Hi bruce thanks for commenting. Happy I can help, there's so much out there that is either out-of-print or simply hard to find. Luckily I bought most of what was on labels like ASV over the years, however even I can't find plenty of things, some recordings are obscure from the start or had dismal distribution!
Well bro, you were vigilant enough to purchase the essential ASV releases when the label was on its heyday, because now many of them become elusive by degrees.
It's really nice to own the physical release, since you have the content in lossless and there also the nice booklet notes.
Heyday indeed, sooo much great stuff was being recorded, especially in the 1990's. I have noticed because I'm going through the discs, for example, that a ton of the best ASV releases I have are from 1995 and 1996. Not only, but a lot of them! You are so right about booklet notes and so on...that's part of the appeal, esp for a collector. It's "physical", you can kick back, turn pages and enjoy photos and so on. Files are just not the same. Plus I don't have a scanner or a way to make pdf files for 100s of discs. I wish I could for the sake of visitors to my blog. -Regards
Ya, absolutely stunning releases for ASV in the '90s. I would say the 90s (and the early 2000s) was a decade wherein Chandos, ASV, Hyperion, Russian Disc and Olympia gave us fantastic releases. In addition, it was a great decade for film scoring into the bargain (Hans Zimmer and his "chums" at Media Ventures). Now the only thing I can I do is buy some of the ASV and Olympia releases that are available at reasonable prices on amazon or jpc.de, since I am late to the party and I want to own them in lossless. If you see, prices are soaring for the ASV and Olympia items. Some of them are sold at preposterous prices.
I didn't mean to leave out the early 2000s, ha...I do think the 90's--straight into-->2000's was an incredible time for recordings, on the labels we both mentioned and many others as well..too many to name! Although Koch Classics (of Koch International) also deserves special mention; they produced an impressive amount of great recordings, including some earlier Hovhaness discs, several of which still stand alone as the only available recordings of certain works. Crystal Records too has always been a great label, a true connoisseurs label. They have championed Hovhaness like no one else (Delos is a semi close second) plus tons of obscure works by all types of composers. I don't know if you like Hovhaness but these are great labels either way. And Marco Polo! Naxos's so-called "adventerous" sister label. Of course those were the early and late 90's in particular. Needless to say Naxos became THE label with exciting repertoire and thus Marco Polo was left irrelevant, although I think it still exists. The other great Naxos label is Da Capo.
Aggelos thanks for the links but I already have those discs :) I will say though, I wouldn't have remembered that I own them if I hadn't just seen them @ rutracker! For instance god knows where the hell I put the Goldmark or Gliere discs! Great stuff. What you said about film scores is true. I'd also add Marco Polo's Film Music Classics, there are some great ones!! http://www.naxos.com/labels/marco_polo-list-film_music_classics.htm
Yeah! let's add many more labels to the mix. Marco Polo unearthed so many unknown works. I am not so much into Alan Hovhaness, although he was one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. If ya don't remember where ya put those ASV discs, then downloaded them from rutracker.org so as to have them in lossless again.
There are other places too except from rutracker : avaxhome, nnm-club.me/forum and intoclassics.net
By the by, Melodiya should revive those rare LP releases and present them in digitally remastered CDs. http://militscky.narod.ru/cd-r.html Man, there is even a release with excerpts from Reinhold Gliere's Opera "Shakh-Senem". Not only is Gliere one my gods, but also the Chandos releases with the late Edward Downs and Vasily Sinaisky were absolutely fantastic. It's truly lamentable that Chandos didn't plunge into more Gliere orchestral works....
