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meanwhile Rêverie has given us a file of the 3rd symphony, for which thanks.

It is.

I know I like his 6th very much, and it's good to see them receiving more recordings. I wish Naxos would do this for his possibly NLA string quartets (especially if they can look into the mysterious 5th quartet while they're about it.)

maybe because Naxos already has a recording of the 2nd piano quartet coupled not with the first but with the piano quintet in A minor.

A recording (possibly the first?) of the first two of van Bree's 4 string quartets (in A, published around 1833 (Simrock) and in E-flat, ca.1840 by Theune) was released in February on MDG. The 3rd quartet (D minor) was recorded years ago, the 4th is apparently unpublished and unrecorded.

ah, and their sym 4 ends at 32:09 (5:46 finale, rather briefer than Griffiths' 6:07.)

Total durations are almost the same (26:03/26:33 on Ondine, 26:37/25:26 on cpo) with some greater variations in reported durations of individual movements.

Their video of sym.4 is a minute slower than Griffiths, which may include pauses and applauses, haven't checked... edit: the performance starts at 34 seconds in, after applause, yes-the movements are given with internal timings under the video. "Available until 11 March 2025"- so perhaps the new commercial release is in process

The Tapiola Sinfonietta has been posting to YouTube recordings of some of the 8 symphonies by Beethoven's (piano) pupil Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838), whose complete symphonies have been recorded once, on cpo.
presto announces that May 3 will see the release of a new intended Ries cycle on Ondine from Janne Nisonen and the above mentioned Tapiola Sinfonietta. (Ondine describes the recording as first in a new cycle.)

of Charles Stanford's music is an exact duplicate (same narration, music, etc) of an earlier Stanford COTW, or a new one? Thanks

I like the quintets, 3rd piano trio (apparently once very often played) and violin sonatas especially myself. Thanks for the recommendation!

(And his once-popular piano quartet - I have the Thorofon version- appeals too )

(which is why, apologies to hangmen everywhere, it's not the idea, it's the execution. There's only so many ideas in music, literature, art... but many ways to see them through.)

(apologies for banality and horrible punmanship.)

ntm Brahms 4/ii's opening bar overheard various places throughout Stanford symphony 3/iii...
Re Buttner 3, as the work is thoroughly PD, I could phone-photo the "offending" pages and upload scans to an account if I figure out which to do.

If that's a response to that article, none of us wrote it...

Back when I was attempting to compose, I remember hearing one of Beethoven's cello works in concert, had never heard it before, rondo tune stuck. I soon forgot who wrote it and some years later (just) started  writing the opening of a piano quintet on a very similar theme, thinking it mine (after checking it wasn't by the composers who it brought to mind. Then I heard the Beethoven on the radio and that was that. So yep.

another, this time post-Mahler 4 unlike my other examples, example is Melartin 4 (1912) (well-ok, 3 solo voices, but you mentioned Nielsen 3 which has 2.)