Ewald Straesser (1867-1933)

[Alan Howe]

Indeed. This is major work, I suggest. The idiom strikes me as somewhere between Brahms and Reger, with some Lisztian pianistic fireworks thrown in for good measure. Let's hope cpo have it somewhere in their vaults...

[eschiss1]

Did Tennstedt ever program it live with an orchestra? Even if it's a studio recording for a German radio station, is there any way of figuring out what year, at least, that broadcast is from? Might be nice to know just for one's records. ... Sorry...

(Then again, since I quite like most of the music of his I've heard, I hope (e.g.!! all) his 6 symphonies, including the so-far unpublished ones that I haven't heard but whose interesting qualities and quality I will for now take on faith ( ), are given a chance sometime soon. Yes, I recall the first two were. 

Meanwhile while Furtwängler programmed one or two of the other four (#s 4 and 6? Mentioned in the big list of Furtwängler concerts at furtwangler.net), I'm guessing those weren't concerts of his that were recorded. ... Who knows, maybe Tahra will release them some day if so.)

(I realize I'm spending a lot of verbiage on a composer whose commercial CD representation consists of one disc at present afaik- Straesser/Marteau clarinet quintets on Sterling- though perhaps some other recordings already - for some time? - in the can...)

[tuatara442442]

Mathias, thank you so much. That's great!

Mark, can you repost Straesser's 3 Fruhlingsbilder? I just became aware of the existence of the recording after seeing you mentioned it in the Download Discussion Archive. Looking it up on the Google, I was surprised to see it being rebroadcasted by WDR at least twice last year! (Although one of them consists of one movement only)

[Mark Thomas]

Of course. It's in our Downloads Board here.

[tuatara442442]

Thank you very much, Mark!
Also, a broadcast of the first movement only (same performance) with better sound quality is available here (https://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr3/programm/sendungen/wdr3-lieblingsstuecke/lieblingsstuecke-3000.html) until April 27th this year.

[eschiss1]

Speaking generally of Straesser, if anyone knows if his unpublished symphonies survived (I think RISM only mentions the existence of sketches), that'd be at least interesting. Would be interested in hearing them and recordings (especially new recordings) of more of his chamber music, other later works, etc. ...