re Swiss music and Levy in particular, checking conductor Cuendet (not Cuendel)'s homepage bio (http://www.cuendet.info/M_bioE.htm), wanted to add that the Levy recording was made in 1983 (it's the first item in his discography). Thanks for including the scans of the LP, btw!
I thought I had all the Levy symphonies that had been released of the Opus One label but now I recall that I was unable to find no. 11 even shortly after its release. It's wonderful to have no. 15 (my favorite) at last.
Does anyone have Suter's Violin Concerto, please?
A recording is available, Gareth. Please follow this link...
http://www.musiques-suisses.ch/shop/mgb/6169.php?lang=d (http://www.musiques-suisses.ch/shop/mgb/6169.php?lang=d)
I'd like to hear one of Friedrich Hegar's works (a few are available in score at IMSLP)- his quartet or cello concerto, say. Two of his opus 14 waltzes, from a 78 (reissued on LP on "Masters of the Bow MB 1020"), have been broadcast on BBC played by Henri Marteau (or at least are in the BBC archive- perhaps part of that LP has been broadcast but not the Hegar, perhaps none of it has.)
I have the Violin Concerto on an old cassette if you don't find what you're looking for. Or want a less expensive alternative..... :-[
Jerry
Suter's or Hegar's? (I know Hegar wrote a ballade for violin and orchestra, he may have written a concerto too... ah yes, I remember- his opus 3 in D, published by André ca.1875, reviewed in the Monthly Musical Record Nov.1 that year.). Haven't seen it, but Worldcat mentions it a few times.)
Suter's. I have nothing by Hegar at all!!
Jerry
Nothing by Hegar? How horrible (ok, since the comic strip postdates him, I'm guessing he fortunately did not get a lot of that during his lifetime.)
Othmar Schoeck's Cantata "Vom Fischer un Syner Fru" is about to be added.
I could also upload the Schoeck Violin Concerto in the LP recording by Ulrich Lehmann??
Of course, I hope violin concerto by Schoeck! thanks :D
Quote from: A.S on Saturday 19 November 2011, 02:17
Of course, I hope violin concerto by Schoeck! thanks :D
Ok, Atsushi. .....and you will get a recorded introduction to the piece read by me ;D ;D
Thanks Colin! I'm looking forward to it with listening Symphonies by Arnell , Bate and other :)
I've posted Symphony 3 by Swiss Composer Andor Kovach (originally born in Hungary) .
(http://www.brightcecilia.net/gallery2/d/5850-2/Andor+Kovach.jpg)
details from: http://www.pizzicato.ch/biografie_detail.php?id=143&lang=e (http://www.pizzicato.ch/biografie_detail.php?id=143&lang=e)
Swiss composer born in Erdely (Transilavania), one of Hungary's oldest regions, annexed to Romania since the First World War. His studies: matriculation with Latin and Greek in Budapest. Diplomas in composition, choir directing and conducting, musical education, all from the Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest. His teachers: Zoltan Kodaly, whose assistant at the Music Academy he became, Belà Bartok, with whom he studied composition privately. Bardos, Vaszi, Zalanfy, Clemens Krauss for conducting and H. Swarowsky in Vienna and Salzburg. Has conducted many orchestral and choral works since age eighteen. Composed the theatre music for the piece Bibracte by Swiss author A.Schwengeler and conducted it at the National Theatre in Budapest. In 1947 he was named founding-professor at the National Conservatory in Saarebruck (whose staff included W.Gieseking, M. Gendron, E.Steckel, Paul Tortellier). In 1951 he founded and became conductor of the Youth Symphony orchestra in San Paulo (Brazil), with which he made many tours of America. Invited by E. van Beinum to become chief assistant conductor of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, his lack of the Dutch nationality prevented him from accepting the post. He then settled in Brussels, becoming the founder and permanent conductor of the National Youth orchestra of Belgium. Taught and lectured at Louvain University. Gave a series of lectures and radio talks about Hungarian music which were broadcast by radio stations in Brussels, Paris, Anvers, Hilversum, Stockholm, Rome and Vienna. Conducted other great European orchestras (Belgium, Holland, France, Spain, Germany, Luxemburg, Switzerland, etc.), while steadily composing works that have been performed in most European countries. He settled in Switzerland in 1961, upon his nomination as professor of composition, analysis and orchestration at the Lausanne Conservatory, and composed, among others, two works commissioned by Dr. Paul Sacher. In 1964 he was awarded the Reine Marie-José Composition Prize. His opera Médée was premiered by Radio Genève and performed in Germany, at the Théâtre Graslin in Nantes and by the ORTF in a Paris concert, then in Hungary and New York by the Radio. The premiere of his First Concerto for piano and orchestra was conducted by E. Ansermet, and his works performed at festivals in Divonne, Nancy and Paris, in Scandinavian countries up to Helsinki and, from 1975, in the United States. In 1978 he was called to Boston where for four years he taught composition, analysis and orchestration at the famous Massachussets Institute of Technology and at the Boston Conservatory. A period of intense musical activity followed, during which he composed many works (including an opera Le Rendez-Vous which he conducted many times), gave numerous lectures at various State Universities and broadcasts talks. In 1983 he returned to his home in Lausanne, where he now lives and pursues his compositional career. (Note—he died in 2005)
Many thanks Dundonnell and britishcomposer for both Conrad Beck works!.
