For me the symphonic music of both Parry and Stanford. Unbelievable that I didn't discover this wonderful music so many years earlier. I had some CD's, but no symphonies. It has been an utter delight exploring their music. Maybe for 2012 I will go deeper into their chamber music.
But for me the absolute trouvaille of the year is Samuragochi's Hiroshima Symphony. Each time I listen (without being disturbed) to this magical, extremely impressive symphony it leaves me completely overwhelmed.
This forum gives me a substantial pleasure in life, that's for sure.
Stanley Bate. I read the reviews of his Viola concerto before, of course. But only after both his Third (1940) and Fourth (1953) symphonies had been released, did I give them some credit. Bate really is a discovery of the first category, amply underlined by the recent release of his second piano concerto (1940) with the wonderful slow movement - that can also heard among the downloads of this site, in a historical recording with Bate als the soloist.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Y%2B-d7bEOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
For many the personal revelation of 2009 or 2010 perhaps, but for me one I only made in 2011.
I'd really like to hear the Samuragochi symphony, but I'm not eager to pay the very high prices I'm encountering.
The chief revelation of 2011 for me has been the continued unstinting generosity of members of this forum in allowing access to their priceless collections of off-air (and off-vinyl) recordings and thereby building up our archive(s). This altruism has encouraged and enabled me to extend my abiding interest in British music further into the twentieth century (and even beyond).
Daniel Jones, William Wordsworth, Alun Hoddinott, Peter Racine Fricker, Arnold Cooke, William Mathias, Ruth Gipps, Alan Bush and many others were names I knew perhaps from only one or two works: now members (including myself) have access to what constitutes probably one of the most comprehensive collections of British music (aside from commercial releases) anywhere, including many recordings that have even eluded the National Sound Archive. This acquaintance with these composers has also encouraged me to finally get round to purchasing a great many discs which I had previously overlooked - many from Lyrita.
I am greatly looking forward to the continued expansion of this branch of the forum in 2012.
:)
I too would like to echo Albion's comments regarding the Downloads section of the forum. It has been a real revelation and I have discovered an incredible amount of wonderful music I would not otherwise have encountered. And even more incredible, it has been cost-free! I thank all the members who have so generously uploaded their favourite works from unsung composers - you have enriched my sound world!
cheers
DennisS
Agreed - the downloads section has thrown up all sorts of treasures, for which many thanks.
As for music that has been a revelation to me personally during 2012, Noskowski 2, Urspruch's piano music, Weinberg's symphonies, Hessenberg 2, Klami 1, Suder's Chamber Symphony, Blacher's Symphony, the Brun Symphonies on Guild, the Tubin symphonies, Statkowski's opera Maria, Samuragochi 1 and Schubert's operas Fierrabras and Alfonso und Estrella have been among the stand-outs.
Probably the highlight was the discovery of Samuragochi's Symphony: the question is whether I will feel the same twelve months from now.
Oh and I mustn't forget Rufinatscha 6: thanks to Gianandrea Noseda, the BBCPO and Chandos' recording team, the piece was revealed on the international stage for the first time this year (having been recorded at the end of 2010 and released in 2011) as one of the great unsung Romantic symphonies...
I had longed to hear Parry's Prometheus Unbound for years after having read various comments about the status of this work. Some authors claimed it to be the starting point of the English musical renaissance in the 19th century. I knew somehow that there was this recording from the BBC but I had few hopes actually to hear it. And despite the fact that Chandos and hyperion had made promising enterprises in recording some large scale choral works the shrunk away from Prometheus. So it was a positive shock when I found this site with its British Music Broadcasts folder.
When I actually listened to Prometheus I couldn't believe my ears: if the first performance had been as dedicated and enthusiastic it would have established this work as a masterpiece. To my mind this is one of the greatest recordings of British choral music ever made. Thank you very much! :D
Hrmm...off the top of my head:
Off of this forum:
-Ina Boyle: the Violin Concerto. Quite possibly my favorite discovery of this year past. (Can you say "gobsmacked"?)
-Khuddus Khuzhamyarov: the concertos for trumpet and saxophone. My other favorite discoveries of the year...especially as they allow me to use the phrase "Kazakh saxophone concerto" in a sentence.
