Friedrich Brahms (1835-1886)

[Alan Howe]

I understand that a certain well-known and respected label is to set about recording the works of the younger brother of Brahms, whose name was Friedrich (aka Fritz) Brahms (1835-1886).
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_friedrich_Brahms_brother
Included among these is a Symphony in D minor, entitled Die Endlose owing to its gargantuan size - apparently written along the lines of Lachner 5 and Rufinatscha 5 (formerly 6).

[Peter1953]

Duly pre-ordered. The Germans never let me down.

[eschiss1]

And here I was guessing that this had something to do with something that happened on this forum 3 years ago on this day (well, the day before this)... I should know better...

[Alan Howe]

Unfortunately the score's still in manuscript and Sibeliusing it is going to be a looooooong process. Watch this space...

[Mark Thomas]

I wonder if this could have been posted on any other day but today?

[eschiss1]

I won't demur and suggest LilyPond, for much as I use and like that competing typesetting program, it does often take longer to use (I gather; haven't tried Sibelius but I have friends who use it for this sort of purpose at least semi-professionally - and who have also used Finale and, once a time, Encore. And since extracting/typesetting just one expldel 1300-odd-bar (4 movements, 1 instrument) part has taken me a month and a half using LilyPond, I also defer to users of a speedier program with experience with it

I was wondering that myself, like the YouTube-is-closing shtuffs from yesterday... or the Rufinatscha 3 that fooled me but good from 3 years ago - but... well... one sees. If I am (being) fooled, the thing is, I don't care- it's still somehow interesting...

[Alan Howe]

I prefer Letraset myself. State-of-the-art technology, that.

[Mark Thomas]

Symphony in D minor, entitled Die Endlose

I wonder if they will also be recording Fritz Brahms' other exercise in that genre - the Symphony No.2 in A major Der Aprilscherz?

[Alan Howe]

No, No.2's called Die Allerkleinste on account of the fact that FB was so totally knackered after writing Die Endlose that he thought a change of compositional direction was essential for his own sanity. What with that and his pesky brother pinching all his best ideas...

[eschiss1]

Webern avant la lettre, hrm?

[FBerwald]

What else did he write? Dare we hope for Sonatas or maybe a concerto or two?

[Alan Howe]

I'm afraid time's caught up with us on this one. However, Fritz's Leichtes Konzert für kompetenten Klavierlehrer und Orchester ought to be a candidate for Hyperion's RPC series...

[Mark Thomas]

Squeezing in under the wire there is, I understand, a cycle of three Piano Sonatas, known, for obvious reasons, as the Los cycle:

Piano Sonata No.1 Sinnlos
Piano Sonata No.2 Hoffnungslos
Piano Sonata No.3 Leblos

[Alan Howe]

...to be recorded in Loss-los format, no doubt.

[Mark Thomas]