I have just downloaded Ahmed Ben Godel. It's a Melodiya LP transfer http://intoclassics.net/news/2014-05-26-35977
Yep I used to receive the Naxos/Marco Polo catalogues back in the day (on ACTUAL paper!!) and I have to tell you I would be drooling over the releases, back then there was still quite a few composers I hadn't heard of, and Marco Polo I ate up like candy :) It would be heaven if Melodiya remastered from the vaults; I assume it would/could be picked up by Regis or Alto records-both labels have been re-releasing hard to find stuff from Olympia and Russian Disc. I have a ton of great Weinberg (or Vainberg) recordings from Alto among others.. Wow would love to hear the opera excerpts. You are a Gliere-head huh? Ha, I bet I'm the first person to ever say that..anyhow, yes the Chandos discs were great, I do have them all. -Do you have the Chandos disc with Gliere's Harp Concerto and Concerto for Coloratura and Orch? Sweet disc, I might post it. -Cheers!
Ok still one more thing-I do remember that there is A Chandos disc with excerpts from Shakh-Senem (a couple overtures) and also Marco Polo but I don't recall what parts of the opera are on the Marco Polo off hand. Oh if ya want check out Alto Records: http://altocd.com/ They have a great Myaskovsky series going, I've been buying most of it. It's all recordings originally on Olympia with the Russian Federation Academic Symphony Orchestra and Evgeny Svetlanov conducting.
If you were drooling over the catalogue items, then that is the power of the "holy grail". The holy grail is an object of desire, an object that has some sort of arcane and mystical appeal/allure that compels you to go out there and search for it. It preoccupies your thinking and won't get enter and restful state of mind until you acquire it. Actually I am LTTP (=Late To The Party) in terms of orchestral music. I wish I were there to buy all the amazing stuff in the '90s, but unfortunately this didn't happen, since I was a uncultured-unsophisticated weakling in terms of musical education, a benighted philistine. It would have been so essential to follow in, let's say, Nikolai Tokarev's footsteps and to be able to play all those amazing compositions on piano via the "device" of virtuoso 2-hand piano transcriptions.
Absolutely bro, I am Gliere aficionado/buff. The combination of exotic idiom + rich-sumptuous-colourful-grandiloquent orchestration is sth that Gliere is an adept at. Moreover, composers like Rimsky-Korsakov, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Alexander Spendiarov, Fikret Amirov et al have provided a plethora of works that fall into this category. The Gliere orchestral power on Chandos is something epic, sth breath-taking! http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3939616 http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3411316 http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4063410
I knew alto Records from these two recordings, actually http://altocd.com/alc1019 http://altocd.com/alc2019
Man, I need Grigor Yeghiazarian on CD right here, right now http://militscky.narod.ru/EGIAZARYAN.jpg The 2nd Sevan Suite was featured on a Tjeknavorian + ASV release, but we need the 1st Suite as well. This CD is off the chain!!!! http://odeonmusic.blogspot.com/2013/09/various-composers-orchestral-music-of.html
Ha, the power of the holy grail...I quite like that. And you said it perfectly; I'd only add to your eloquence that I'm frightened that you know me so well ;) Truly one of the most cathartic of experiences for me was the the frequent trip into NYC to search for gems, jewels of sound. And I had 2 main sources/haunts where I would go and simply spend hours going through racks shelves piles etc. and each time it was like a vacation for my soul, and tormented mind! And one of the places (Tower Records Clearance...gone for years) had a motherload of cut-outs, discontinued cds and all kinds of rare curiosities. The best part was everything there was 1/3 the price or less than reg priced cds. And the offerings were often more interesting and real discoveries. I could wax nostalgic all night 'bout it... Benighted philistine? Hmm I'm sure I believe ya my friend! Anyhow we share the same taste for exoticisms in music, as far as the Russian/Ukrainian/Georgian/Uzbek etc. etc. composers go. I am like a junkie when it comes to Ippolitov-Ivanov and others that share that particular sound world inspired by the local folk music, the folk music and music of "neighbors" in surrounding areas from the Carpathians to the Black sea, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Oriental musics, and so forth..the inspiration was everywhere! I've studied these "influences" quite a bit actually.. Hmm I'll see what I can do about the Yeghiazarian, that will take a lot of "musical archeology" however. I have so much music in storage, in boxes, garbage bags full even lol that ya wouldn't believe!
