Hurwitz's Thoughts on Raff's Sinfonietta

[Justin]

The clip should be cued up:

https://youtu.be/39tr6ZubkJc?t=442

[semloh]

Thanks, Justin. Interesting comments, as usual, from Hurwitz. He gets the season wrong, and his claim regarding the role of the flute in classical music is just silly, but otherwise it's a persuasive comment on the Raff disc.

[Mark Thomas]

Yes, there are the usual errors of opinion and fact in Hurwitz's latest video review, but I do find his obviously sincere regard for Raff's music most heartening and it'll certainly do no harm at all.

[Alan Howe]

Half right, then. Heartening, but annoying.

[CelesteCadenza]

Other than serving as a Raff cheerleader, I found nothing of value in Mr. H's error-filled take on the Sinfonietta. I was, however, surprised to learn (or merely be reminded) that the Joho/Basel (Tudor) is the sole commercial recording. Though this Swiss Composers LP:
Orchestra della Radio Svizzera Italiana, Leopolda Casella, conductor, (CTS 34), 1971
is noted on raff.org ( http://raff.org/records/discog/lp.htm ) as well as in the discography section of this thesis: Lyon IV, James Fuller, "Joseph Joachim Raff: A Biographical Sketch and a Conductor's Analysis of his Sinfonietta, Op. 188" (2014). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 2701.
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/217398701.pdf

While several Youtube videos of performances of the Sinfonietta are available, I have added one audio contribution in the Downloads section to help fill the void: Raff - Sinfonietta op 188 (Dorian & Roundtop Quintets - live performance 17 Jun 2000)
http://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php/topic,8056.0.html

[adriano]

I have both the Casella and the Joho CD :-)

[Alan Howe]

Other than serving as a Raff cheerleader...

That's a major plus, though. Perhaps the casual viewer won't notice the errors of fact...

[sdtom]

a nice recording, thanks celeste for providing this for us.