-John Foulds: the Cello Concerto. My third favorite...oh, you get the idea.
-Leone Sinigaglia: the Violin Concerto.
On recordings:
-Guirne Creith: the Violin Concerto (see Boyle, above)
-Parry: the Symphony No. 4 (one of my Christmas treats to myself) - I never knew his symphonic music, but I'm glad to begin discovering it.
-Carel Anton Fodor: Beethoven before there was a Beethoven. Why can't I find more of his stuff on CD?
-Johan Wagenaar: the Cyrano de Bergerac overture. I have a feeling I've heard it before (in one of our local NPR station's rare moments of "ooh, that's odd, that is - why don't we let people hear it?" programming), but it didn't impress itself upon me until lately.
-Lennox Berkeley: A Dinner Engagement - I'm quite looking forward into digging into Nelson at some point in the new year.
Honorable mention, as a choral singer:
-Zoltán Kodály: Missa Brevis. Of all the masses I have sung or heard, only the Vaughan Williams is better, in my opinion. And it's a joy to sing, too.
My highlight for the year was the Phantasie Concertante by Dora Pejačević. I still tingle when I listen to it and that has not diminished after a dozen hearings.
The two piano concertos by Miriam Hyde come a close second. 19th Australian female composer would have been my 510th guess if I listened to them cold.
Thal
Quote from: thalbergmad on Tuesday 27 December 2011, 18:28
My highlight for the year was the Phantasie Concertante by Dora Pejačević. I still tingle when I listen to it and that has not diminished after a dozen hearings.
Is that the CPO release, perchance? Another pre-Christmas treat to myself. I didn't list it, because she's not a discovery - I fell in love with her Violin Sonata back when I was in Croatia, in 2005. I bought
way too much music on that trip, but that piece remains a favorite.
The big revelation for me has been - quite frankly - my own ignorance. After nearly 60 years listening to classical music, I thought I had a good knowledge of the field, familiar with composers on the old Olympia label, Marco Polo and Melodiya. But I've discovered that I was seriously mistaken, and I am amazed by the number and quality of composers/compositions of which I was totally unaware. This forum has brought so much wonderful music to my attention - perhaps mostly notably from Eastern Europe and ex-Soviet states - that it has been impossible to give all the music its due. I am like a child let loose in a sweet shop! ;D ;D
Underlying this is the generosity of all those who upload, so - thank you sincerely. My hope for 2012 is that I will be able to contribute!
:) :)
Quote from: Ser Amantio di Nicolao on Tuesday 27 December 2011, 18:27
-Carel Anton Fodor: Beethoven before there was a Beethoven. Why can't I find more of his stuff on CD?
Well, his style is clearly pre-Beethoven, more à la Haydn, I would have thought. The symphonies are pleasant, but no more than that. Maybe there's some better, more original stuff waiting to be discovered - he lived a long life...
Quote from: Alan Howe on Tuesday 27 December 2011, 19:45
Quote from: Ser Amantio di Nicolao on Tuesday 27 December 2011, 18:27
-Carel Anton Fodor: Beethoven before there was a Beethoven. Why can't I find more of his stuff on CD?
Well, his style is clearly pre-Beethoven, more à la Haydn, I would have thought. The symphonies are pleasant, but no more than that. Maybe there's some better, more original stuff waiting to be discovered - he lived a long life...
Caveat: I've only heard the one piece, the Symphony No. 4, on the second album of the "400 Years of Dutch Music" series. But it struck me as having more body than Haydn - more oomph, if you will. More weight. It reminded me very much of the Beethoven First. I'd like to get to know him better...perhaps then my opinion would be revised downward. (See also: Ture Rangström...)
Well, Fodor 4 (or is it 3?) and Beethoven 1 probably come from the same year - 1801.
I forgot about Georg Schumann's masterly 1st Symphony - better than the early efforts of Strauss, Thuille, d'Albert and others of that generation, much as I like them all. It'll be good to have the cpo recording when it appears...
Quote from: Alan Howe on Tuesday 27 December 2011, 22:30
Well, Fodor 4 and Beethoven 1 probably come from the same year - 1801.