Damn it I meant "I'm sure I DON'T believe you" concerning your benighted philistine comment. Actually even that was said awkwardly, but hell I have but 3 hours of sleep running my brain at the moment. I'll be posting a cd of Henry Cowell soon and you should check it out, one work was inspired by his travels in what was then Persia, it's the "Persian Set" and it's exotic in the most lovely and non-gimmicky way. A fav of mine!
Ahh yes I remember that disc of Armenian composers, its special, I only wish they fleshed it out more by making it a double or triple disc set with full works, even just more short ones- instead of excerpts and miniatures. Either way it is indeed "the tits" as they say....well someone says it, I dunno in the UK perhaps? Regards friend
Ya mate. The reviewer put it quite eloquently. ""The music is enthusiastically led by Loris Tjeknavorian, and the Armenian players don't stint in their devotion to their fellow Armenian musicians. Excellent sound and very helpful notes— though in microscopic print—round out an issue that can only be recommended with reservations on the musical quality. (I hope this series continues with more music of Spendiarian and Yeghiazarian.)"" http://www.classicalmusicguide.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=35335
The reviewer, John Bauman, was expecting that the series would continue with more from the two afore-mentioned individuals. But this wasn't the case unfortunately. Of course I would like to have more from Alexander Spendiarov and Grigor Yeghiazarian. These guys score their music in an imaginative and well-crafted manner.
Ya mate, we said that the exotic musical idiom by Russian/Soviet composers is something stupendous, something unforgettable! Especially when it is decked out with lavish, lush and sumptuous orchestration. We need more orchestral powah!!! True, real, genuine, unfeigned and echt orchestral powah!!
Did you know that even Ippolitov-Ivanov has orchestrated some Mussorgsky? http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4717745 http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4518190
Brother, of course I was a benighted philistine back in the '90s. Unfortunately this is the saddening and unchangeable truth. I should have been learning music feverishly for ages now, and moreover I should have been "worshipping" the endless Russian/Soviet music school for years now (Rimsky-Korsakov, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Gliere, Spendiarov, Khachaturian, Fikret Amirov, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Yeghiazarian etc) But this did not happen for almost two decades, so now farewell ye Spanish ladies......
Brother, be sure to grab the Ahmed Ben Godel by Melodiya. http://intoclassics.net/news/2014-05-26-35977
Hey what's up Aggelos. Well the funding often isn't there or disappears even if there's 1 promising recording. I've seen it happen many times, especially with a few composers that I have been fortunate enough to meet in the past. But alas this is the case w classical in general-I doubt Sony Classical of DG feels like spending money on Armenian composers, they certainly could :/ Thanks for the links, strangely the rutracker links won't load, I might have the discs but wld have to "see" them. I'll tell ya it's easy to have regrets in life, most ppl do-but loving classical music late" as you say shouldn't be one! Just bathe in it all now, in the present :) I'm lookig for my ASV disc of Ippolitov-Ivanov Orch works, rare ones considering how little else has been put out (Caucasion Sketches while enchanting has been recorded 1,000 times!). I'm still baffled as to why his works lay dormant. Makes me nuts. Also trying to find my Marco polo discs, one has his Symphony 1 and the other disc is Orchestral works, very very good. -Thanks for the Ben Godel link, never heard of him! Cheers n beers, Tz
Some nice Ippolitov-Ivanov material http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3097920 http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2176473 http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2176441 Indeed, the first Caucasian Suite has been recorded numerous times. Not to mention that the Procession of the Sardar is Ippolitov-Ivanov's most known work, since it is the most often performed stand-alone composition of his. Ya I've heard some mp3s for the other rare orchestral works by Ippolitov-Ivanov that appeared on Marco Polo.
I was listening to Gliere's Taras Bulba Suite the other day. http://classic-online.ru/ru/production/16066 http://intoclassics.net/news/2011-10-13-9191 I am thinking of buying the original ASV disc, just to own the physical release with its booklet.
