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YouTube May 10, 2024
Chandos June 10, 2024

It's a bit off topic here but the awkward truth is that the sonics of Barenboim/CSO recording sounds even inferior to Jochum/BRSO's 1954 mono.

I second the opinion. (By the way I don't have a high opinion on Barenboim/CSO/teldec recording) The recording on the CD seems not the performance on YouTube per timing. Will nevertheless check it out. Hat off to maestro Jaervi.

I had no axe to grind against anyone. The point is just that the internet is a sea of misinformation, intentional or unintentional. Love life (or unsung compositions) and consume electronic waste wisely if one must.

If we look at the waveforms (Weigle at the top and Pflüger at the bottom) the image seems pretty conclusive. Weigle is even a bit quicker in passages, particularly during the first third. About a minute of music cut by Pflüger can be found around the four minute mark in Weigle, and there's another minute or so at 14:00.

Now everyone seems to believe the overture was conducted by Pflüger due to an apparent "typo". But the conductor is actually Hans-Peter Frank according to the Sterling CD cover.

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Quoting the review "He may have been a near-contemporary of Strauss, and a decade older than Mahler". My math fails...

It was a legitimate concern. The site MusicWeb-International.com no longer works. What everyone else talked about is MusicWebInternational.com. Despite a new address and a new appearance, it seems to be run by the same group of people, so presumably the same content. Now let's move on.

"David Johnson's review quoted above by Wheesht will redound upon Mr. Johnson. A critic who is sleeping instead of listening disqualifies himself."

Well said. A critic is paid for listening to the music, not for gloating about his lack of work ethic.

Just curious what holds back Symphony No. 3, not that I really expect it.

Download is already available at http://www.theclassicalshop.net/Details.aspx?CatalogueNumber=GM%207400

mendelssohn is hardly a symphonist, but Raff is.

Much as I look forward to the cycle, the prospect is however highly dubious given Jarvi's advanced age yet having 2 huge cycles on hand (Raff & Atterberg), and the recording industry's typical slow progress. There are plenty of incomplete and dead cycles, e.g. Jarvi's Steinberg on DG, Abbado's Bruckner on DG (not that it will be missed), Klenau on DaCapo, Dopper on Chandos. Some cycles take nearly or over a decade in making, e.g. Dausgaard's Langgaard and Hamerik on DaCapo, and Letonja's Weingartner on CPO. At some point one just can't help wondering if they would ever be completed. The combination of Raff and Atterberg cycles, even if only symphonies are included, is about 13 hours' music and may take 11 CD's. I wouldn't work my hope up. 

May I add that the Piano Concerto was also released on Tahra with Erik Then-Bergh as the soloist and Kubelik conducting the BRSO and that all 3 symphonies were issued on Arte Nova with George Alexander Albrecht conducting Staatskapelle Weimar?