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#91

Composers & Music / Reinthaler/Kauffmann/Weidig/Tr...

Last post by Alan Howe - Wednesday 10 April 2024, 21:07

Some intriguing 'works in progress' from Reverie's magic computer workshop:

1. 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫:  Symphony (1864) - 1st mov (from opening)
2. 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳 𝐊𝐚𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧: Cello Concerto (1899) - 1st mov (from opening)
3. 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐖𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐠:  Drei Episoden (1907) - 3rd mov "Liebesgluck" (from opening)
4. 𝐌𝐚𝐱 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩:  5th Symphony (1937) - 1st mov (final section)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKuZzIM3BS0

#92

Composers & Music / Re: Lassen, Eduard (1830 - 190...

Last post by Alan Howe - Wednesday 10 April 2024, 19:08

...and now I can't get the main theme of the first movement out of my head! It's certainly catchy.

#93

Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Eduard Franck 1817-1893

Last post by Alan Howe - Wednesday 10 April 2024, 17:57

Thanks very much, Tuomas, for locating these articles and musical examples. If only the score/parts could be found...

[Symphony in G minor]

#94

Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Eduard Franck 1817-1893

Last post by tpaloj - Wednesday 10 April 2024, 14:45

Symphony in G minor (1852/56): unpublished and 'nicht mehr auffindbar'. i.e. untraceable. Franck himself conducted the first performance on 12th February 1856 in Cologne and a further performance was given on 18th February 1860 in Bern. Interestingly, it is apparently discussed at length, including musical examples, in the Niederrheinische Musik-Zeitung of 8th and 15th March 1856.

The article to those interested is here (with musical examples at the end of part 2):
March 8 (part 1)
March 15 (part 2)

[Symphony in A minor]

#95

Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Eduard Franck 1817-1893

Last post by Alan Howe - Wednesday 10 April 2024, 13:03

Regarding Franck's 'lost' symphonies, I have consulted the biography by Paul and Andreas Feuchte who give the following details:
Symphony in A minor (1846): performed in Berlin on 30th November 1846 and discussed in various music journals. Apparently Mendelssohn wrote Franck a letter in which he rejected the possibility of a performance in Leipzig. There is no mention of the score's current whereabouts.
Symphony in G minor (1852/56): unpublished and 'nicht mehr auffindbar'. i.e. untraceable. Franck himself conducted the first performance on 12th February 1856 in Cologne and a further performance was given on 18th February 1860 in Bern. Interestingly, it is apparently discussed at length, including musical examples, in the Niederrheinische Musik-Zeitung of 8th and 15th March 1856.
Symphony in B flat (1858): also unpublished and 'nicht mehr auffindbar', i.e. untraceable. A Symphony in B flat was evidently given its first performance on 26th January 1858 in Cologne. There is a discussion in the Rheinische Musikzeitung für Kunstfreunde und Künstler of 30th January 1858.
Whether this is the same work as the Symphony in B flat, Op.52 is an unresolved question.

#96

Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Fuchs Violin Sonatas 4, 5 ...

Last post by eschiss1 - Wednesday 10 April 2024, 02:48

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.)

#97

Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Enescu Piano Quartet No.1

Last post by eschiss1 - Wednesday 10 April 2024, 02:44

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.

#98

Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Grzegorz Fitelberg: Sympho...

Last post by Alan Howe - Tuesday 09 April 2024, 19:28

The issue with this symphony is not so much the material itself, but that it all seems to pass the listener by in a flash, undeveloped. After all, 28 minutes is extremely short for a late-romantic work that's just begging for a level of expansion commensurate with the generosity of the orchestration. The finale, at 5:40, is more or less a complete let-down after the first three movements which I greatly enjoyed. A failure, then, overall, but a very attractive one for 22+ minutes. The use of the orchestra is sophisticated and colourful - and the performance here by the Poznan Philharmonic could hardly be bettered.

#99

Recordings & Broadcasts / Re: Grzegorz Fitelberg: Sympho...

Last post by Alan Howe - Tuesday 09 April 2024, 15:43

Having ordered the CD from jpc, I find I rather enjoyed the piece. Strange to have a 28-minute late-romantic symphony, though. More when I've absorbed it properly...

#100

Composers & Music / Re: Lassen, Eduard (1830 - 190...

Last post by Alan Howe - Tuesday 09 April 2024, 15:39

We trust your winks, Martin...

I really like the finale of No.1, by the way. Somewhere between the finales of Raff 2 and Brahms 2, I'd say.