And this should be a must-buy featuring Amirov's Symphonic Suite on Azerbaijani melodies. http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2014/Aug14/Shostakovich_sy1_GHCD2415.htm
Man I needed the power of self-actualization. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-actualization I was born in the '80s. However almost 20 years have faded away without strong, powerful and potent self-actualization (like Nikolai Tokarev's , we were born in the same year). The decades from 1990-99 and from 2000-2010 were decaded that I lived as a pathetic-miserable weakling. Lots of behaviour addictions appeared in those two decades. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_addiction
I was an escapist addict, a procrastinator, a daydreamer, I was making problematic use of internet, I was a digital addict, I as a cyber-slacker and cyber-loafer, I was making problematic use of technology in general, etc....
Escapism = habitual diversion of the mind to purely imaginative activity or entertainment (such as playing videogames, watching films etc) as an escape from unpleasant reality or routine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrastination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladaptive_daydreaming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_addict http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldbricking
Aggelos hello. I have all the Ippolitov-Ivanov you linked except the Conifer disc. Although all the works on that disc can be found between an ASV disc and a Marco Polo disc. I guess "Mtsïri" translates as "the Novice", I never knew that, on the ASV disc it's listed as the former. I also like Amirov quite a bit and have all of his stuff, Olympia and Naxos and whatever else that I can't recall off-hand. The flute disc I posted recently has an Amirov work on it, did you see it?
-Listen, I think you should email me; I didn't need to check out the wiki pages you pasted, trust me I know and understand more than I can say. When you have a chance, I am here: crystal.hamsa@gmail.com
I work soon but will check it tonight, but no worries if you don't have time just yet.
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Thanks, I've always wanted to hear this and it's impossible to find.
Hi bruce thanks for commenting. Happy I can help, there's so much out there that is either out-of-print or simply hard to find. Luckily I bought most of what was on labels like ASV over the years, however even I can't find plenty of things, some recordings are obscure from the start or had dismal distribution!
Well bro, you were vigilant enough to purchase the essential ASV releases when the label was on its heyday, because now many of them become elusive by degrees.
It's really nice to own the physical release, since you have the content in lossless and there also the nice booklet notes.
Heyday indeed, sooo much great stuff was being recorded, especially in the 1990's. I have noticed because I'm going through the discs, for example, that a ton of the best ASV releases I have are from 1995 and 1996. Not only, but a lot of them! You are so right about booklet notes and so on...that's part of the appeal, esp for a collector. It's "physical", you can kick back, turn pages and enjoy photos and so on. Files are just not the same. Plus I don't have a scanner or a way to make pdf files for 100s of discs. I wish I could for the sake of visitors to my blog. -Regards
Ya, absolutely stunning releases for ASV in the '90s. I would say the 90s (and the early 2000s) was a decade wherein Chandos, ASV, Hyperion, Russian Disc and Olympia gave us fantastic releases. In addition, it was a great decade for film scoring into the bargain (Hans Zimmer and his "chums" at Media Ventures).
Now the only thing I can I do is buy some of the ASV and Olympia releases that are available at reasonable prices on amazon or jpc.de, since I am late to the party and I want to own them in lossless. If you see, prices are soaring for the ASV and Olympia items. Some of them are sold at preposterous prices.
Tzadik, rutracker to the rescue!!!
I was able to find to more Yondani Butt+ASV uploads over there
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2009362
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4794930
Melodiya-Olympia => Gliere+Kinpper
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4495608
Cheers!!!
I didn't mean to leave out the early 2000s, ha...I do think the 90's--straight into-->2000's was an incredible time for recordings, on the labels we both mentioned and many others as well..too many to name! Although Koch Classics (of Koch International) also deserves special mention; they produced an impressive amount of great recordings, including some earlier Hovhaness discs, several of which still stand alone as the only available recordings of certain works. Crystal Records too has always been a great label, a true connoisseurs label. They have championed Hovhaness like no one else (Delos is a semi close second) plus tons of obscure works by all types of composers. I don't know if you like Hovhaness but these are great labels either way. And Marco Polo! Naxos's so-called "adventerous" sister label. Of course those were the early and late 90's in particular. Needless to say Naxos became THE label with exciting repertoire and thus Marco Polo was left irrelevant, although I think it still exists.
