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[Von der Liebe – Sieben Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke op. 99]

...forthcoming from Acte Préalable:
https://acteprealable.com/catalogues/coming-soon/ap0505/

Von der Liebe – Sieben Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke op. 99
1. Und wie mag die Liebe dir kommen sein
2. Das war der Tag
3. Einen Maitag mit dir beisammen sein
4. Wir saßen beide in Gedanken
5. Schon starb der Tag
6. Es leuchteten im Garten die Syringen
7. Es ist lang

Symphonische Legende op. 53
1. Wohlbefinden des Landes unter der Herrschaft Boleslaus dem Kühnen
2. Kriegsmarch des Königs nach Kiew
3. Scene in der Kirche

Évocations – Symphonie fantastique in E major op. 73
1. Moderato
2. Allegro con spirito
3. Adagio sostenuto
4. Tema con variazioni

...forthcoming from Oehms:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/carl-loewe-jan-hus-op-82/hnum/11487595

An idea of the piece can be gained from this (different) performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al0--OL20x4

We've been here before with this composer, but maybe this'll prove a bit more attractive...
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9484942--ichmouratov-piano-concerto-viola-concerto-no-1

Completely missed this one:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8496308--alfreds-kalnins-moments-musicaux

...forthcoming from MDG:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/kammermusik/hnum/11451545

...forthcoming from Dacapo. Audio samples here:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9479755--paul-von-klenau-concertos-symphony-no-8

More about the Symphony here:
https://bachtrack.com/review-hans-graf-bomsori-kim-klenau-singapore-symphony-april-2021

I note that in his review of the reissue of Andrew Penny's recording of German's 2nd Symphony on Naxos at MusicWeb that Gary Higginson says: <<To me, this is the finest British symphony before Elgar.>>
https://www.musicwebinternational.com/2023/03/german-symphony-2-naxos/

An interesting opinion, I thought, so I dug out my copy of John Wilson's recording on Dutton and I must say it's a very fine work in an idiom which certainly has certain pre-echoes of Elgar (it dates from 1893). Whether's it's superior to the best of Stanford, Parry or Cliffe (or Cowen, Sullivan, etc.) I couldn't say, but it's a view that has one thinking...

Sounds rather exciting:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9467958--mercadante-messa-solenne

<<In the last decade, research in the Genoa archives has revealed a series of important manuscripts, one of which is Saverio Mercadante's Messa solenne. This magnificent score requires four vocal soloists, a male choir – women were then forbidden to sing in church – and a large orchestra with extensive concertante roles for cor anglais and violin. It was premiered in January 1868, two years before Mercadante's death, and shows the composer's artistic maturity at its peak: opulent orchestration, extensive counterpoint, intricate instrumental textures, rich lyricism and fugal mastery. This world première recording amplifies the significance of the Genoese musical tradition.>>
https://naxosdirect.co.uk/items/saverio-mercadante-messa-solenne-603497

Details here:
https://daniels-orchestral.com/johannes-brahms/symphony-f-minor-orchd-holloway/

To be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Wednesday 29th March during the Afternoon Concert which starts at 2pm:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001k8hf
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann (conductor)

Who knew? Certainly not I!

Both early works dating from the composer's mid-teens, they're on cpo.

Review here:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2000/dec00/leharSonatas.htm

...forthcoming from Ondine:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9464597--melcher-melchers-symphony-in-d-minor-la-kermesse-elegie

The Symphony is a stunning work - already available on a first-class Phono Suecia CD from some 20 years ago.

This is a new release from Toccata - and absolutely fabulous it is too:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9454410--richard-flury-orchestral-music-vol-3

Two fully late-romantic symphonies (dating from 1922-23 and 1950-51). Do try this release!

...forthcoming from Opera Rara:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/il-proscritto/hnum/11173879
...featuring that great tenor, Ramon Vargas.

More here:
https://opera-rara.com/donor-portal-il-proscritto

All I can say is 'yummy!' It's going to be properly sung!!

Just recently I heard the last movement toccata from this magnificent work for the first time and realised that this was probably the successor to the famous movement from Widor's 5th Organ symphony. I managed to track down Daniel Chorzempa's recording from 1987 which is spectacular.

The problem I find with Vierne is the increasingly chromatic nature of his later music, so this 1st Organ Symphony suits me fine. However, should I venture further into his organ music - and, if so, how far?

...coupled with Brahms' Cello Sonata No.1, a superb recording on the Quartz label:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9367284--the-brahms-connection

...forthcoming from Hänssler:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/johanna-senfter-saemtliche-werke-fuer-viola-klavier/hnum/11161411

Featuring Oliver Triendl!

...forthcoming from cpo:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/joachim-raff-streichquartette-nr-1-5/hnum/8992775

...forthcoming from Hänssler:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/johanna-mueller-hermann-klavierquintett-g-moll-op-31/hnum/11161406

Featuring Oliver Triendl!

See download here: https://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php/topic,9023.msg92381.html#new

This is interesting as we have very little of Rudorff's orchestral output. This overture, first  published in 1868, is fairly conventional, though thoroughly enjoyable, with only the occasional hint of the more radical rhythmic wildness that characterises his much later 3rd Symphony (pub. 1910).

Composed 1931-2, this sounds rather like Franz Schmidt:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/wilhelm-petersen-sinfonie-3-op-30/hnum/11133486