Vaughan Williams by non-British orchestras

[Bryn]

These have been suggested to me by someone:

Nos. 4 and 6 on Deutsche Grammophon DG 495 422-6 with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez, released in 2002.

Loof Lirpa, for sure.

[french frank]

https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,6945.20.html

[cloughie]

https://www.good-music-guide.com/com...c,6945.20.html

I thought the dodgy sleeve and 495… number did not ring true and. Why had we not been aware of it earlier!

Could have been an interesting release however!

[french frank]

I thought the dodgy sleeve and 495… number did not ring true and. Why had we not been aware of it earlier!

Could have been an interesting release however!

And also somewhat more likely than Shirley Bassey's Four Last Songs

[smittims]

I believe the release date was April 1st.

Stranger things have happened, however, such as Toscanini conducting 'An American in Paris', and Fritz Reiner not only recording but commissioning Robert Russell Bennett's 'Symphonic Picture' on 'Porgy and Bess'. So he must have smiled once, at least.

[edashtav]

I believe the release date was April 1st.

Stranger things have happened, however, such as Toscanini conducting 'An American in Paris', and Fritz Reiner not only recording but commissioning Robert Russell Bennett's 'Symphonic Picture' on 'Porgy and Bess'. So he must have smiled once, at least.

Jeremy Nicholas,in The Gramophone wrote:
“Which of these three great conductors said this: ‘My intention always has been to arrive at human contact without enforcing authority…The great mystery of music-making requires real friendship among those who work together…’? As sure as hell it wasn’t Evgeny Mravinsky (1903-88). In a head-to-head for Most Frightening Conductor, he would beat Fritz Reiner by a scowl. Unsmiling and austere, he is the thin-lipped, sadistic headmaster of your nightmares.”
[ The answer to the question was the affable, collegiate, ever-smiling Guilini.]

[smittims]

Thanks, edashtav, I hadn't heard that. I admire the recordings of all three of the conductors mentioned there, and it's interesting to consider their different approaches.

[neiltingley]

These have been suggested to me by someone:

Nos. 4 and 6 on Deutsche Grammophon DG 495 422-6 with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez, released in 2002.

Good heavens!

[neiltingley]

Or Glenn Gould's famous account of Rach 3 with the Canadian Northern Provinces Symphony from Nunavut.

[Master Jacques]

Jeremy Nicholas,in The Gramophone wrote:
“Which of these three great conductors said this: ‘My intention always has been to arrive at human contact without enforcing authority…The great mystery of music-making requires real friendship among those who work together…’? [...] [ The answer to the question was the affable, collegiate, ever-smiling Guilini.]

I think that's called "reverse psychology". Never trust the smile of the affable tiger....!

[akiralx]

OT, but of the completely non-British recordings of Elgar's Second Symphony in my collection, i would place the Sydney SO/Ashkenazy above the Stockholm PO/Oramo.

[neiltingley]

OT, but of the completely non-British recordings of Elgar's Second Symphony in my collection, i would place the Sydney SO/Ashkenazy above the Stockholm PO/Oramo.

Kind of on topic. There's a fab proms performance of In the South by Philly/Muti on Youtube.

[Pulcinella]

I was at this performance of A Sea Symphony in York Minster on Saturday.

https://www.yorkmusicalsociety.org.uk/

The choir included members from Münster (York's twin city), who had given this (also joint) performance there earlier this year:

https://philchor-muenster.de/naechstes-konzert/

[smittims]

That's good to hear, and a reminder that the Sea Symphony was first peformed in Yorkshire, at the 1910 Leeds Festival.