Ludwig Thuille

[wunderkind]

David:  I have the ASV disc of two Piano Quintets.  Also own a CD of Thuille's Sextet and Trio. They both are quite fine - much better than the orchestral music which, as noted above, generally is boring.  Thuille's talent appears to have been in the chamber music department.

[Mark Thomas]

He also wrote at least a couple of operas, the second of which, Lobetanz, I have as a recording of a radio broadcast. It was very popular for a few years and it's easy to see why. It's very, um, pleasant.

[edurban]

Thanks wunderkind, I think I'll check out the quintets.

Mark, I can imagine some of the qualities of Thuille's operas, as the Romantic Overture was originally the curtain raiser to the opera Teuerdank, which Thuille ultimately supressed.  Delightful stuff.

Thanks to everyone, David