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Does anyone know the UK availability of this CD?  Can't see it listed on PRESTO, AMAZON or Europadisc.

Cheers

Richard

Just FYI

Just noticed our friends in the Tyrol are back with a 50% off Xmas offer. However, a quick peruse through their catalogue didn't show me any 'new this year' romantic orchestral works (unless I missed them) so this year I will have to give this a miss.

Happy Xmas to all and many thanks once again to Mark, Alan, Ilja and the rest of the gang who keep UC up and running and a joy to read all the posts.

Richard

Gareth,

Tks for the update - I guess we should be pleased at what HAS survived rather than mourn that which hasn't.

By the way, your work with Cameo on the Brull/Jadassohn works was really appreciated by me - tks again

Richard

sorry for the incomplete post - keyboard(or Windows!) gremlins.  I was going to say that for Giles' list there are quite a few other orchestral works probably of equal merit and yet no sign of any other (orchestral) works I can find to listen to.  Have I missed them or are the mss missing or have they joined the 'waiting for someone to record them' list? 

Best wishes

Richard

I've thoroughly enjoyedf his 1st symphony (UC or Youtube?) and the Hyperion CD of his 1st two piano concertos but can finds no other orchestral works to listen to.   From Gilesd' list there are qH

Many thanks for your quick and helpful replies - much appreciated

Richard

Whilst re-cataloguing my CDs, I came to an old Turnabout CD (cat no. 30371 00462) with two early piano concertos by Beethoven (No. 0 in E flat maj and a 'one movement' very early piece in D maj (attr.) and which also contains a piano concerto by JL Dussek.  This last is shown on the inlay as P969 in B-flat major - its mvmts are I. Allegro 12'40, II. Larghetto 4'27 and Rondo (allegro ma non tanto) 5'00.

The numbering of Dussek's works seems (to me) very dubious/confusing at the very least and I can find no references at all to 'P' cataloguing - just 'CRAW and Opus numbers.  As his work list (WIKI and IMSLP) contains more than one work in B flat maj, I'd appreciate it very much if anyone can clarify which particular work this is.

Many thanks

Richard

Thanks for the updates - will keep scanning PRESRTO future releases

Cheers

Richard

Alan,

You are bang-on with your view on the 1st movement, which I've just listened to.  Sadly (unless I've missed it), no mention on either the NAXOS or Brilliant Classics websites about their release dates.  The JPC site suggests Dec 02, 2022 for the NAXOS version (presumably that is for Europe and we will get it sometime Q1 (or Q2?) next year?.

Sgambati's other orchestral works that I've heard (symphonies, concertos etc) have all, to my untutored ear, hit the mark for being 'romantic' of the first order so if anyone has any better information, it would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

Richard

Following so shortly after the very emotional death of our Queen, so sad this morning to read of the death of Lars Vogt.  I only saw him a few of times when, as resident conductor of the Northern Sinfonia, I when to local concerts at the Sage, Gateshead, most memorably for the re-creation of that massive programme of Beethoven's symphonies and Piano Concertos, including (IIRC) Symphonies 5 & 6 and Piano Concerto No. 4.

As both conductor and soloist I could only admire his enthusiasm and skill - he clearly put every ounce of his being into the performance.

A very sad passing for his family, his music and last but not least, classical music here in the North East. 

RIP

Richard

Alan,


Tks for the link!

Cheers

Richard

JP,

Followed the links you kindly gave and found some listings of CDs of potential interest.  Tried to contact via e-mail Mr Miroslav Vilimec (Aug 17th) to make more detailed enquires and maybe take matters further but so far no reply.  However, I did discover Jakub Jan Ryba's work via this web-site and then  on Spotify, there are some nice early romantic works (Cello concerto & D minor violin concerto).  The web-site also lists a CD with Ryba's (only surviving) symphony on but I cannot find it listed anywhere else and until Mr Vilimec replies I'm temporarily stumped.

Anyway, many thanks for your 'intro' to this area of Czech music.

Best wishes

Richard

Gareth,

Thanks for the clarification.  The reason I made the post was that, as a rank musical amateur, I was pleased at finding 'in-depth' information on a work for which there is no CD (whereas CDs usually have booklet notes from the label - e.g. NAXOS, HYPERION, CHANDOS - or reviews - e.g. MUSICWEB - from which I can get a better understanding of what I am listening to (it is now some 65 years since I was in my early teens and stopped playing the piano and listening to music with the score in front of me, so sadly I can no longer read a score - my fault!). 

Anyway, the comments from yourself (and all the other 'professional' contributors to UC) are very much appreciated.

Best wishes

Richard 

Having recently enjoyed listening to Martin's excellent rendition of this work, I was looking (via Google) for any further notes as to its background and structure and came across this link:   https://repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de/wp-content/uploads/vorworte_prefaces/1936.html

This gives a lengthy background to Berger and his music and a detailed account of the symphony itself (but with no extant recording to refer to, I presume the review of the work was based on the published score?)

Cheers

Richard

Like Mark, I too prefer downloads wherever possible.  Does anyone have any info on expected download availability in the UK - PRESTO aren't showing this in the next 3 months?!

Cheers

Richard