The other great Naxos label is Da Capo.
Aggelos thanks for the links but I already have those discs :) I will say though, I wouldn't have remembered that I own them if I hadn't just seen them @ rutracker!
For instance god knows where the hell I put the Goldmark or Gliere discs! Great stuff. What you said about film scores is true. I'd also add Marco Polo's Film Music Classics, there are some great ones!! http://www.naxos.com/labels/marco_polo-list-film_music_classics.htm
-Regards
Yeah! let's add many more labels to the mix. Marco Polo unearthed so many unknown works.
I am not so much into Alan Hovhaness, although he was one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century.
If ya don't remember where ya put those ASV discs, then downloaded them from rutracker.org so as to have them in lossless again.
There are other places too except from rutracker : avaxhome, nnm-club.me/forum and intoclassics.net
By the by, Melodiya should revive those rare LP releases and present them in digitally remastered CDs.
http://militscky.narod.ru/cd-r.html
Man, there is even a release with excerpts from Reinhold Gliere's Opera "Shakh-Senem". Not only is Gliere one my gods, but also the Chandos releases with the late Edward Downs and Vasily Sinaisky were absolutely fantastic. It's truly lamentable that Chandos didn't plunge into more Gliere orchestral works....
I have just downloaded Ahmed Ben Godel. It's a Melodiya LP transfer
http://intoclassics.net/news/2014-05-26-35977
Yep I used to receive the Naxos/Marco Polo catalogues back in the day (on ACTUAL paper!!) and I have to tell you I would be drooling over the releases, back then there was still quite a few composers I hadn't heard of, and Marco Polo I ate up like candy :)
It would be heaven if Melodiya remastered from the vaults; I assume it would/could be picked up by Regis or Alto records-both labels have been re-releasing hard to find stuff from Olympia and Russian Disc. I have a ton of great Weinberg (or Vainberg) recordings from Alto among others.. Wow would love to hear the opera excerpts. You are a Gliere-head huh? Ha, I bet I'm the first person to ever say that..anyhow, yes the Chandos discs were great, I do have them all. -Do you have the Chandos disc with Gliere's Harp Concerto and Concerto for Coloratura and Orch? Sweet disc, I might post it. -Cheers!
Oh and thx for the links, I know Avax but shall check the others
Ok still one more thing-I do remember that there is A Chandos disc with excerpts from Shakh-Senem (a couple overtures) and also Marco Polo but I don't recall what parts of the opera are on the Marco Polo off hand. Oh if ya want check out Alto Records:
http://altocd.com/ They have a great Myaskovsky series going, I've been buying most of it. It's all recordings originally on Olympia with the Russian Federation Academic Symphony Orchestra and Evgeny Svetlanov conducting.
If you were drooling over the catalogue items, then that is the power of the "holy grail". The holy grail is an object of desire, an object that has some sort of arcane and mystical appeal/allure that compels you to go out there and search for it. It preoccupies your thinking and won't get enter and restful state of mind until you acquire it.
Actually I am LTTP (=Late To The Party) in terms of orchestral music. I wish I were there to buy all the amazing stuff in the '90s, but unfortunately this didn't happen, since I was a uncultured-unsophisticated weakling in terms of musical education, a benighted philistine. It would have been so essential to follow in, let's say, Nikolai Tokarev's footsteps and to be able to play all those amazing compositions on piano via the "device" of virtuoso 2-hand piano transcriptions.
Absolutely bro, I am Gliere aficionado/buff. The combination of exotic idiom + rich-sumptuous-colourful-grandiloquent orchestration is sth that Gliere is an adept at. Moreover, composers like Rimsky-Korsakov, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Alexander Spendiarov, Fikret Amirov et al have provided a plethora of works that fall into this category. The Gliere orchestral power on Chandos is something epic, sth breath-taking!
