Hans Rott Orchestral Works, vol.2

[Alan Howe]

...forthcoming from Capriccio, featuring the Symphony, Symphony for String Orchestra and Symphonic Movement in E:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/hans-rott-saemtliche-orchesterwerke-vol-2/hnum/10322220

[sdtom]

I just received my copy from Naxos

[Justin]

Available on Presto:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8861925--hans-rott-orchestral-works-vol-2

[sdtom]

I have the digital file of  it, have listened to it many times already, love the recording and highly recommend it to all along with the first volume except the cover art is horrible.

[Alan Howe]

For me the question is simple: Do I need another recording of the Symphony - and is this new one better than the ones we've already got? I'm not convinced.

[sdtom]

It is nice to have the two volume set?

[Gareth Vaughan]

For me the question is simple: Do I need another recording of the Symphony - and is this new one better than the ones we've already got? I'm not convinced.

That is precisely my position at the moment. But for those who are just starting to explore Rott (though there is not that much to explore) I am sure these 2 volumes will be welcome.

[Alan Howe]

Vol.1 - certainly. But vol.2? I think one can probably do better - under Paavo Järvi, for example:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8019731--hans-rott-symphony-no-1-and-suite

[britishcomposer]

Hm, what about the last track? This seems to be a first version of the first movement. So for completists at least it's a must-have.

[Alan Howe]

Oh, quite. But I'm not a Rott completist.

[Mark Thomas]

I am a completist, so I just downloaded that track.

[Alan Howe]

Nevertheless, I am curious! Any idea, Mark, what the differences are between the track you downloaded and the first movement of the Symphony?

[Mark Thomas]

No, not yet. Although I've played it through, I don't know the Symphony well enough to pick up differences between these two versions of the first movement without doing a "live" comparison, which I haven't done. The download doesn't come with a pdf of the booklet, unfortunately.

[sdtom]

Alan just get it and you'll be so happy you did. Wand does a fine job. I will listen to the Jarvi. What label Mark? I have the Cinc. recording and I can say Wand does a much better job.

[Alan Howe]

It's not Wand, Tom - it's Christopher Ward:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Ward_(conductor)
http://www.csward.com/CSW.html

Also: if you only have the old Cincinnati recording, then many/most of the newer recordings will be found to be superior, including Ward's. The issue is not whether Ward is better than Cincinnati/Samuel in the Symphony, but whether he measures up to the best of the newer recordings, e.g. Paavo Järvi.