Promise not to pester you, Alan! However!
Chandos have announced, of course, a three volume series. Do you know (or at least believe) whether they are committed to that (in virtue of such things as contractual arrangements with orchestras) and will stick to it come rain or shine, or whether the 'actuality' of Volume 2 is dependent on the success of Volume 1?
I've got no reason for any scepticism here, but there have been a few Chandos projects that have quietly fizzled out (presumably for commercial reasons). Despite not ever having heard a note of Rufinatscha (until approx 15.05 tomorrow on BBC R3 which will be my Rufinatscha baptism!) I'm keeping fingers tightly crossed that the project strides ahead, meets with every success, and puts Rufinatscha firmly on the musical map.
Any why this concern over a composer I've never heard? Well, dammit, from everything I've read about him I just know that this is music I will care about, and probably quite passionately.
