II, but fled the communist régime and came to Britain in 1954. He became the chief conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, but after two years, he resigned to devote his energies to composition. Two excellent characters, whose music should be better know.
Great collection and if I may offer the 11th recording it would be Melartin's Marjatta/Traumgesicht CD with Finnish RSO/Hannu Lintu!
Great label. Thanks for an interesting & varied selection. Ondine's recording of Rautavaara's atmospheric opera, 'Aleksis Kivi', is superb too
It's a lovely work. I attended the premiere in Finland. It was great fun.
Absolutely love your videos that have further helped my love of classical music immensely. Any possibility of your thoughts on two composers: Rued Langgaard and Arvo Part ( 2 of my all time faves!) Thank you again.
Sure, I am thinking about them both.
Thumbs up for Pingoud and Raitio (mostly), two names that you don't stumble upon frequently. When will their symphonies and concerti see the light of day? I think there is more good stuff in their outputs.
These non-standard repertoire surveys are quickly becoming some of my most anticipated videos. Fortunately, there are some affordable used copies of the Pingoud disc floating around out there, so I quickly scooped that one up. I love all of the Rautavaara recordings that I've heard from Ondine, and just got in a handful of them last week from Presto. Everything except the Rautavaara and Prokofiev is new to me, so lots to explore, but it all sounds interesting.
Speaking of Finnish music, I know you said in your video about your books that you've learned from the Sibelius book that most people don't want to get more than what they wanted; they just want what they wanted. I just wanted to say that, at least for me, the small touches surveying the post-Sibelius Finnish landscape was actually a good selling point for me, but of course I'm just one person, and thanks to the video, I also knew in advance. Hopefully it helped sell others too. I did happen to get a copy with the discs, so that's handy for further exploration.
Thank you. That's very good to know!
Those recordings of the Melartin symphonies on Ondine are wonderful!
No, actually, they really need to be redone. The music is lovely, but the recordings have dated.
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And it turns out that the editions of at least some of the symphonies were corrected/updated (as in the Third for instance).
@@davidhollingsworth1847 Apparently Melartin himself kept revising his symphonies, so many of the ”cuts” are actually his own edits.
Kraft , as advertised, is an absolute knockout! I got a nice bonus while looking for the Lindberg disc; I stumbled across a recent BIS recording of Eliasson's Trombone Concerto with Christian Lindberg. It was coupled with Symphonies 3 & 4 and I'm sure the disc wouldn't have been out of place in this group (if it hadn't been limited to Ondine, of course). I particularly like the rather imposing 4th with Sakari Oramo.
I've been listening to a lot of off-the-beaten-track Finnish music because of this video, which caused me to stumble across Aarre Merikanto, who was completely new to me. I must say, I've absolutely loved every minute of his music so far. I'm listening to his third piano concerto right now, and I think it's a stunner.
Of course, I ran straight to CZcams to find out what you have to say about him, but I don't think you've done a Merikanto video. Can we expect your thoughts on his music at some point?
Thanks again for the amazing resource you're building here.
Sure!
Mr. Hurwitz, I have an idea about a series that may interest you: anachronistic composers (or compositions)!; works not of their time, either because they look to the future or because they're grounded on the past. I know this isn't related to this video, but I didn't know where to post the thought. All the best, Manuel.
Thank you for the suggestion. I will certainly think about it.
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Bis is another record lable that would be great to cover.
Your description of Raitio sound quite similar to that of George Rochberg.
Already done.