What download have you bought?

[mathias broucek]

Have been led astray once again by this forum. Love his music and hi res suits it well (there's a Poltera BIS version of the Callow Concerto)

Got to meet him briefly once after a London performance of the Cello Concerto and he seemed like a lovely man as well!

[Beef Oven!]

Allan Pettersson - Symphony #9
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. Christian Lindberg

24/96 Hi-Res download from eClassical.

I have the Alun Francis 9th on CPO, too, but I fancied a different performance.

[mahlerei]

Allan Pettersson - Symphony #9
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. Christian Lindberg

24/96 Hi-Res download from eClassical.

I have the Alun Francis 9th on CPO, too, but I fancied a different performance.

Beefy

An excellent cycle, but there are times when Alun Francis, less intense, is more illuminating IMO.

[Beef Oven!]

Beefy

An excellent cycle, but there are times when Alun Francis, less intense, is more illuminating IMO.

Totally agree.

I have quite a few of each.

The Tendency nowadays is for commentators to recommend Lindberg head & shoulders above the rest. It is not as straightforward as that.

[mahlerei]

The Tendency nowadays is for commentators to recommend Lindberg head & shoulders above the rest. It is not as straightforward as that.

No it isn't. Johan Arnell - who conducts No. 14 in the CPO cycle - is a case in point. There are aspects of that performance that I prefer to Lindberg's more relentless one.

[Beef Oven!]

No it isn't. Johan Arnell - who conducts No. 14 in the CPO cycle - is a case in point. There are aspects of that performance that I prefer to Lindberg's more relentless one.

I don't have that, but I remember hearing it quite some time ago. I don't recall much about it, but that says more about me than Arnell!

[Beef Oven!]

Vagn Holmboe - Chamber Symphonies.
Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Gunnar Rafael Storgårds

24 bit - 192 kHz (I don't know what that means!) Hi-Res download, Qobuz £11.99

I was listening to Holmboe Symphony #8 this morning and I remembered this recording. A forum member (I've forgotten who, sorry!) put me on to this last year, and I ordered the CD and it didn't turn up (or something like that) and I forgot about it. Anyway, they are wonderful works and I would strongly recommend people give them a listen. And thanks to the forum member who put this recording my way, it's excellent!

[mahlerei]

Beefy

That Holmboe looks interesting. First encountered Storgårds in in fellow Finn Kalevi Aho's 'Luosto' Symphony, premiered on a mountainside in Lapland.

192kHz - the sampling frequency - is higher-res than 44.1 or 96, hence the larger files. DXD (24-bir 352.8kHz) is even higher-res, so the file sizes are enormous. The recent Fischer Mahler 3rd is a whopping 9GB.

[jayne lee wilson]

Vagn Holmboe - Chamber Symphonies.
Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Gunnar Rafael Storgårds

24 bit - 192 kHz (I don't know what that means!) Hi-Res download, Qobuz £11.99

I was listening to Holmboe Symphony #8 this morning and I remembered this recording. A forum member (I've forgotten who, sorry!) put me on to this last year, and I ordered the CD and it didn't turn up (or something like that) and I forgot about it. Anyway, they are wonderful works and I would strongly recommend people give them a listen. And thanks to the forum member who put this recording my way, it's excellent!

Probably me again I'm afraid! I bought the CD on its 2012 release , then followed with that sizeable download later...My favourite Holmboe "single" along with...

http://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/concertos-vagn-holmboe/0747313159963

http://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/holmboe-four-symphonic-metamorphoses-vagn-holmboe/7318590008522

...so if you like that try this etc...

There's a fair bit of Holmboe - I love listening to the last three symphonies as a trilogy. They work beautifully that way even if not written as such, as they seem to subtly share and cross-reference thematic ideas.

[Beef Oven!]

Beefy

That Holmboe looks interesting. First encountered Storgårds in in fellow Finn Kalevi Aho's 'Luosto' Symphony, premiered on a mountainside in Lapland.

192kHz - the sampling frequency - is higher-res than 44.1 or 96, hence the larger files. DXD (24-bir 352.8kHz) is even higher-res, so the file sizes are enormous. The recent Fischer Mahler 3rd is a whopping 9GB.

Crikey! I had no idea the files were that big!

Oh well, so long as the superior sound quality isn't wasted on my ears

Storgårds quite new to me. There was a fair bit of mention about him a couple of years ago when there was lots of Sibelius discussion. I think it was Jayne who started it!

[Beef Oven!]

Probably me again I'm afraid! I bought the CD on its 2012 release , then followed with that sizeable download later...My favourite Holmboe "single" along with...

http://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/concertos-vagn-holmboe/0747313159963

...if you like that try this etc...

There's a fair bit of Holmboe - I love listening to the last three symphonies as a trilogy. They work beautifully that way even if not written as such, as they seem to subtly share and cross-reference thematic ideas.

I got a letter from my bank manager this morning, asking me who this Jayne person is!!!

It may have been you with the chamber symphonies, I can't be sure. For some reason though, I recollect it being a bloke - either way, it was a good steer!

Those Holmboe concertos look interesting, but I think I need to slow down a bit

[teamsaint]

I got a letter from my bank manager this morning, asking me who this Jayne person is!!!

It may have been you with the chamber symphonies, I can't be sure. For some reason though, I recollect it being a bloke - either way, it was a good steer!

Those Holmboe concertos look interesting, but I think I need to slow down a bit

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?13464-Off-The-Beaten-Track&p=583826&highlight=Lapland#post583826

This is the first mention that I recall of the Holmboe Chamber Symphonies.

I think you only have yourself to blame......

[jayne lee wilson]

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...and#post583826

This is the first mention that I recall of the Holmboe Chamber Symphonies.

I think you only have yourself to blame......

IT's a game of... one-up-listener-ship....

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...ber+symphonies...

...you wanna more...?

.. http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...ber+symphonies

....scroll down for....
da capo x 2 once more,
(or it's groundhog day...)

[teamsaint]

As you were Beefy, we can all go back to blaming Jayne for our time and financial issues......

Anyway, our holiday location is making me think about all the PMD music I have yet to get to grips with.

[Beef Oven!]

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...and#post583826

This is the first mention that I recall of the Holmboe Chamber Symphonies.

I think you only have yourself to blame......

Blimey! I new it was last year, and I thought I had a conversation about this recording with someone!

Anyway, Jayne seems to have provided a link to these recordings earlier, so we can still blame her!!!