What compositions and performances are not on disc that you would like to be on disc?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Ha! I've sort of got the Nine Rivers cycle on CD - transferred straight from the H&N broadcast from c.2015

The Forum frowns most severely on such illegal activities and distances itself from them entirely. Me, too!

Speaking of Decca Headline - has Henze's excellent songcycle Voices ever been reissued on CD?

Yes - on the short-lived EXPLORE series (which was one of the "Transit possibles"):

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Henze-Voices-Hans-Werner/dp/B000EQHVA2

There are also two other recordings of Voices available:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Henze-Voices-Hans-Werner/dp/B0000035QN

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voices-H-W-Henze/dp/B000001RW6

... the latter apparently an "abridged" version?!

[Lion-of-Vienna]

The unrecorded Havergal Brian symphonies

There is only one unrecorded Brian symphony, No.26. That will be included on the next Naxos disc of Brian symphonies to be released in October 2017 together with Nos. 8 and 21. We will then have the complete cycle of 32 symphonies in recordings by professional orchestras, including several in more than one version. A Building a Library programme on Brian symphonies would be very interesting.

[Alain Maréchal]

Regine Crespin - Songs by Duparc

They are on an LP, which I possess. They are also found on this CD:

https://www.amazon.fr/Album-80%C3%A8me-Anniversaire-Regine-Crespin/dp/B000KRMWL8/ref=pd_sbs_15_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=VBFCAF2W1W8FRDDZWE3J

[Serial_Apologist]

There is only one unrecorded Brian symphony, No.26. That will be included on the next Naxos disc of Brian symphonies to be released in October 2017 together with Nos. 8 and 21. We will then have the complete cycle of 32 symphonies in recordings by professional orchestras, including several in more than one version. A Building a Library programme on Brian symphonies would be very interesting.

It would indeed, Leo!

[EdgeleyRob]

It would indeed, Leo!

I'd forgotten that the Dutton release of HB's Symphonies 5,19 & 27 had plugged a big gap

[Lion-of-Vienna]

I'd forgotten that the Dutton release of HB's Symphonies 5,19 & 27 had plugged a big gap

Since the list of CDs on the Havergal Brian Society website seems to be incomplete, and having half an hour to spare, I have compiled as full a list of Brian Symphony recordings as I could with conductor and label. Some recordings may no longer be available. I hope that it might be of interest to one or two of you!

1-Brabbins (Hyp), Lenard (Nx), Boult (Testament)
2-Rowe (Nx), Brabbins (DE)
3-Friend (Hyp)
4-Leaper (Nx)
5-Brabbins (DE)
6-Fredman (Lyrita), Walker (Nx)
7-Mackerras (EMI)
8-Groves (EMI), Walker (Nx)*
9-N del Mar (DV), Groves (EMI)
10-Loughran (UK), Brabbins (DE)
11-Newstone (DV), Rowe (Nx)
12-Leaper (Nx)
13-Brabbins (DE)
14-Brabbins (DE)
15-Rowe (Nx)
16-Fredman (Lyrita)
17-Leaper (Nx)
18-Friend (Nx)
19-Brabbins (DE)
20-Penny (Nx)
21-Pinkett (UK), Walker (Nx)*
22-Walker (Nx)
23-Walker (Nx)
24-Walker (Nx)
25-Penny (Nx)
26-Walker (Nx)*
27-Brabbins (DE)
28-Walker (Nx)
29-Walker (Nx)
30-Brabbins (DE)
31-Mackerras (EMI), Walker (Nx)
32-Leaper (Nx)

Nx = Naxos, Hyp = Hyperion, DE = Dutton Epoch, DV = Dutton Vocalion, UK = Unicorn-Kanchana
*= In the can for release in October

There are some fine conductors amongst that lot!

[makropulos]

There are a good many operas from the early 20th century that have yet to be recorded (there have been broadcasts of some of these):
Antheil: Transatlantic
Brand: Maschinist Hopkins
Canteloube: Vercingétorix (orchestra includes four ondes martenots)
Janacek: the 1904 version of Jenufa (edited by Mark Audus and given successfully in Warsaw and elsewhere)
Jeremias: Bratri Karamazovi
Sauguet: La Chartreuse de Parme
Zador: X-mal Rembrandt
Zillig: Das Opfer (includes a 12-tone dance chorus of Penguins)

[Serial_Apologist]

Re #21, well done, and thanks for all your efforts.

[EdgeleyRob]

Since the list of CDs on the Havergal Brian Society website seems to be incomplete, and having half an hour to spare, I have compiled as full a list of Brian Symphony recordings as I could with conductor and label. Some recordings may no longer be available. I hope that it might be of interest to one or two of you!