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3939616
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3411316
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4063410
I knew alto Records from these two recordings, actually
http://altocd.com/alc1019
http://altocd.com/alc2019
Man, I need Grigor Yeghiazarian on CD right here, right now
http://militscky.narod.ru/EGIAZARYAN.jpg
The 2nd Sevan Suite was featured on a Tjeknavorian + ASV release, but we need the 1st Suite as well.
This CD is off the chain!!!!
http://odeonmusic.blogspot.com/2013/09/various-composers-orchestral-music-of.html
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2328823
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4651648
Ha, the power of the holy grail...I quite like that. And you said it perfectly; I'd only add to your eloquence that I'm frightened that you know me so well ;) Truly one of the most cathartic of experiences for me was the the frequent trip into NYC to search for gems, jewels of sound. And I had 2 main sources/haunts where I would go and simply spend hours going through racks shelves piles etc. and each time it was like a vacation for my soul, and tormented mind! And one of the places (Tower Records Clearance...gone for years) had a motherload of cut-outs, discontinued cds and all kinds of rare curiosities. The best part was everything there was 1/3 the price or less than reg priced cds. And the offerings were often more interesting and real discoveries. I could wax nostalgic all night 'bout it... Benighted philistine? Hmm I'm sure I believe ya my friend! Anyhow we share the same taste for exoticisms in music, as far as the Russian/Ukrainian/Georgian/Uzbek etc. etc. composers go. I am like a junkie when it comes to Ippolitov-Ivanov and others that share that particular sound world inspired by the local folk music, the folk music and music of "neighbors" in surrounding areas from the Carpathians to the Black sea, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Oriental musics, and so forth..the inspiration was everywhere! I've studied these "influences" quite a bit actually..
Hmm I'll see what I can do about the Yeghiazarian, that will take a lot of "musical archeology" however. I have so much music in storage, in boxes, garbage bags full even lol that ya wouldn't believe!
Damn it I meant "I'm sure I DON'T believe you" concerning your benighted philistine comment. Actually even that was said awkwardly, but hell I have but 3 hours of sleep running my brain at the moment.
I'll be posting a cd of Henry Cowell soon and you should check it out, one work was inspired by his travels in what was then Persia, it's the "Persian Set" and it's exotic in the most lovely and non-gimmicky way. A fav of mine!
Ahh yes I remember that disc of Armenian composers, its special, I only wish they fleshed it out more by making it a double or triple disc set with full works, even just more short ones- instead of excerpts and miniatures. Either way it is indeed "the tits" as they say....well someone says it, I dunno in the UK perhaps? Regards friend
Ya mate. The reviewer put it quite eloquently.
""The music is enthusiastically led by Loris Tjeknavorian, and the Armenian players don't stint in their devotion to their fellow Armenian musicians. Excellent sound and very helpful notes— though in microscopic print—round out an issue that can only be recommended with reservations on the musical quality. (I hope this series continues with more music of Spendiarian and Yeghiazarian.)""
http://www.classicalmusicguide.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=35335
The reviewer, John Bauman, was expecting that the series would continue with more from the two afore-mentioned individuals.
But this wasn't the case unfortunately.
Of course I would like to have more from Alexander Spendiarov and Grigor Yeghiazarian. These guys score their music in an imaginative and well-crafted manner.
Ya mate, we said that the exotic musical idiom by Russian/Soviet composers is something stupendous, something unforgettable!
Especially when it is decked out with lavish, lush and sumptuous orchestration.
We need more orchestral powah!!! True, real, genuine, unfeigned and echt orchestral powah!!
Did you know that even Ippolitov-Ivanov has orchestrated some Mussorgsky?
