Hugo Kauder Symphony No.1 (1920-1)

[eschiss1]

Btw, Mr. Howe, you have responded well to his music in the past (judging from a skim of posts from 2015-7 or so) but I don't have any real knowledge of his music either!
Happy 2023!

[Mark Thomas]

I'm happy to let Mr Botstein have the last word.

[eschiss1]

Well... if he chooses to add a commercial recording of the oboe concerto I will not complain.

[Alan Howe]

Not happening.

[Ilja]

I'm happy to let Mr Botstein have the last word.

We'll have to, until someone else has a go at it.

[Alan Howe]

Very unlikely, I'd've thought.

In any case, I think we've established the 30-minute figure as a 'guesstimate', i.e. as involving a mixture of reasoned  calculation and sheer guesswork - for which Botstein was in no way responsible.

[Alan Howe]

Botstein's recording has now been announced - it'll be available on the Avie label from 24th May:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/the-lost-generation/hnum/11833381
More details here:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9619812--the-lost-generation-apostel-kauder-busch

The timing for the Symphony is 40:09.

[eschiss1]

Good

[Droosbury]

Got my copy of this the other day. Very pleased they edited out the horrible false note that appears in the version that was in Downloads. I am currently absolutely obsessed with the noble, yearning theme in the third movement (very Mahlerian), played by the violins at the bottom of their register apparently (I had thought it was violas). Heart-melting.

Others here may not care for the accompanying Schoenbergian Haydn Variations by Hans Erich Apostel, but there's nothing to be scared of, I promise you! And the Busch variations make a very pleasant end to a well-filled disc.

[Alan Howe]

Thanks for the review - very encouraging.

[John Boyer]

Hrrmph.  JPC now says it won't be available until June 14, and yet...

It will be interesting to hear Peter Serkin as an orchestrator.