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Composers & Music / British Cello Concertos (Chand...

Last post by Alan Howe - Yesterday at 12:35

An excellent Chandos 2-for-1 set, including Cello Concertos by Finzi (one of his best works), Bax (hyper-late, late romantic), Moeran (beautiful, elegiac) and Stanford (Irish Rhapsody No.3) - plus the Bliss, which probably lies beyond the bounds of this forum:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8117054--british-cello-concertos

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Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Recording of Raff's Samson

Last post by Mark Thomas - Monday 13 May 2024, 14:35

The selections do indeed give an excellent survey of what Samson has to offer, and also a good idea of the quality of the performance and recording. Buy with confidence!

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Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Recording of Raff's Samson

Last post by Alan Howe - Monday 13 May 2024, 10:23

The eleven excerpts at Schweizer Fonogramm give a good idea of the general 'feel' of this large-scale opera which, had it been performed in the late 1850s, would surely have sounded very modern in the age of Meyerbeerian grand opera, rivalling even early Wagner.

I must give Cornelius' Der Cid (1865) another listen, for comparison purposes.

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Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Vilma von Webenau Piano Qu...

Last post by eschiss1 - Monday 13 May 2024, 01:07

so they missed her cello sonata, published in 1949, weird... and available on the recording.

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Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Hugo Kauder Symphony No.1 ...

Last post by eschiss1 - Monday 13 May 2024, 01:03

Good

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Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Bowen Syms 1 & 2 from Chan...

Last post by eschiss1 - Monday 13 May 2024, 00:22

It may be made marginally easier if someone somewhere taped those other two broadcasts you mentioned in 2016 (which I assume no longer exist as master tapes?)

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Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Johanna Senfter Chamber mu...

Last post by eschiss1 - Monday 13 May 2024, 00:17

on amazon music only the track names are listed, which makes having the back cover photo from jpc convenient...

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Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Recording of Raff's Samson

Last post by Justin - Sunday 12 May 2024, 17:08

I figured. Just double checking.

#9

Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Recording of Raff's Samson

Last post by Mark Thomas - Sunday 12 May 2024, 17:02

No, I've heard nothing, but if the CDs have only been received in Bern this week it's going to be a few days at least, I imagine.

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Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Recording of Raff's Samson

Last post by Justin - Sunday 12 May 2024, 17:00

Has anyone who donated to the fund received any updates yet as to their copies?