Let me double-check the album when I get home... I
think it's a little earlier, if I remember correctly. (My brain tells me that I looked up the date of the Beethoven at the time...but then, my brain tends to be a dirty, lying little scoundrel, so take that for what you will. ;D)
Incidentally, I forgot one:
Siegmund von Hausegger: the
Natursymphonie, which I just received for Christmas. Wonderfully lush, and great fun to listen to.
Well, it took me some Ferdinand Hiller to start paying more attention to chamber music. That and Carl Petersson's engagement to a cellist. I downloaded a bunch of cello sonatas in order to make some recommendations to him and his fiancée. Love the Raff and Urspruch, but the Rozycki and Melikian have much to offer as well.
I shall simply repeat myself(not for the first time, I fear ;D ;D).....
....finding this Forum ;D ;D
Well there were a ton of good things and asking is like asking who your favorite composer is. But I think the Georg Schumann Piano Trios were my favorites.
Jerry
Quote from: Ser Amantio di Nicolao on Tuesday 27 December 2011, 20:32
Caveat: I've only heard the one piece, the Symphony No. 4, on the second album of the "400 Years of Dutch Music" series. But it struck me as having more body than Haydn - more oomph, if you will. More weight. It reminded me very much of the Beethoven First. I'd like to get to know him better...perhaps then my opinion would be revised downward.
There is, actually, a cd with his second symphony (Op. 13, the one mentioned above is considered to be his `Third', Op. 19, if I'm correct), but the cd isn't widely available:
(http://cover7.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/110/1131172.jpg) http://www.amazon.com/Carolus-Fodor-Johan-Meder-Symphonies/dp/B00004LMY7 (http://www.amazon.com/Carolus-Fodor-Johan-Meder-Symphonies/dp/B00004LMY7).
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carel_Anton_Fodor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carel_Anton_Fodor) and http://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Carel_Anton_Fodor (http://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Carel_Anton_Fodor)
Quote from: Christo on Wednesday 28 December 2011, 16:54
Quote from: Ser Amantio di Nicolao on Tuesday 27 December 2011, 20:32
Caveat: I've only heard the one piece, the Symphony No. 4, on the second album of the "400 Years of Dutch Music" series. But it struck me as having more body than Haydn - more oomph, if you will. More weight. It reminded me very much of the Beethoven First. I'd like to get to know him better...perhaps then my opinion would be revised downward.
There is, actually, a cd with his second symphony (Op. 13, the one mentioned above is considered to be his `Third', Op. 19, if I'm correct), but the cd isn't widely available:
(http://cover7.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/110/1131172.jpg) http://www.amazon.com/Carolus-Fodor-Johan-Meder-Symphonies/dp/B00004LMY7 (http://www.amazon.com/Carolus-Fodor-Johan-Meder-Symphonies/dp/B00004LMY7).
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carel_Anton_Fodor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carel_Anton_Fodor) and http://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Carel_Anton_Fodor (http://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Carel_Anton_Fodor)
Alas, $2,300 is a
little out of my price range at the moment.
(Now if it were
Lilburn... :-) )
For me the revelation of 2011 have been G.F. Malipiero "Impressioni dal Vero", three sets.
A true revelation the forum which prompted me to discover a lot of works (last title: Silvestrov Symphony n.5).
Several revelations this year: In common with many of us I found Samuragochi's Hiroshima Symphony a riveting listen and 2011 was also the year when the music of Georg Schumann (the First symphony, Piano Trios and Violin Sonatas) finally registered with me in a big way. Ferdinand Hiller is another composer who has finally come in out of the cold - the Piano Quintet, Third Piano Quartet and, most of all, the first movement of the E minor Symphony all revealed a much more compelling composer than I had previously credited him with being. I'm not as much of a 20th century music buff as some here but, as well as Samurgochi, three symphonists in particular: Janis Ivanovs, Arnold Cooke and John Kinsella have come as very agreeable surprises this year. A revelatory work by Raff which I heard properly for the first time a couple of months ago is his big half-hour Variations on an Original Theme for piano. It's by far the cleverest instrumental work of his that I've come across; the recording will be released in 2012. Finally, my 2011 award for "broad grin on first hearing" goes to the recent Hungaroton recording of Dohnanyi's student Symphony in F major. It may be derivative and it's certainly not deep, but it's so chock full of melody and delicious orchestration that I just love the piece.
