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Boulez is neither painful nor funny but - boring (also as conductor).

I am also rather disappointed by the CD. Technically, everything sounds ok, but there is a COMPLETE lack of atmosphere. E.g. the great "Festwalzer" does not at all sound like (the ironic version of) an opulent Viennese waltz, but more like a quite reserved English waltz.

I ordered it from jpc and received the package yesterday. So it seems that they have/had andvanced copies... I had this several times before.

Just listening to the CD - an embarrassing experience. This is a rather shallow piece which would have been wise to remain unsung.

It would be nice to have a "complete" Mlada - has it ever been tried to collect all the fragments and to create an approximation to what might have been the final outcome of the project?

By the way, the recent "Prince Igor" from the MET (Abdrazakov, Noseda) uses also this Mlada-fragment as orchestral finale, which, by the way, is not at all convincing (as is the rest of the production):

https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/de/katalog/produkte/borodin-prince-igor-abdrazakov-petrenko-noseda-529

Lyatoshinsky wrote many *really* good pieces!

Tonight is the night:

https://operavision.eu/en/library/features/kaleidoscopic-world-der-schmied-von-gent

Well, in contrast to Manfred Rückert, I know the Portland recording. Yes, there are elements of expressionism and this European 1920s so-called "jazz", but much less and much more integrated in "Orest" than in the highly disparate "Jonny spielt auf" - in what definitely is a big romantic opera (which is also the reason, why imho "Orest" is Kreneks best opera by far).

Richard Strauss: "Guntram", original version. I have a vocal score of this and believe me: about 45 minutes of great music are missing in the well known second version.

Ernst Krenek: "Leben des Orest" (Life of Orestes) - his greatest operatic achievement, a romantic grand opera (with very little modernism for special effects). There exists a low-quality recording from Portland (a heavily cut performance) in English. One would like to hear the whole piece.

Walter Braunfels: Galatea. The only Braunfels opera whithout any recording so far. There was a concert performance + recording planned in Osnabrück in June 2020, which has been cancelled for known reasons. Hope this will be done next season.

Alexander Zemlinsky: "Kleider machen Leute", original version. There exists only a (very funny) recording of the heavily cut down second version.

Moritz Moszkowski: "Boabdil" - his only opera. No idea how this piece may be...

Unfortunately, the "Demon"-recording as provided by ASO is in mono. Could this be a hint that a commercial release is planned?

What exactly do you find "capable" with Jonas Kaufmann? A mediocre voice with really bad vocal technique. I (and all of my opera friends with hearing) avoid this "singer" whenever I can (and here in Vienna we have way too many opportunities to avoid him) - I have had enough sore throat from hearing him for the rest of my life.

Personally, I think persuading conductors to take up unsung music is the way to go...

After years of futile trying to convice conductors I found out that it is definitely not, as conductors have surprisingly little influence on concert programms. Persuading the chiefs/managers of the orchestras is the way to go. And still, this will not work out as long as there is no printed score of a piece, since orchestras nowadays are nearly completely unwilling to play with handwritten material. So, the reference to "Sibelius+Note Performer" is quite correct, but be sure to provide a pdf instead of a synthetic "performance".

Maybe they will dare to record "Deutsche Auferstehung" ("German Resurrection"), this absurd cantata which Schmidt began to write under Nazi-pressure. Would be interesting to hear this (and, due to its suspected "quality", hopefully proof that Schmidt was not a Nazi - similar to Shostakovich's funny "Song of the Woods" which clearly shows that Shostakovich was not a communist).

This opera was a great success in 1923 and has been forgotten for a long time. Since it has not been performed in total after WWII, there exist only two highly unsatisfying (and non commercial) recordings: a 60 min version with piano and a 50 min version for chamber orchestra as children's opera (which it isn't). So, let us all record the radio broadcast and hope that cpo will produce the piece as has been done with Gals "Lied der Nacht".
The weblink for the internet stream is (for recording with the vlc media player):
http://st02.dlf.de/dlf/02/128/mp3/stream.mp3