Johan Svendsen

[sdtom]

I just finished a short review on a new recording from Naxos on the music of Svendsen who may be an unsung composer.

http://sdtom.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/norwegian-rhapsodiessvendsen/

Thomas

[JimL]

THIS is the guy whose wife burned his 3rd Symphony.  I wonder if his Cello Concerto will ever get recorded?

[Gareth Vaughan]

It was recorded, Jim, on the old NKF label in LP days - and very lovely it is too. Sadly, this recording has not made it to CD. There is certainly a compelling case for a new recording of this beautiful work.

[sdtom]

I'm surprised that it has never been recorded again.

[Hofrat]

Who in blazes is Joseph Svendsen??  Do you mean Johan Svendsen!! 

[Alan Howe]

Quite! Thread suitably re-named!

[JimL]

It was recorded, Jim, on the old NKF label in LP days - and very lovely it is too. Sadly, this recording has not made it to CD. There is certainly a compelling case for a new recording of this beautiful work.

Well, if there were ever a compelling case to get Hyperion on the ball for its moribund Romantic Cello Concerto Series, this would be it!

[Alan Howe]

Trouble is, Jim, it's rather short, so there would be a need to add maybe two other works to make a CD of the right sort of length. I can see why this may cause Hyperion some problems, even though I agree that their RCC series does seem moribund. (More's the pity - especially with a cellist of the ability of Alban Gerhardt in their stable.)

[JimL]

How about Herbert 1?  Maybe the Sullivan?  Are there any other short Scandanavian CCs, or maybe even a decent long one?

[petershott@btinternet.com]

Maybe (not for the first time!) I'm missing the point? All these posts are dated 2009, and of course since then the Vc Cte has been recorded in Vol. 2 of the current Chandos series.

[Alan Howe]

Quite.

[semloh]

Joseph Svendsen, four-year old thread - the funniest exchange for ages!  That's set me up for the rest of the day!

[JollyRoger]

Maybe (not for the first time!) I'm missing the point? All these posts are dated 2009, and of course since then the Vc Cte has been recorded in Vol. 2 of the current Chandos series.

As a result of this post, I have removed my Utube listening links and will discontinue the practice of posting them.
I would encourage others to do the same.

[eschiss1]

Even on IMSLP (where we do try very hard to avoid going down a second time for copyright reasons within our control) linking to possibly or actually copyrighted material has at worst a somewhat less definitely "no!" quality, I gather...