Quote from: Ser Amantio di Nicolao on Wednesday 28 December 2011, 17:08
Quote from: Christo on Wednesday 28 December 2011, 16:54
Quote from: Ser Amantio di Nicolao on Tuesday 27 December 2011, 20:32
Caveat: I've only heard the one piece, the Symphony No. 4, on the second album of the "400 Years of Dutch Music" series. But it struck me as having more body than Haydn - more oomph, if you will. More weight. It reminded me very much of the Beethoven First. I'd like to get to know him better...perhaps then my opinion would be revised downward.
There is, actually, a cd with his second symphony (Op. 13, the one mentioned above is considered to be his `Third', Op. 19, if I'm correct), but the cd isn't widely available:
(http://cover7.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/110/1131172.jpg) http://www.amazon.com/Carolus-Fodor-Johan-Meder-Symphonies/dp/B00004LMY7 (http://www.amazon.com/Carolus-Fodor-Johan-Meder-Symphonies/dp/B00004LMY7).
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carel_Anton_Fodor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carel_Anton_Fodor) and http://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Carel_Anton_Fodor (http://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Carel_Anton_Fodor)
Alas, $2,300 is a little out of my price range at the moment.
(Now if it were Lilburn... :-) )
____
In Germany it's slightly cheaper... http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Carolus-Antonius-Fodor-1768-1846-Symphonien-Nr-2-3/hnum/1711918 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Carolus-Antonius-Fodor-1768-1846-Symphonien-Nr-2-3/hnum/1711918)
Quote from: Peter1953 on Wednesday 28 December 2011, 20:22
Alas, $2,300 is a little out of my price range at the moment. (Now if it were Lilburn... :-) )
____
In Germany it's slightly cheaper... http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Carolus-Antonius-Fodor-1768-1846-Symphonien-Nr-2-3/hnum/1711918 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Carolus-Antonius-Fodor-1768-1846-Symphonien-Nr-2-3/hnum/1711918)
;) ;) Of course: it does include the Third (Op. 19) as well. My apologies, I had forgotten (because I don't own this cd, notwithstanding its modest price in Germany 8)). Good to hear the music examples on the JPC site - the Third really is a great piece of music, and quite remarkable `Beethovenian' for a symphony dated 1801 (probably).
His close musical friend, another composer active in Amsterdam in those years, is Johan[n] Willem[Wilhelm] Wilms, whose Sixth and Seventh proved quite a revelation when they appeared on this cd with the Concerto Köln, that was re-issued as a Brilliant (bargain price) cd recently. Recommended.
(http://gfhandel.org/bleissa/ckoeln/images/wilms.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KAVNlfYjL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
BTW: Lilburn! ;D (But that's another story)
In terms of specific commercial records from various enterprising companies, it was wonderful to finally get a first-rate recording of Cowen's Concertstuck (Hyperion), a complete opera by Macfarren (Robin Hood on Naxos) and to welcome a whole raft of splendid new Havergal Brian discs (Dutton, Toccata and Hyperion) - amongst the latter composer's works perhaps the chief revelations were the 1903 Burlesque Variations, as maverick a composition as any that came subsequently from his pen, and the orchestral music from the hitherto-virtually-unknown operas.
Amongst several 'catch-ups' was the glorious Chandos disc of Hoddinott, including the marvellous Symphony No.6. Also new to me were the symphonies of Ferdinand Ries (CPO), .
In the off-air downloads provided on the forum there have so many superb discoveries, too - major choral works by Fricker (The Vision of Judgement), Reizenstein (Voices of Night), Harrison (Mass in C) and Jacobson (The Hound of Heaven), and many scores by Daniel Jones (it was wonderful to complete the Symphony cycle), Hoddinott again (especially Symphonies 4 and 7, now firm favourites), Alan Bush (especially the operas Joe Hill and Men of Blackmoor), William Wordsworth and Arnold Cooke. Several of the names now included in the archive, such as William Gillies Whittaker and Ina Boyle, were completely new to me but I have been surprised, enchanted and moved in equal measure by their music.
All told, another excellent year of listening.
