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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostHe gave the German premiere, apparently.
This is from the Boosey & Hawkes biography of Maw.
Maw’s most famous orchestral work to date is undoubtedly Odyssey. It took him fourteen years to write and has been billed as the longest continuous orchestral work ever written. It was finally commissioned by the BBC, completed in 1987, and premiered that year at the London Promenade Concerts by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Elder. At first it seemed wildly improbable that a 96-minute, large-scale orchestral work would ever be performed again, let alone become a very good selling classical CD on both sides of the Atlantic. However, in 1991 Odyssey was performed by Sir Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony, and they also gave several further performances in England, and in Vienna and Madrid in 1999. After the 1991 performances, Sir Simon believed so strongly in the work that he famously refused to renew his recording contract with EMI until EMI agreed to record it.
Odyssey was given its US premiere by Leonard Slatkin in 1994 with the St. Louis Symphony, and received its German premiere by the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, conducted by Andrew Litton, on October 2, 2005. Andrew Litton also conducted the work in London in December 2005, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View PostI always thought it were The Rattler that did the WP! ah well, we learn!
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A fine conductor with an interesting repertoire that he no doubt expanded while he was principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. A fine Elgarian and I think a recipient of the Elgar Medal from the Elgar Society. Good in Rachmaninov (his set of the Piano Concertos was well received) and Gershwin - he conducted Porgy and Bess at Covent Garden in 1992. Shows a great interest in British music.
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Originally posted by Alison View PostThinking about it I have a feeling it was Richard Bernas who conducted the WP at the RFH.
Just checked the liner notes in the recording.
The first complete performance of Maw's Odyssey was with the BBCSO conducted by Richard Bernas, in the RFH in April 1989.
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Originally posted by richardfinegold View PostI just came across Markevitch, in a big Phillips box. No dawdling to take in the Tuscan countryside allowed!Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750
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Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View PostThank you RFG! I just just thought of another very good version, this time with LSO/Andre Previn, which I purchased earlier on this year. Equally highly recommendable. It's not generally available, I think, as on amazon it forms part of the old EMI Classics two-fer series(forte).
But none of this has much to do with maestro 267's contribution to the Thread that he finds Litton's recording the most satisfactory for him.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostWell, yes - and I'd add Muti, Haitink, and the grotequely underrated Ondrej Lenard to the list.
But none of this has much to do with maestro 267's contribution to the Thread that he finds Litton's recording the most satisfactory for him.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750
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Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View PostTrue, Ferney.I was trying to point out other recordings which I felt were better than Litton's.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostYou are right!
Just checked the liner notes in the recording.
The first complete performance of Maw's Odyssey was with the BBCSO conducted by Richard Bernas, in the RFH in April 1989.
Going back to Andrew Litton his BBCSO performance just over ten years ago, Maida Vale I think, was very gripping. Would make a splendid BBCMM disc - or two.
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