Hindemith, Paul

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

And fans of Anton Gould might want to investigate his recordings of the various sonatas for solo piano and piano and various brass.

I'm a huge fan, of course, of anton gould - but had no idea that he'd recorded anything!

[Beef Oven!]

I'm a huge fan, of course, of anton gould - but had no idea that he'd recorded anything!

Oh dear. It’s because he has a picture of Glenn as his avatar - nothing to do with me being stupid, or anything like that

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

You're absolutely right about the Gould Hindemith recordings, BeefO (and he did an excellent recording of the piano Variations by Glenn Webern).

[Pulcinella]

I'm a huge fan, of course, of anton gould - but had no idea that he'd recorded anything!

I think Beefy's getting carried away: I've morphed from Pulcinella into Petrushka in one of his replies!

[Beef Oven!]

You're absolutely right about the Gould Hindemith recordings, BeefO (and he did an excellent recording of the piano Variations by Glenn Webern).

Gould also conducted as well, you know? I have recording of him conducting Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll on Sony. Sadly he died before he could conduct any Glenn Bruckner.

[Bryn]

I think Beefy's getting carried away: I've morphed from Pulcinella into Petrushka in one of his replies!

Igor blimey.

[Beef Oven!]

I think Beefy's getting carried away: I've morphed from Pulcinella into Petrushka in one of his replies!

Even BBM doesn’t get this amount of stick, and he leaves me standing! (sorry BBM, no defence intended).

[Serial_Apologist]

I think Beefy's getting carried away: I've morphed from Pulcinella into Petrushka in one of his replies!

Thank heavens for that!!!

(You've probably gathered that I..............)

[jayne lee wilson]

Like Bryn, I had a big craze for Hindemith and bought that very CPO intégrale box with Albert and various Australian orchestras myself, taking much pleasure in it. But the Tortelier individual issues, complete or almost, do tend to surpass them for power, precision and beauty of sound, and for a more consistently inspired feel to the playing. They really should be in a box by now.

Less comprehensive is that Brilliant Box linked to by fhg upthread...https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hindemith-O...=UTF8&qid=&sr= but with the crucial advantage of a truly idiomatic echt-German orchestral character, originally separate Berlin Classics issues with that warm, dark earthy sound often typical of the label. The Kegel recordings of the symphonies with the Dresden Phil were made in the acoustically-splendid Lukaskirche, where the Staatskapelle made many famous records. So pieces like the extraordinary slow march of the Pittsburgh Symphony (which has a strikingly Ivesian feel, with Dutch-Pennsylvanian folksong cutting across a grave austro-german adagio) come across with terrific atmosphere and impact.(***)
A lovely series, they've been favourites for some time - I bought the Brilliant set despite having the Berlin originals! Seduced by that film noir urban-atmospheric cover art(*). The transfers retain the excellent Edel sound.

The CPO, pioneering as it was, can sometimes seem just a bit routine and studio-bound. Still fond of it though, it includes rarities Tortelier never got around to, like the B flat Symphony for Concert Band, the two Sinfoniettas (including the weird parodistic Lustige Sinfonietta, 1916, inspired by Morgenstern's poetry) and the Nusch-Nuschi dances.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Classical-Orchestral-Music/Hindemith-Complete-Orchestral-Works-Paul/B000001RXO/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1487394868&sr=1-2&keywords=hindemith+cpo

If you have Qobuz, several individual issues are there...(with the red covers).

http://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/search?q=...Hindemith+cpo&i=boutique

(***I've just played the Kegel/Dresden Phil disc of this - wow! Surely a clear top choice for the work. Exceptional sound and performance.)

(*) Hindemith releases are often inspired in this respect - Chandos mostly go for Arnold Böcklin, the Wergo series includes Magritte & de Chirico, CPO use a linked series of Ackerman abstracts...

[BBMmk2]

£5.90 s/h or £12.60 new - https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/tn0/Mathi...mith+Steinberg

Many thanks Beefy! Will defo order that one, a t the price!

We don't seem to talk much on this forum about William, Steinberg. All I know of him is the above recording plus that fantastic recording he made of The Planets.

[Pulcinella]

Thank heavens for that!!!

(You've probably gathered that I..............)

That's allowed, but I make no apology for preferring it over his serially inspired pieces (though I like Agon very much indeed!).

[BBMmk2]

Even BBM doesn’t get this amount of stick, and he leaves me standing! (sorry BBM, no defence intended).

No probs Le Bouef! :)

[rauschwerk]

Any road oop.

There are some fine composers, even great ones, whose music - for reasons it is hard to fathom - obstinately remains unpopular. Hindemith is one such.

I am inspired to seek out Sancta Susanna, since I know nothing of this essay in Expressionism. Interesting that apparently the composer later disowned it. Of course, that doesn't mean it is without value!

[gurnemanz]

Second Beefo re Marienleben on 4CD Gould set mentioned. I think Jayne has nudged me into finally acquiring the Kegel collection. Interesting (and ultimate tragic) man and I'm a big fan. I was wooing my wife in Leipzig in the early 70s and we saw Kegel often. His programmes were more adventurous than Masur with the Gewandhaus. We saw various memorable performances - Leipzig premiere of Shosty 15, Henze - Floß der Medusa, concert Parsifal with Rene Kollo, Mahler 8.

I got to know his Viola Sonata on this very attractive disc from the American independent Bridge label.