:)
I would echo your comments on Hoddinott's Symphony No.6 :)
Those who find his earlier symphonies(particularly Nos. 2, 3 and 5 coupled together on the Lyrita cd) hard-going really should try No.6 on Chandos. It is a quite superb symphony :) :)
IF I ever get round to listening to some music I am particularly looking forward to hearing No.4. First weeks of uploading and now days(so far) of downloading Czech, Rumanian and Japanese music with the Poles and Russians etc. still to come ::)
Kurt Atterberg's symphonic output has dominated in my listening-schedule for 2011.
But looking at new records from this last year I would have to go for Havergal Brian's Gothic, Philippe Gaubert's Au pays basque from Timpani and Malipiero's Impressioni dal vero from Naxos as alberto has mentioned here.
Morten
John Kinsella symphonies 6 and 7 (but listen to 3 and 4 if you don't know them on Marco Polo)
Hovhaness 'Song of the Sea' (short but very moving)
Stanley Bate (all the Dutton releases have been revelatory)
Casella symphonies 2 and 3
Ince 'The Fall of Constantinople'
Quote from: Dundonnell on Thursday 29 December 2011, 13:52
I would echo your comments on Hoddinott's Symphony No.6 :)
Those who find his earlier symphonies(particularly Nos. 2, 3 and 5 coupled together on the Lyrita cd) hard-going really should try No.6 on Chandos. It is a quite superb symphony :) :)
IF I ever get round to listening to some music I am particularly looking forward to hearing No.4. First weeks of uploading and now days(so far) of downloading Czech, Rumanian and Japanese music with the Poles and Russians etc. still to come ::)
I agree re Hoddinott - although I have come to appreciate Symphony No 3 too for its gritty and uncompromising integrity - it has an oddly moving final chord.
The most disturbing revelation was that if I continued listening to all the lovely music out there 24/7 for the rest of my days I would never get up to date.
The most joyous revelation - that this forum and YT give me every chance of discovering a whole lot more than I ever thought possible.
For which many, many thanks, and a Happy 2012 to all ! Clive.
Quote from: cjvinthechair on Sunday 01 January 2012, 11:40
The most disturbing revelation was that if I continued listening to all the lovely music out there 24/7 for the rest of my days I would never get up to date.
The most joyous revelation - that this forum and YT give me every chance of discovering a whole lot more than I ever thought possible.
For which many, many thanks, and a Happy 2012 to all ! Clive.
;D ;D ;D
I agree 100% :)
Quote from: Alan Howe on Tuesday 27 December 2011, 19:45
Quote from: Ser Amantio di Nicolao on Tuesday 27 December 2011, 18:27
-Carel Anton Fodor: Beethoven before there was a Beethoven. Why can't I find more of his stuff on CD?
Well, his style is clearly pre-Beethoven, more à la Haydn, I would have thought. The symphonies are pleasant, but no more than that. Maybe there's some better, more original stuff waiting to be discovered - he lived a long life...
Having now listened carefully to this C minor Symphony, Op.19 by Fodor I have changed my mind. While it clearly looks back to Haydn, it is nevertheless a very powerful work and also has some forward-looking, Beethovenian features, e.g. the 'Sturm und Drang' writing of the outer movements and the remarkable third-movement scherzo.
Quote from: Christo on Thursday 29 December 2011, 09:04
His close musical friend, another composer active in Amsterdam in those years, is Johan[n] Willem[Wilhelm] Wilms, whose Sixth and Seventh proved quite a revelation when they appeared on this cd with the Concerto Köln, that was re-issued as a Brilliant (bargain price) cd recently. Recommended.
(http://gfhandel.org/bleissa/ckoeln/images/wilms.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KAVNlfYjL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Well, guess what I found for $11 at a used CD store last night? A two-disc set of Wilms. Needless to say I am
quite looking forward to getting to know his work better. ;D
A twofer with music by Wilms can only refer to Anthony Halstead conducting the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra in four symphonies plus the 'Wilhelmus van Nassauwe' Variations. The four symphonies being Nos. 3 Op. 14 (c. 1808), 4 Op. 23 (c. 1812), 5 Op. 52 (c. 1817) and 6 Op. 58 (c. 1823). In general, the performances are a bit more `period instrument' oriënted (chamber orchestra sound, rather unRomantic) than those by the Concerto Köln, but the only symphony both issues share is the Sixth.
