Hello everyone. I thought perhaps some "Contemporary Music" would be of interest as well. I have about 3000 Lp’s. Some rock, jazz, folk rock but the bulk of my collection is Classical with about 800 being 20th Century only. I enjoy almost all forms oof music but get a particular thrill discovering music that I have never hear of, much less heard.
Starker doing the Kodaly unacompanied Cello Sonata on Period Pecords is a killer of gigantic proportions. I wish you could all hear it in the original in mono. Here is Starker playing it at a much later date:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MEUIGjfHNw
Most people that I know, who do listen to Classical music, draw the line at Schoenburg. So, here are a few of my favourites:
Hans Werner Henze. I have over 30 of his recordings on DG Lp’s. All of these are very good recordings.
Doppio Concerto (1966), for oboe, harp & strings (Holliger, 2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J__TrbevCw
Il Vitalino raddoppiato, for violin & chamber orchestra (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvk7vYP8EwQ
Labyrinth, Apollo et Hyazinthus, Wiegenlied der Mutter Gottes & L’usignolo dell’imperatore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhKxGNU4y8U
Elliot Carter. A 20th century giant. He composed untill he died at 101.
String quartet No.1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTR1vnBeXzA
Piano Sonata
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpZkNgoApm4
(Variations for Orchestra)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_tb0JY2O5U
Here are some other greats;
Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Penderecki: The Devils of Loudun (Historical Studio Production from the Hamburg State Opera 1969)
Lutosławski - Concerto for Cello (Paul Watkins Cellist, Proms 2013)
Starker doing the Kodaly unacompanied Cello Sonata on Period Pecords is a killer of gigantic proportions. I wish you could all hear it in the original in mono. Here is Starker playing it at a much later date:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MEUIGjfHNw
Most people that I know, who do listen to Classical music, draw the line at Schoenburg. So, here are a few of my favourites:
Hans Werner Henze. I have over 30 of his recordings on DG Lp’s. All of these are very good recordings.
Doppio Concerto (1966), for oboe, harp & strings (Holliger, 2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J__TrbevCw
Il Vitalino raddoppiato, for violin & chamber orchestra (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvk7vYP8EwQ
Labyrinth, Apollo et Hyazinthus, Wiegenlied der Mutter Gottes & L’usignolo dell’imperatore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhKxGNU4y8U
Elliot Carter. A 20th century giant. He composed untill he died at 101.
String quartet No.1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTR1vnBeXzA
Piano Sonata
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpZkNgoApm4
(Variations for Orchestra)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_tb0JY2O5U
Here are some other greats;
Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Penderecki: The Devils of Loudun (Historical Studio Production from the Hamburg State Opera 1969)
Lutosławski - Concerto for Cello (Paul Watkins Cellist, Proms 2013)