Raff symphonies from Chandos

[Ilja]

I think a lot (if not everything) depends on the repertoire choice and quality of the first disc. If it's one of Raff's best works in a dazzling performance, there's every chance. If not, well...

[mbhaub]

Something occurred to me after reading more: Jarvi tends to perform music in concert before committing to disk. Maybe to spend more time with the music, to get it "right". So there's a nice prospect: Raff live with a major conductor and a major orchestra. I can hope that we would do some as a guest conductor. Can you imagine Jarvi doing Lenore in Chicago? Or Im Walde in New York? One can always dream...

[Alan Howe]

I'm dreaming...of the cost of the plane ticket! 

[Ilja]

Ah, and Järvi is chief conductor of the Residentie Orchestra here in The Hague... I'll keep a sharp eye on next year's programme...

[Alan Howe]

Now that'd be fantastic! At least an invasion by Raff fans would be more peaceful than one by football fans!

[Josh]

Järvi did Chadwick's symphonies 2 & 3 for Chandos, and as far as I'm concerned, that was a serious winner of a disc.  If you use that as an indicator of what might be coming with the Raff recordings, there may be serious cause to be optimistic here!

[chill319]

I agree that Jarvi is great in Chadwick. His Tam O'Shanter is superbly nuanced while remaining structurally articulate. He does especially well, I think, with composers who flourished in the 1930s and '40s -- Prokofiev, Barber, Tubin, Still ...

[JimL]

Still what?

[petershott@btinternet.com]

Oooh Jim!! William Grant Still (1895-1978), a notable African-American composer. Jarvi (on Chandos) recorded his first two symphonies (1930 and 1937) - and they are most compelling pieces.

Way off thread, I know, but for me, Jarvi is assured of his place in heaven for his early BIS recordings of all the Tubin symphonies. I hadn't encountered Tubin before those recordings, and I've treasured them since.

Peter

[JimL]

Composer of the Afro-American Symphony.  You bit my hook!

[eschiss1]

Not to be confused (or confusable, stylistically, though WG Still's music is diverse!) with Robert Still (1910-1971) some of whose symphonies were recorded on Lyrita

[Kevin Pearson]

I guess I might be in the minority here but I am kind of excited that Järvi might be doing a Raff cycle. I own several recordings that Järvi has conducted and I enjoy them all. He may be considered as inconsistent but in what I own I have not found that to be the case. His interpretations are usally vibrant and exciting. I think we should hope for the best until we have been shown otherwise. To have Raff recordings coming forth at all is next to a miracle. If Järvi recording the symphonies will give more exposure to Raff than I am all for it.

Kevin

[FBerwald]

Järvi's recordings of the complete Symphonies of Glazunov and Berwald should in itself put him on the wall of fame!!!!!!!

[Alan Howe]

...and his Taneyev 4 is a classic!

[eschiss1]

I'd say the same myself of his Stenhammar 2, Prokofiev Fiery Angel, some of his Tubin symphonies, among other recordings. No argument there...