BTW CPO just embarked on a fresh series by the NDR Radiophilarmonie under Howard Griffiths, starting with No. 1 Op. 9 (c. 1806) coupled with No. 4 Op. 23 (c. 1812) and the Overture in D major. I didn't try its qualities yet (too many downloads from this marvelous site standing in between). ;)
(http://pixhost.me/avaxhome/1b/72/001c721b_medium.jpeg) (http://www.jpc.de/image/w220/front/0/0761203720927.jpg)
Quote from: Christo on Friday 27 January 2012, 19:20
A twofer with music by Wilms can only refer to Anthony Halstead conducting the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra in four symphonies plus the 'Wilhelmus van Nassauwe' Variations. The four symphonies being Nos. 3 Op. 14 (c. 1808), 4 Op. 23 (c. 1812), 5 Op. 52 (c. 1817) and 6 Op. 58 (c. 1823). In general, the performances are a bit more `period instrument' oriënted (chamber orchestra sound, rather unRomantic) than those by the Concerto Köln, but the only symphony both issues share is the Sixth. (http://pixhost.me/avaxhome/1b/72/001c721b_medium.jpeg)
Yep, that's the one. It's amazing what you can find at this place.
(Including a good chunk of cpo, I might add. I've picked up more than a few cpo releases there over the years.)
Quote from: Ser Amantio di Nicolao on Friday 27 January 2012, 19:38
Yep, that's the one. It's amazing what you can find at this place. (Including a good chunk of cpo, I might add. I've picked up more than a few cpo releases there over the years.)
'Here' (the Netherlands) CPO is better ordered online, as shipping from Germany (JPC, it's their home label) is often free. But I'm also lucky enough to 'still'have a couple of record shops around with quite a collection. Not so many of our colleagues here are that well-off. :-\ BTW Wilms is hardly a name in the Netherlands, he remained largely forgotten until recently.
Quote from: Christo on Friday 27 January 2012, 20:17
Quote from: Ser Amantio di Nicolao on Friday 27 January 2012, 19:38
Yep, that's the one. It's amazing what you can find at this place. (Including a good chunk of cpo, I might add. I've picked up more than a few cpo releases there over the years.)
'Here' (the Netherlands) CPO is better ordered online, as shipping from Germany (JPC, it's their home label) is often free. But I'm also lucky enough to 'still'have a couple of record shops around with quite a collection. Not so many of our colleagues here are that well-off. :-\ BTW Wilms is hardly a name in the Netherlands, he remained largely forgotten until recently.
It's unfortunate - we're losing one of the last independent CD stores in DC next month, and to my knowledge the last one which dealt with classical music much at all. I was there last night - picked up some nice things, but at not-so-nice prices, I'm afraid. And the last time I was in the town wherein I went to college I stopped by the spot where my favorite independent CD store used to be...nothing. :( They used to have a remarkably eclectic collection of used CDs for sale there - I purchased some Robert Ashley, some Gavin Bryars, some Smetana...
Ah, well. At least there's my favorite used book and music store. I
always find something there. (Frequently too much something, but that's a subject for another day. ;D)
Well, as I read through these comments I see that this or that piece has made a big impression - and why not?
But for me the "revelation" has been the accidental discovery of this site in pursuit of the Catoire Symphony. For years I have felt frustrated by being able to share my various enthusiasms with only a couple of friends whom I know personally, feeling all the while that there must be a way that my good fortunes in collecting could be shared with strangers. I always assumed that there were "similarly-minded" collectors - but where? And now I have found that way.
Sometimes I can answer that any such "revelation" is the last to piece to which I have listened but there are always things to which I return, the Schubert C-major Quintet or Ernest Bloch's chamber music, fresh and new at each hearing. Or maybe something by a composer of whom I have never heard.
Best to all from Shamokin88.
That is really a rather touching post :)
I can understand exactly and precisely the point you are making. Sharing the music one has collected with others, sharing one's enthusiasms and hoping (often successfully) that others will discover joy and pleasure in music previously unknown to them is quite amazingly satisfying :)