Completions, reconstructions,' reimaginings' and the like
Collapse
X
-
Originally posted by LMcD View PostPerhaps I'm trying to discover why some such 'revisions' work very well in some cases and not in others.
The score to Berwald's 2nd Symphony was lost, and a reconstruction was subsequently worked over to produce an 'urtext'.
The Berio/Boccherini and Schoenberg/Strauss have long been favourites of mine, as has 'Officium' from Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble.
Dare I mention Julian Llloyd Webber's Paganini Variations?Last edited by cloughie; 13-06-24, 18:26. Reason: Schubert 8 is good but does not need mentioning twice!
Comment
-
-
Some of my favourite French chamber works are those by Ernest Chausson....Piano Trio.....Concert (piano sextet)..... Piano Quartet (his masterpiece in the genre) and the last of them, the String Qt, on which he was working on the last day of his life - he left the manuscript on his desk to cycle with his daughter to the railway station to meet his wife off the Paris train...he got no further than the end of his drive where he crashed into the gatepost, killing him instantly. The incomplete score was given to his friend Vincent d'Indy to finish.
Comment
-
-
Cloughie might be interested to hear that Ken Russell expressed intense dislike of the Payne Third in a conversation with Micael Kennedy, who seemed a little taken aback. I think it's an enjoyable work if one remembers that it isn't Elgar, but I'm still not sure it ought to have been done.
Two re-imaginings that have survived are Grutzmacher's 'Boccherini Cello Concerto in B flat' and Giazzotto's 'Albinoni Adagio' .One no longer hears Mozart's 'Adelaide' concerto, which was exposed as a fake, though Yehudi Menuhin liked it enough to re--record it.
Sir Thomas Beecham's Handel suites have served their purpose . I think he'd be pleased that the originals are now accepted and performed so often that his arrangements are no longer needed. I still enjoy listening to them repeatedly, for their own sake. I've never heard Max Richter's 'Seasons' and from what I've heard I'm not sure I'd want to.
Comment
-
-
Originally posted by AuntDaisy View Post"Officium" was in our local charity shop for £1... Tempted for a short while.
In spite of my being a big fan of the label - in fact I'm playing Mats Eilertsen right now - and the fact that its sales (along with Jackie Du Pré's Elgar) made a big contribution to paying off my mortgage! I just couldn't stand to hear it....and still can't.
ECMs at the time were the most expensive label I carried....when most CDs sold for £12.99, ECMs sold for £16.99 (more in other shops in town, £18.99 in Virgin), so £1 represents good value for money, from that point of view......but oh, that sax, why?!
Comment
-
-
Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostI'm certainly no fan of reimaginings such as Anna Lapwood's Four Sea Interludes on the organ (Why? There's so much organ music that doesn't get a decent airing!) but I know others of this parish thought highly of that particular one.
Comment
-
-
Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostI'm certainly no fan of reimaginings such as Anna Lapwood's Four Sea Interludes on the organ (Why? There's so much organ music that doesn't get a decent airing!) but I know others of this parish thought highly of that particular one.
I really hate the term reimagining, along with the way curating is used these days it seems to me the English language is being sadly abused.
Comment
-
Comment