Having a go at B a L

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

[verismissimo]

Liszt's Annees de Pelerinage. (Actually I'd subcontract it to Kenneth Hamilton.)

[vinteuil]

Bach organ works. I shall require the BBC to give me a clear 48 hours air-time...

[amateur51]

Bach organ works. I shall require the BBC to give me a clear 48 hours air-time...

Ah just time enough for a visit to Paris

[Nick Armstrong]

Bach organ works. I shall require the BBC to give me a clear 48 hours air-time...

You didn't enjoy Stephen Farr's 56 minute whirlwind tour on BAL in 2010 then?

Cost me money, that did - I remember we corresponded afterwards about the organ in Saint-Louis-En-L'Ile

[EdgeleyRob]

I couldn't do a BAL myself but would love to hear Jayne on RVW 3 or Roehre on Shostakovich 7

[Suffolkcoastal]

For me it would be the Harris symphonies, as I have such intimate and detailed knowledge of them and have or have already heard almost all of the available recordings.

[EdgeleyRob]

For me it would be the Harris symphonies, as I have such intimate and detailed knowledge of them and have or have already almost all of the available recordings.

Now THAT would be a bal worth listening to!

[teamsaint]

I could't do a BAL myself but would love to hear Jayne on RVW 3 or Roehre on Shostakovich 7

great thought, though 6 and 8 would be my choices !!

[richardfinegold]

When I read "having a go at ... " I thought it was the title of a Thread of criticism about recent editions! The problem with the BaL these days is that much of the repertoire has been recorded too many times to fit into a format originating at a time when there were, at most, half-a-dozen available versions of the standard repertoire. To "do", say, Beethoven 9 with its sixty and more available versions in a 45min programme means that either you miss out half-a-dozen recordings that many of the listeners would regard as "the Best", or you spend 45 seconds on each one!

very true

[Roehre]

I couldn't do a BAL myself but would love to hear Jayne on RVW 3 or Roehre on Shostakovich 7

Do you mind Jayne and I swapping?
(or, re DSCH, I'd prefer to do 4, 10 or 15)

[Roehre]

For me it would be the Harris symphonies, as I have such intimate and detailed knowledge of them and have or have already heard almost all of the available recordings.

[Roehre]

I'd like to go for the Hartmann symphonies, those by Hindemith , Melartin or Vermeulen (the latter especially no.2), Stravinsky's Agon, Berio's Sinfonia or Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame

[teamsaint]

I'd like to go for the Hartmann symphonies, those by Hindemith , Melartin or Vermeulen (the latter especially no.2), Stravinsky's Agon, Berio's Sinfonia or Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame

Well EA would probably be happier with some of those than some of the warhorses !!
I am dipping my toe in the Hindemith waters, so would the "Pittsburgh" is a good place to start?.....alternatively Bartok's Miraculous Mandarin as discussed elsewhere..though Jayne has already pronounced (in a good way !) on that one .

[Suffolkcoastal]

Well EA would probably be happier with some of those than some of the warhorses !!
I am dipping my toe in the Hindemith waters, so would the "Pittsburgh" is a good place to start?.....alternatively Bartok's Miraculous Mandarin as discussed elsewhere..though Jayne has already pronounced (in a good way !) on that one .

Mathis der Maler Symphony is probably a good place to start and there are a number of recordings to choose from, Hindemith's other symphonies haven't had as many recordings. The 'Pittsburgh' Symphony isn't among Hindemith's best works but it is approachable enough. I'm not sure if the Chandos recording of the work is still available, as this would be well worth purchasing as it is coupled with his Symphonic Dances, which are absolutely superb and thorougly recommendable. Why this work isn't heard more often is a total mystery.