German Music Folder

[britishcomposer]

Mark, I wonder whether you have Werner Andreas Albert's recording of the 'Italienische Suite' by Raff?
I think his interpretation surpasses both commercial recordings and I would love to hear it in somewhat better sound quality than I have.

[Alan Howe]

Many thanks to Mark for the upload of Schneider's Raff 7 - a marvellous performance! And in very good sound too. Pity it's never been released commercially.

[herrarte]

I have now updated the Kunzen Symphony link with a Mediafire one.
I hope it's easier to download from there.

Cheers,

herrarte

[lechner1110]

  I thank you too Mark for your uploads.  I listened Raff's seventh after a long absence. 
This concert performance is very fine!!  It's became my best recording of this symphony  

[jerfilm]

Congratulations, Mark, on your 2000th post!   And a thanks for moderating this wonderful forum.

Also thanks to you and Atsushi for the latest German uploads.  What a lovely Father's Day gift.....

Happy Fathers Day to all.

Jerry

[lechner1110]

  You are welcome Jerry,
  Oh yes, today is a father's day!  Happy Fathers Day to you and all

[Holger]

I've uploaded a set of orchestral variations by Erwin Dressel (1909-1972) [...] I can't establish the composition date of these Variations on an old English Folksong unfortunately.

Mark, Fred K. Prieberg's Handbuch Deutsche Musiker 1933–1945 (a large work documenting the interlacing of German music scene and National Socialism) lists Dressel's "Fröhliche Musik" for Orchestra Op. 40 as composed in 1935, so it is much likely the Orchestral Variations Op. 41 you uploaded must be from 1935/36.

[Balapoel]

I'm getting errors with the Kunzen download, Herrarte.
the Filepost link takes me to a page where a 'captcha needed' comes up disallowing a download of the file. Could you repost to a friendlier service, like Mediafire?
Thanks.

[Mark Thomas]

Thanks to all for the thanks.

BritishComposer: I'm afraid that I'd don't have Werner Andreas Albert's performance of the Italian Suite, but I do have several other of his Raff broadcasts and will upload them over the next few weeks. I do agree that they are often preferable to the commercial recordings we have and it's a great shame that cpo are unable to release them.

Holger: many thanks for helping with the dating of Dressels' Variations. Most helpful.

Semi.Serio: The Robert Kahn Quintet is a great and welcome surprise. I relish the prospect of hearing it. Thanks.

[Dundonnell]

Many, many thanks to Paul Corfield Godfrey for the Max Bruch Psalm 23

What a splendid work by a grossly underestimated composer Bruch really knew how to compose grand choral music. Though some may imagine that my tastes lie heavily within the 20th century I do love this sort of late 19th century German Romanticism.

Do we know when Psalm 23 was actually written

[eschiss1]

Fifield's book does not list this Bruch work, though it does list an arrangement by Bruch of Schubert's Psalm 23, I think?...

[albion]

Do we know when Psalm 23 was actually written

It is No.2 of Drei Neue Männerchöre mit Orchester, Op.68 (1896).

[Dundonnell]

Thanks

[eschiss1]

Oh ok- that clarifies . Sorry!

They were written for the Arion Society in New York, according again to Fifield (Google preview from his "Max Bruch: His Life And Works" (Boydell, 2005); page 261. Apologies if I've gotten that wrong, sir! )

[albion]

From paul corfield godfrey:

Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903-1969) - The Burghers of Calais (1939), opera in 3 Acts

1986 BBC studio recording (broadcast June 1987)