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Forthcoming May 3rd on Sterling:

La Part du Diable (1843)
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9612880--auber-la-part-du-diable

Found on YouTube a performance of Prout's Clarinet Concerto performed by the Greenwich Chamber Orchestra with David Cutts conducting and Peter Cigleris on the clarinet. According to the video, it is a world premiere performance.

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

Similar to Prout's fourth symphony which I posted in higher quality here a couple months ago, the concerto sounds like it was written in a late classical or early romantic style. I recommend that everyone reads the description of the video as it gives an interesting story on how the work was discovered.

[Nachhall (Reverberation)]

Set for release by Schweizer Fonogramm soon. Includes the following:

Nachhall (Reverberation), Op. 70 (1954)
Three Songs by Heine, Op. 4 (1906)
Eight Songs, Op. 17 (1904-09)



https://www.schweizerfonogramm.com/en/cd/nachhall-song-cycles-with-orchestra-by-swiss-late-romantic-othmar-schoeck-1886-1957/

Sometimes you find fascinating things on the internet without really searching for them, and this includes five films (2 of which are silent) which show the Swedish composer Peterson-Berger in documentary footage about certain towns:

Östersund / Härnösand (1920) - At 3:38
300th Anniversary of Umeå (1922)  - At 6:37
Östersund (1935) - At 0:54
Train Östersund – Ystad (1936) - At 2:39
Frösöblomster (1943)

[Sechs Lieder]

Arriving on November 3rd on Toccata Classics, the complete German Lieder of Dalcroze:
The cover is of Dalcroze and his wife, the singer Nina Faliero.


Sechs Lieder, Op. 14 (1892)
Sechs Lieder, Op. 15 (1892)
Zehn Lieder (1913)
Zwei Gesänge (1913)

I recently purchased a rare Philips LP (N 00738R) of music from festivals in Basel, by both Hans Huber and Hermann Suter. The stage tunes are immediately appealing which would make sense for the mass populace for which they were written.

As far as my research shows, Huber wrote for the Kleinbasler Gedenkfeier in 1892 (500th anniversary of Basel Unification) and the Basler Bund 1901 (400th anniversary of Basel joining the Swiss Confederacy). There's a good bruchure on Huber's contributions here.

Suter wrote for the Sankt Jakob an der Birs festival in 1912 (to commemorate the 1444 Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs) and the Riehener Festspiel in 1923 (to commemorate the unification of the municipality of Riehen with Basel).

It appears that some of Huber's works were performed in 2014, but I cannot find any recording of them. The LP I have dates from the early 1950s in mono, but I wonder if anything else exists out there.

[Hermann Suter]

Available until August 2nd. I have noted time stamps for the two relevant composers for this thread.

https://www.srf.ch/audio/im-konzertsaal/swiss-orchestra-und-michael-barenboim-spielen-suter?id=12396940

11:20 - Hermann Suter (1870-1926): Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 23 (1921)

59:41 - George Templeton Strong (1856-1948): From a Notebook of Sketches, Suite No. 3 (Piano duets from early 1890s, orchestrations from early 1940s)

Swiss Orchestra
Conducted by Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer
Michael Barenboim, violin

Concert from May 14, 2023, Tonhalle Zurich

An interesting virtual reproduction of the work by the sheet music publisher, Albis Music.

The piece was written by Glass in 1888 and the publisher claims it is "The one and only romantic concert for oboe and orchestra written between 1823 and 1944."

My guess is that the range of years is bookended by Vincenzo Bellini's and Vaughan Williams' concertos, although one can also point to Charles Chaix's Choral for Oboe and Strings from 1944.

I would love to hear this recorded sometime in the future.

An exciting program coming up on 1–2 January & 29–30 June 2024 for the Swiss Orchestra.

Swiss Orchestra Tour #8

Paul Juon (1872–1940)
5 pieces for string orchestra op. 16

Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770)
Sonata in G minor «Teufelstrill» (arranged by Fritz Kreisler)

Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Prelude and Allegro Variations on a Theme by Corelli Liebesfreud Schön Rosmarin

Paul Juon (1872–1940)
Four Pieces for Violin and Piano (version for violin and orchestra) Op. 28 No. 3 Berceuse

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Holberg Suite op. 40

George Templeton Strong (1856–1948)
Chorale on Theme by Leo Hassler

I'm happy for the inclusion of an orchestral work by Templeton Strong, and my excitment was generated by Adriano's wonderful recording with Naxos.

January 1: Langenthal
January 2: Zurich
June 29: Andermatt
June 30: Davos

https://swissorchestra.ch/en/

Newly released by the Dutton label. Unfortunately there are no samples available. From my understanding, everything here has been previously recorded except for My Lady Brocade.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9486146--ketelbey-orchestral-works

To be broadcast on February 3rd at 20:04 CET, and it will be available for 30 days after.

https://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr3/programm/sendungen/wdr3-konzert/konzertplayer-wdr-staedtekonzerte-nrw-sinfonieorchester-aachen-ehrt-leo-blech-100.html

This was Blech's first opera composed in 1893.

New release of Hans Sommer's orchestral songs on the label Pentatone: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9374859--hans-sommer-orchestral-songs#about

Already loving Der König von Thule.

To be released next week by our friends at Schweizer Fonogramm: https://www.schweizerfonogramm.com/en/cd/hans-huber-1852-1921-early-works-for-orchestra-and-a-world-premiere-recording/



A Comedy Overture, Op. 50 (1879)
Serenade No. 1 "Summer Nights" in E major, Op. 86 (1884)
Serenade No. 2 "Winter Nights" in G major (1895)
Roman Carnival (1879) - World Premiere Recording

Forthcoming from Capriccio in January '23:

http://www.capriccio.at/lortzing-der-waffenschmied

Taken from a live recording done in 2021.

I would like to share from YouTube a Cello Concerto by "Rod McKuen," actually ghostwritten by Patric Standford. It was composed in 1976 but it follows the British Neo-Romantic style.

https://youtu.be/CnVYgU-jauo

Cello – Keith Harvey
Conductor – Patric Standford
Orchestra – National Philharmonic Orchestra

Released back in June: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9328965--john-ireland-orchestral-works#reviews

Don't think there is anything new here but the sound quality is outstanding.

Forthcoming from Capriccio:

Works on the album:

Ten Songs for Mixed Choir, Op. 198 (1860-1874)
Four Marian Antiphons, WoO. 27 (1868)
Ave Maria, WoO. 33 (1869)
Kyrie and Gloria, WoO. 31 (1869)
Pater Noster (Lord's Prayer), WoO. 32 (1869)

Decided to create a new thread for this in light of the new live recording of the work from May 26 in Lachen.

I wonder if the CPO recording will be different?

New CD by Naxos due on March 11th this year, by a composer I have never seen mentioned on this forum before:

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9267939--martin-pluddemann-the-ballads-songs-and-legends

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/balladen-und-gesaenge/hnum/10776555

Martin Plüddemann (1854-1897) was mainly known as a composer of ballads and appears to have been influenced by Bruckner and Carl Loewe.

An 1854 religious work by a Spanish composer, adapted from the text of the Stabat Mater:

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8915333--cansino-stabat-mater

Linked here is a positive review of the piece: https://www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2021/06/cansino.htm