I recorded many years ago (and very badly!) the beginning of the symphony and I have always wanted to listen it in full.
Best regards
Sicmu... thank you so much for the Flury symphonies!
You are a star!
You are welcome, I just realized the performers listed in Mike Herman's discography are different from the ones on the jacket, I also read that there is a recording of the fourth but it seems oop and unavailable.
I also searched for the disc with Flury's Fourth. The result is that it isn't really out of print but rather no CD released by a regular CD company, actually this disc is a release of the Richard Flury Society and can only be ordered through their website:
http://richardflury.ch/inhalt/pages/diskographie.php (http://richardflury.ch/inhalt/pages/diskographie.php)
If you want to purchase it you need to click on "Bestellungen" (= Orders) on the left, which leads you to an order form.
Back in October of last year a member posted a link to Walther Geiser's Symphony No.1 in D minor, op.44.
The link is now "dead" but it might be worth pointing out that the recording has been reissued on a Decca Eloquence cd(480 0814).
For Bill Hayden, will resubmit today. Arbuckle
Quote from: Dundonnell on Wednesday 30 May 2012, 16:44
Back in October of last year a member posted a link to Walther Geiser's Symphony No.1 in D minor, op.44.
The link is now "dead" but it might be worth pointing out that the recording has been reissued on a Decca Eloquence cd(480 0814).
Since Arbuckle has now re-uploaded the Geiser Symphony No.1 may I repeat my admonition that this recording is available on cd and should not therefore be available on this site :o
Geiser removed
Violin Concerto by Peter Mieg (1949)
UPDATE: There has been some question as to whether or not this recording is commercially available (Thanks Eric!), and I'm removing the link for now.
(http://www.petermieg.ch/Portals/0/Titelseite/20_mieg.jpg)
Details: from violinconcerto.de
(Note- although this seems to be the recording cited there, I cannot determine if the last bars are missing)
soloist (last name, first name): Reitz, Heiner
conductor (last name, first name): Schmid, Erich
orchestra: Radio Orchester Beromünster
duration: 21'17''
This work strikes me as somewhat dark, but not dissonant, with many lyrical stretches-- your mileage may vary.
Biography from Wikipedia
Mieg was born in Lenzburg where he spent almost all his life. He studied art history, archaeology, music history as well as French and German Literature in Zurich, Basel and Paris from 1927 to 1933. In the early 1930s Mieg became a journalist writing articles about art, music and literature for newspapers such as the Basler Nachrichten, the Weltwoche and the Badener Tagblatt.
Between 1933 and 1939 he became friends with the conductor and patron Paul Sacher and the composers Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, Arthur Honegger and Bohuslav Martinu.
Compositions
In the 1940s Mieg completed his musical formation with Frank Martin. His first important works were written in the 1950s in a very personal neoclassicism. From that time on he was commissioned by the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich (Symphony, 1958), the Zurich Chamber Orchestra (Concerto per clavicembalo e orchestra da camera, 1953, Concerto Veneziano, 1955, the Concerto for oboe and orchestra, 1957, the Concerto pour piano à quatre mains et orchestre à cordes, 1980), the Lucerne Festival Strings (Triple concerto dans le goût italien, 1978) and many others.
