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A performance of Vieuxtemps 3rd String quartet has appeared on IMSLP

https://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No.3,_Op.52_(Vieuxtemps,_Henri)#IMSLP836689

Nothing we haven't heard elsewhere - but I am curious about the first movement of the Sextet in C being 4 minutes longer than the CPO recording...

https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68380

Does anyone know why Naxos do not include the finale of Zemlinsky's Symphony No 1 on their recording?

The sleeve notes actually refer to the third and final movement.

https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.223166

Very entertaining. Colourful melodies and orchestration. Piano part written to impress a concert hall audience. Is there a chord missing from the end?

[ This refers to the recent post in our Downloads Board - Mark]

Have folk seen this website? I did a search to check and couldn't find it on here. It contains news of an interesting Larry Todd book on Fanny Mendelssohn and some recordings of her music.

https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195180800/audio/

A performance of Poseidon and Amphitrite by John Knowles Paine has appeared on IMSLP. It is by the Marine Chamber Orchestra.

Performance and Composition of curiosity value even if not revelatory of great things.

https://imslp.org/wiki/Poseidon_and_Amphitrite,_Op.44_(Paine,_John_Knowles)#IMSLP590523

I recently listened to a recording of Balakirev's Symphony No 1 by the Russian State Symphony Orchestra & Igor Golovschin on Naxos. I listened to it because I was not happy with my USSR Symphony Orchestra & Evgeni Svetlanov recording on Regis.

I then listened to my Svetlanov version again and found it made much more sense. I think what has happened is that the Golovschin version is played slower and performed with less pronounced accents so it was like having the symphony explained to me slowly and simply, so when I went back to the faster and more dramatic account by Svetlanov it made far more sense. The effect was most noticeable in the first movement which has an unusual quasi sonata structure. I actually prefer the Svetlanov now.

I am writing this not because I think Balakirev is Unsung, he is perhaps under-sung, but because I am wondering if anyone else has come across this effect? The effect being that of a very different performance enlightening a performance that at first had seemed unsatisfactory? (hope that's within the remit of the site!)

I have wondered for a long time if I should put some of my music on here...it's kind of in the Romantic style, I'm not that confident about it, but it is certainly unsung.

I also am aware my Score writing Programme produces a sound like a declining Hammond Organ.

Anyhoo - here you go,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbmeuoYSHak

Unsung

I have noticed composers occasionally post original music on this site.

Thoughts...

1/Is that Ok?

2/Should there be a section for it?

3/It clearly can't be 'Romantic era' music but it can be Romantic in style, is that close enough?

So what key is Cartellieri's 4th Symphony in? Anyone with perfect pitch out there? Or who can have a look at the score? Why do CPO or the Evergreens not explain why they are not indicating a key?