underdiscussed classical composers I have dug: official ilm thread

you know the group that is underdiscussed, is choral composers

y'all need to get up on some Herbert Howells and Frank Martin immediately

I like Martin's Petite Symphonie Concertante quite a bit. Only choral piece I've heard by him is In Terra Pax, which sounded a little too Demille-ian to me.

I haven't yet heard that but seriously, his "Mass for Double Chorus" is arguably THE greatest a capella piece of the 20th Century

not that Bartok is that underdiscussed but this thread sent me to youtube hoping that someone had uploaded zoltan kodaly's performance of '138. Bagpipes' from Microkosmos, and while no one has, I did find this great clip of a 7 year old girl playing the hell out of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdPsjGdrqbo&feature=related

i fucking love mikrokosmos, about twice a year i sit down and struggle my way through a piece or two with confusion and delight.

was the russian cd this one? http://www.allmusic.com/album/preludes-to-a-revolution-w126544/review

yah

this youtube channel is awesome for feinberg, roslavets et al

http://www.youtube.com/user/Hexameron

http://pixhost.me/avaxhome/fa/2b/000b2bfa_medium.jpeg

rip german romanticism

a cursory search reveals we have thread for leo srauss, levi-strauss, the execrable DSK and no less than three for neil 'the game' strauss, yet none for richard s so he surely qualifies as underdiscussed on ilm, if less so elsewhere

Never seen Franck mentioned on ILM so I'll mention that I listened to the Prelude, Chorale and Fugue for the first time in a while recently. Possibly my favorite late Romantic composer.

Only one mention of Panufnik and it's from 2002. This guy is great on most days, micropolytonal with gorgeous melodies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrSAFc6JzlU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi_7-QGvYVU

He's got a piece called "Landscape" that takes the cake but I can't find video of it

that right there is really nice stuff

Never seen Franck mentioned on ILM

I love Cesar Franck.

The few recordings of his work that I've been able to find are all among my most listened to classical records. This album is wonderful.

'Psyche' is one of my all time favorites, as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_pjNKHf0Yc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsPvSfuVEs4

Even though he is most recognized for 'The Incredible Flutist', I really love Walter Piston's 'Three New England Sketches':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aYhrqPisYA

Those Panufnik clips are great! I'll look for "Landscape."