BaL 12.07.14 - Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Which one was chosen?

Your main man, Bbm:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00I4FJH4S/ref=dm_rogue_cd

[BBMmk2]

Your main man, Bbm:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00I4FJH4S/ref=dm_rogue_cd

Ah!! La Forza Del Maestro Claudio Abbado(does it again!!) He had a certain mercurial property! :)

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I've been listening to this BaL again and I'm very tempted by the Marriner (1969).

[visualnickmos]

I've been listening to this BaL again and I'm very tempted by the Marriner (1969).

Alpie - is it this one?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Academy-Plays-Franz-Supp%C3%A9/dp/B0000261SR/ref=sr_1_9?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1405265979&sr=1-9&keywords=wagner+marriner

[Roslynmuse]

I see the listing in Radio Times for the performance of choice on Monday's Essential Classics indicates we'll hear an Idyll by a composer called Siegfried...

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Alpie - is it this one?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Academy-Play...agner+marriner

I don't think that's the 1969 one, but I've just ordered it anyway. Thanks for the tip-off.

[AmpH]

The ASMF / Marriner recording made in Kingsway Hall in January 1969 is included in this box set of cd's in replicas of original LP covers.

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4782759

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The ASMF / Marriner recording made in Kingsway Hall in January 1969 is included in this box set of cd's in replicas of original LP covers.

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4782759

That's the one that impressed me during the review - but 10 CDs just for that? I know there's a download for 99p, so I might grit my teeth and go for that.

[AmpH]

That's the one that impressed me during the review - but 10 CDs just for that? I know there's a download for 99p, so I might grit my teeth and go for that.

Indeed. I wouldn't buy the box just for the Siegfried Idyll ! I picked up a ' Used Like New ' copy of the box for ( IIRC ) around £12 last year, as the reportoire contained therein appeals to me.

[Hornspieler]

16 minutes 7 seconds. Astonishing.
Beautiful horn playing, sounds a bit like Dennis Brain but clearly it couldn't have been... most probably Dennis's father Aubrey.

I would suggest Alan Hyde, who was principal horn with the LSO in the pre-war years. Aubrey was firmly installed with the BBC Symphony orchestra in that period.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I would suggest Alan Hyde, who was principal horn with the LSO in the pre-war years. Aubrey was firmly installed with the BBC Symphony orchestra in that period.

What, in 1927?

[Tony Halstead]

What, in 1927?

Hmm... yes, the dates don't quite work out, since the BBCSO didn't exist in 1927.
Listening to that clip again ( for much many thanks) and comparing the horn tone to that of Aubrey Brain on his legendary Brahms Trio recording with Busch and Serkin, I'd bet my 'bottom dollar' that it's the same wonderful player on the Siegfried Wagner / Siegfried Idyll recording.

[Hornspieler]

Hmm... yes, the dates don't quite work out, since the BBCSO didn't exist in 1927.
Listening to that clip again ( for much many thanks) and comparing the horn tone to that of Aubrey Brain on his legendary Brahms Trio recording with Busch and Serkin, I'd bet my 'bottom dollar' that it's the same wonderful player on the Siegfried Wagner / Siegfried Idyll recording.

Thanks for that, Tony. I was not aware that the recording was made as early as 1927, because there was no indication of that fact either on the U-tube site or anywhere on this forum.

Yes. It could well have been Aubrey Brain playing with the LSO at that time.

HS

[verismissimo]

Solti with the Members of the VPO arrived. Simply divine to my ears. Wonderful playing - such intimacy, resulting, I suppose mostly from one string per part (leader Walter Weller), but also from Solti - gentle, but moving along purposefully. I may never listen to it again with a Big Band!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Solti with the Members of the VPO arrived. Simply divine to my ears. Wonderful playing - such intimacy, resulting, I suppose mostly from one string per part (leader Walter Weller), but also from Solti - gentle, but moving along purposefully. I may never listen to it again with a Big Band!

According to John Culshaw in "Ring Resounding", the Solti recording of Siegfried Idyll almost derialed the final sessions of Die Walkure owing to a dispute within the VPO.