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4717745
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4518190
Brother, of course I was a benighted philistine back in the '90s. Unfortunately this is the saddening and unchangeable truth. I should have been learning music feverishly for ages now, and moreover I should have been "worshipping" the endless Russian/Soviet music school for years now (Rimsky-Korsakov, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Gliere, Spendiarov, Khachaturian, Fikret Amirov, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Yeghiazarian etc)
But this did not happen for almost two decades, so now farewell ye Spanish ladies......
Brother, be sure to grab the Ahmed Ben Godel by Melodiya.
http://intoclassics.net/news/2014-05-26-35977
Hey what's up Aggelos. Well the funding often isn't there or disappears even if there's 1 promising recording. I've seen it happen many times, especially with a few composers that I have been fortunate enough to meet in the past. But alas this is the case w classical in general-I doubt Sony Classical of DG feels like spending money on Armenian composers, they certainly could :/ Thanks for the links, strangely the rutracker links won't load, I might have the discs but wld have to "see" them. I'll tell ya it's easy to have regrets in life, most ppl do-but loving classical music
late" as you say shouldn't be one! Just bathe in it all now, in the present :) I'm lookig for my ASV disc of Ippolitov-Ivanov Orch works, rare ones considering how little else has been put out (Caucasion Sketches while enchanting has been recorded 1,000 times!). I'm still baffled as to why his works lay dormant. Makes me nuts. Also trying to find my Marco polo discs, one has his Symphony 1 and the other disc is Orchestral works, very very good. -Thanks for the Ben Godel link, never heard of him! Cheers n beers, Tz
Oh do you have the ASV disc of Gliere's Taras Bulba Ballet Suite & Stankovytch's Rasputin Suite? I just pulled it from the shelves this morning :-)
Some nice Ippolitov-Ivanov material
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3097920
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2176473
http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2176441
Indeed, the first Caucasian Suite has been recorded numerous times. Not to mention that the Procession of the Sardar is Ippolitov-Ivanov's most known work, since it is the most often performed stand-alone composition of his.
Ya I've heard some mp3s for the other rare orchestral works by Ippolitov-Ivanov that appeared on Marco Polo.
I was listening to Gliere's Taras Bulba Suite the other day.
http://classic-online.ru/ru/production/16066
http://intoclassics.net/news/2011-10-13-9191
I am thinking of buying the original ASV disc, just to own the physical release with its booklet.
And this should be a must-buy featuring Amirov's Symphonic Suite on Azerbaijani melodies.
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2014/Aug14/Shostakovich_sy1_GHCD2415.htm
Man I needed the power of self-actualization.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-actualization
I was born in the '80s. However almost 20 years have faded away without strong, powerful and potent self-actualization (like Nikolai Tokarev's , we were born in the same year). The decades from 1990-99 and from 2000-2010 were decaded that I lived as a pathetic-miserable weakling. Lots of behaviour addictions appeared in those two decades.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_addiction
I was an escapist addict, a procrastinator, a daydreamer, I was making problematic use of internet, I was a digital addict, I as a cyber-slacker and cyber-loafer,
I was making problematic use of technology in general, etc....
Escapism = habitual diversion of the mind to purely imaginative activity or entertainment (such as playing videogames, watching films etc) as an escape from unpleasant reality or routine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrastination
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladaptive_daydreaming
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_addict
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldbricking
Aggelos hello. I have all the Ippolitov-Ivanov you linked except the Conifer disc. Although all the works on that disc can be found between an ASV disc and a Marco Polo disc. I guess "Mtsïri" translates as "the Novice", I never knew that, on the ASV disc it's listed as the former. I also like Amirov quite a bit and have all of his stuff, Olympia and Naxos and whatever else that I can't recall off-hand. The flute disc I posted recently has an Amirov work on it, did you see it?
-Listen, I think you should email me; I didn't need to check out the wiki pages you pasted, trust me I know and understand more than I can say. When you have a chance, I am here: crystal.hamsa@gmail.com
I work soon but will check it tonight, but no worries if you don't have time just yet.
Regards bro,
Tz
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