Leopold Damrosch Symphony in A (1878)

[Alan Howe]

...is forthcoming from Toccata Classics. The Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Christopher Russell

More info on Damrosch here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Damrosch

And here:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4fgJawIYjHwC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

[Mark Thomas]

How interesting...

[Alan Howe]

Here's the front cover:

[Mark Thomas]

Is there a release date?

[Alan Howe]

Martin's mailing said 'soon'.

[Gareth Vaughan]

This is particularly exciting news. I have been hoping this work would be recorded by somebody. Damrosch also wrote a Violin Concerto of course, which I would VERY much like to hear.

[eschiss1]

Then there's Walter Damrosch. IMSLP has an a cappella madrigal "Sic vita" (1882) by him- I wonder what else he wrote. Hrm!
Anyhow- looking forward to this too, thanks!

[Martin Anderson]

It's an August release, which means I should have stock by mid-July.
Martin

[eschiss1]

Also, did Leopold Damrosch write one violin concerto or two? (See notes to the IMSLP page here http://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_(Damrosch,_Leopold) in D minor (1874) and op.8 (1858) or are those the same piece?... )

[Alan Howe]

Martin has very kindly afforded me a sneak pre-release audition. More news tomorrow, but for now all I can say is that I'm absolutely astonished at how advanced the idiom is for 1878. It definitely belongs to the  'New German' camp. A major find, I'd say.

[izdawiz]

Oh Yeah!! I'll receive it !!   

[vicharris]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ptaUDmSkE

Opera by Walter Damrosch on YouTube

[Mark Thomas]

Vic, that's by his son Walter.

[Gareth Vaughan]

Very interesting notes, Eric. Thank you for drawing my attention to them. I had always thought he wrote only one VC.

[vicharris]

That's why I said "Walter". Eric wondered what Walter wrote.