1-Brabbins (Hyp), Lenard (Nx), Boult (Testament)
2-Rowe (Nx), Brabbins (DE)
3-Friend (Hyp)
4-Leaper (Nx)
5-Brabbins (DE)
6-Fredman (Lyrita), Walker (Nx)
7-Mackerras (EMI)
8-Groves (EMI), Walker (Nx)*
9-N del Mar (DV), Groves (EMI)
10-Loughran (UK), Brabbins (DE)
11-Newstone (DV), Rowe (Nx)
12-Leaper (Nx)
13-Brabbins (DE)
14-Brabbins (DE)
15-Rowe (Nx)
16-Fredman (Lyrita)
17-Leaper (Nx)
18-Friend (Nx)
19-Brabbins (DE)
20-Penny (Nx)
21-Pinkett (UK), Walker (Nx)*
22-Walker (Nx)
23-Walker (Nx)
24-Walker (Nx)
25-Penny (Nx)
26-Walker (Nx)*
27-Brabbins (DE)
28-Walker (Nx)
29-Walker (Nx)
30-Brabbins (DE)
31-Mackerras (EMI), Walker (Nx)
32-Leaper (Nx)

Nx = Naxos, Hyp = Hyperion, DE = Dutton Epoch, DV = Dutton Vocalion, UK = Unicorn-Kanchana
*= In the can for release in October

There are some fine conductors amongst that lot!

Many thanks for this Nat.
A complete Naxos cycle boxed and setted in the future maybe ?

[MickyD]

Symphonies by Samuel Wesley on period instruments.

[kea]

There was at one point talk of a James Dillon quartet cycle by the Ardittis that never materialised. I would buy the heck out of that though if it ever did.

[Lat-Literal]

They are on an LP, which I possess. They are also found on this CD:

https://www.amazon.fr/Album-80%C3%A8...2W1W8FRDDZWE3J

Thank you Alain for that information.

Interesting.

Since the list of CDs on the Havergal Brian Society website seems to be incomplete, and having half an hour to spare, I have compiled as full a list of Brian Symphony recordings as I could with conductor and label. Some recordings may no longer be available. I hope that it might be of interest to one or two of you!

1-Brabbins (Hyp), Lenard (Nx), Boult (Testament)
2-Rowe (Nx), Brabbins (DE)
3-Friend (Hyp)
4-Leaper (Nx)
5-Brabbins (DE)
6-Fredman (Lyrita), Walker (Nx)
7-Mackerras (EMI)
8-Groves (EMI), Walker (Nx)*
9-N del Mar (DV), Groves (EMI)
10-Loughran (UK), Brabbins (DE)
11-Newstone (DV), Rowe (Nx)
12-Leaper (Nx)
13-Brabbins (DE)
14-Brabbins (DE)
15-Rowe (Nx)
16-Fredman (Lyrita)
17-Leaper (Nx)
18-Friend (Nx)
19-Brabbins (DE)
20-Penny (Nx)
21-Pinkett (UK), Walker (Nx)*
22-Walker (Nx)
23-Walker (Nx)
24-Walker (Nx)
25-Penny (Nx)
26-Walker (Nx)*
27-Brabbins (DE)
28-Walker (Nx)
29-Walker (Nx)
30-Brabbins (DE)
31-Mackerras (EMI), Walker (Nx)
32-Leaper (Nx)

Nx = Naxos, Hyp = Hyperion, DE = Dutton Epoch, DV = Dutton Vocalion, UK = Unicorn-Kanchana
*= In the can for release in October

There are some fine conductors amongst that lot!

A very thorough piece of work.

Thank you.

There are a good many operas from the early 20th century that have yet to be recorded (there have been broadcasts of some of these):
Antheil: Transatlantic
Brand: Maschinist Hopkins
Canteloube: Vercingétorix (orchestra includes four ondes martenots)
Janacek: the 1904 version of Jenufa (edited by Mark Audus and given successfully in Warsaw and elsewhere)
Jeremias: Bratri Karamazovi
Sauguet: La Chartreuse de Parme
Zador: X-mal Rembrandt
Zillig: Das Opfer (includes a 12-tone dance chorus of Penguins)

Again interesting - this thread is a slow burner but I like the way it is developing and am appreciative of all contributions to date.

[Lion-of-Vienna]

One corpus of music that I would like to hear explored more on disc is the symphonies of Anton Reicha. While not in the Premier League of composers his music is eminently listenable to. He was a close friend of Beethoven and is best known nowadays for his large number of Wind Quintets.

The situation with Reicha's symphonies is, quite simply, a mess. No one seems to know exactly how many he composed. Wikipedia lists 12 of them but there could be others. There is also no consistent numbering system for their easy identification. The best known on CD is the Symphony in E Flat Op.41 but only a handful of others have been recorded.

Reicha has not had the same advantage as several other composers of his era in having a Robbins Landon type figure to sort the whole problem out.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

There was at one point talk of a James Dillon quartet cycle by the Ardittis that never materialised. I would buy the heck out of that though if it ever did.

I think that it was just (hopeful) "talk", kea - following the Huddersfield Festival concert of the cycle (so far), coming as that did close to the aeon & NEOS recordings of the Harvey and Ferneyhough cycles. Doesn't seem to have materialised - but, like you, if ever it did, it'd be bought by me as soon as it appeared.

[teamsaint]

I think that it was just (hopeful) "talk", kea - following the Huddersfield Festival concert of the cycle (so far), coming as that did close to the aeon & NEOS recordings of the Harvey and Ferneyhough cycles. Doesn't seem to have materialised - but, like you, if ever it did, it'd be bought by me as soon as it appeared.

Candidate for a FOR3 crowdfunding project ?

Wouldn't that be a great thing .