Sgambati Symphony no. 2 - a new recording

[adriano]

Thanks again, Alan :-)
Over here in Bratislava the weather is hot and windy, and I am struggling with an intestinal virus -suppose I will feel better soon, since the Dalcroze sessions start only on the 2nd... So tomorrow they will record my Quintet...
The program of this CD (3rd volume of the Dalcroze series started on Sterling, but now continuing on Guild) will be:
Tragédie d'amour (cycle for soprano and orchestra) - Elena Mosuc singing
La Veillée (a suite of evening impressions for large orchestra)
Sancho (overture to JD's opera)
So wish me good luck!

[Alan Howe]

We wish you all the best, of course. And get better soon!

[Mark Thomas]

Absolutely. Get well soon, Hadrianus.

[Jonathan]

Apologies everyone, it appears that I will not be able to record this tomorrow after all, the CODEC on my computer seems to be missing and whatever I try to do to install it fails to rectify the fault.  Really annoying.    

[Alan Howe]

Thanks for letting us know. I hope you'll be able to fix the problem.

[adriano]

Just recorded the Sgambati.
If no one else is planning an upload, I can do it, since I too I am on Mediafire now :-)

[jdperdrix]

Just recorded the Sgambati.
If no one else is planning an upload, I can do it, since I too I am on Mediafire now :-)

That would be great !

[Alan Howe]

Yes, great. Thanks.

[jdperdrix]

You can listen to it on SWR2 (I don't know how long it will remain available!)
http://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/musik-aus-unseren-archiven/swr2-musik-aus-unseren-archiven/-/id=1857752/did=17901210/nid=1857752/sdpgid=1304725/1ggll8i/index.html

[Alan Howe]

Does anyone know how to extract the audio?

[adriano]

I have downloaded/extracted it (best sound), but I wait an answer from Roz since I need to know from him the date of that SWR recording. After that I can immediately upload it.
Sgambati, incidentally, was Elsa Respighi's piano teacher.

[Alan Howe]

From the short extract I listened to it sounds like a slower, rather heavier performance than that available from Amadeus magazine. Very interesting!

[adriano]

Sometimes, Alan. But there are also moments in which the music sounds a bit too hasty and confusedly played. Am I wrong? Let me know...
I like the work, but don't find it a real masterwork, although being rather original. And what the SWR2 man said about being linked to Brahms, Liszt etc. is quite discussable. Those specialists always need to compare unknown music with the great masters in order to show that they know a lot about them, but not about the unsung copmposer :-)Just uploaded the files without recording/concert date indication, but with my usual CDR artwork :-)
Here the link:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/sdohmqdqnb22thr/SGAMBATI+-+Symph.+No.2.zip

[Alan Howe]

There's no Brahms in Sgambati 2 at all. I can hear Liszt, but mostly I hear pre-echoes of later composers. Surely the scherzo looks forward to Respighi? Probably not a masterwork, but a very fine and original work nevertheless. I can't think of a symphony that sounds like it at all.

[TerraEpon]

Echos of Liszt and Respighi? Definitely worth a listen then....