Mieg wrote some 135 compositions, including several concertos (for piano, for violin, for flute, for 2 flutes, for harp, for cello, for piano and cello), a lot of chamber music and piano music (5 piano sonatas).
Painting
In 1961 Mieg exhibited his gouaches for the first time. They mostly represent still life and landscapes. He had been painting since his childhood.
Quote from: jowcol on Monday 16 July 2012, 20:40
Details: from violinconcerto.de
(Note- although this seems to be the recording cited there, I cannot determine if the last bars are missing)
My recording ends with a crashing tutti, than a 2-3 seconds pause follows and than another crashing tutti starts that ends abruptly. I don't know the score, but it either can be the beginning of another work or the finalbars of the concerto which are missing. I don't know.
You can compare with the version at youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE0oaiOZLzA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE0oaiOZLzA)
I like Peter Mieg very much but haven't heard this concerto so far.
His later works are mellower, autumnal, and more characteristic than his earlier which are somewhat more gritty (but gripping nevertheless. :) )
OK, if that is the proper ending of the piece, than I have just the start of a second work at the end and the note on my website if wrong.
Best,
Tobias
Quote from: violinconcerto on Monday 16 July 2012, 21:46
OK, if that is the proper ending of the piece, than I have just the start of a second work at the end and the note on my website if wrong.
Best,
Tobias
Do we have an agreement? I can update my post. I'll leave it to you two gentlemen.
Lémanic Overture 70 (Op 48) by Julien-Franḉois Zbinden
(http://www.musinfo.ch/images/personen/web/zbinden.julien-fran_ois.jpg)
BRT, Daniel Sternefeld
Radio Broadcast (date unknown)
From the collection of Karl Miller
I've only found a little about Zbinden, but his jazz interests are reflected in this work, but no overwhelmingly so.
Biography
Julien-François Zbinden was born in Rolle in canton Waadt, Switzerland. Following studies in piano and subsequent studies in violin and voice he made his musical debut in 1938 as an orchestral pianist having been passionate about jazz from a very early age. He began composing as a so-called autodidact. From 1947 Zbinden was employed in the musical department of the Radio Suisse Romande and quickly moved into positions with a high level of responsibility. From 1973 until 1979 and from 1987 until 1991 he was president of the Swiss Society for the Rights of Authors of Musical Works (SUISA). A lifetime of composing has led to a catalogue consisting of more than one hundred works including operas, oratorio, symphonies, concertos, choral music, radio works, music for theatre and film, many of which have received international acclaim. Julien-François Zbinden is one of the contemporary Swiss composers whose works entertain a world-wide audience, with a great number of these works having been recorded.
Nice to see that Zbinden is still among us! Born in 1917 he will be 95 in November. (Only two months earlier Robert Ward will celebrate his 95th.)
The overture has the correct title Lémanic 70, op. 48 (1970)
The number relates perhaps to the year of composition. But what does 'Lémanic' mean?
Due to Zbinden's nationality I would guess the title is related to the "Lac Léman" - the French name of Lake Geneva / Genfersee.
Ah yes, that makes sense! ;)
The piece has been recorded commercially but I don't have the CD:
http://www.fonoteca.ch/cgi-bin/oecgi2.exe/inet_fnbasedetail?REC_ID=1249.011&LNG_ID=ENG (http://www.fonoteca.ch/cgi-bin/oecgi2.exe/inet_fnbasedetail?REC_ID=1249.011&LNG_ID=ENG)
Quote from: britishcomposer on Friday 03 August 2012, 16:10
Nice to see that Zbinden is still among us! Born in 1917 he will be 95 in November. (Only two months earlier Robert Ward will celebrate his 95th.)
The overture has the correct title Lémanic 70, op. 48 (1970)
The number relates perhaps to the year of composition. But what does 'Lémanic' mean?
Thanks! I'll update the posts.
Is the BRT the Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic?
I believe so. The conductor was Belgian, and there is a post of his first Symphony (quite good) on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owH-vJXdb4Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owH-vJXdb4Y)
Zbinden has had quite a lot recorded on CD (a 2CD set of his 4 symphonies, a disc of his concertos, etc). Simply type "Zbinden" in the search box on Amazon and you'll get plenty of results ;D. Apparently he is quite active in jazz also; you can hear the jazz influence (but not too much) in his music.