Happy birthday Richard Wagner

[Beef Oven]

Thank you, Beefy, that's most interesting. I shall endeavour to have a listen to some of his music. Your mention of Humperdinck is interesting; I know he was a passionate Wagnerian and musical assistant to Wagner himself- he composed some extra bars of music for Parsifal when a scene change took longer than expected- but I've just read* that he was also Siegfried's music tutor. So your mention of his influence is clearly spot on!

*(In Jonathan Carr's fascinating "The Wagner Clan". I highly recommend it if you haven't read it already.)


http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Wagner-C...he+wagner+clan

Try 'Der Kobold' too, it's a good listen.

I have that book on my shelf (for the last 8years!), there is an edition without Adolf on the cover too!

[BBMmk2]

I have oftrenwondered about SW's music, so I was wondering if there is any on Youtube

[BBMmk2]

A friend of mine has just let me kinow of Hans Knappersbusch's recording with George London as Wotan, i think in 1955, on Youtube! Check it out.If you havnt, an absolute must. The recording sadly n/a, at the moment.

[slarty]

A friend of mine has just let me kinow of Hans Knappersbusch's recording with George London as Wotan, i think in 1955, on Youtube! Check it out.If you havnt, an absolute must. The recording sadly n/a, at the moment.

I beg to differ - if you look up amazon UK for Decca "The Singers" George London - ASIN B00005MCST(just paste in the ASIN), you will find this.
I used to use this as one of my favourite Demo discs for judging possible new hi-fi during the 60s and again much later when it came out on CD.
Quite possibly the greatest recording of Wotan's Abschied ever.

[BBMmk2]

I beg to differ - if you look up amazon UK for Decca "The Singers" George London - ASIN B00005MCST(just paste in the ASIN), you will find this.
I used to use this as one of my favourite Demo discs for judging possible new hi-fi during the 60s and again much later when it came out on CD.
Quite possibly the greatest recording of Wotan's Abschied ever.

Thank you slarty, I will look that up-.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

aargh cont'd

stuff Wagner this piece by Anonymous knocks him into a cocked hat

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01sllnf

27' min in; an Anonymous setting of Confitebor tibi, Domine (Psalm) for soprano, strings and continuo

what melodic clarity, serenity and utter lack of bombast ....