Friends can listen to part of Rufinatscha's String Serenade here...
http://www.akademie-st-blasius.at/ (http://www.akademie-st-blasius.at/)
The work is included on a new double CD set which also contains pieces by the contemporary Tyrolean composer, Michael F. P. Huber. It is available from the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck here...
http://www.tiroler-landesmuseum.at/shop.php/de/cds/musikmuseum_7 (http://www.tiroler-landesmuseum.at/shop.php/de/cds/musikmuseum_7)
Worth it, of course, for something more from Rufinascha. What a lovely melody that excerpt is! I can't say that I'm enthused by the works with which it is coupled, however...
One of my favorite reasons for visiting Unsung Composers is the fact that it is an excellent source for information about new and obscure recordings. As someone who compiles discographies of symphonies, it is great to have all these "extra eyes" out there to let me know about new recordings that will go into my work. Today, for example, Alan's post about the Rufinatscha Serenade has informed me about the existence of a contemporary Austrian composer whom I never heard of, Michael F.P. Huber (b. 1971), whose Symphony No. 2 accompanies the Rufnatscha. So, now I have a new composer and Symphony to document. Thanks Alan.
Mike
I have been in all those concerts - and I am very, very interested in your critiques!
Thanks a lot!
Quote from: Alan Howe on Thursday 21 July 2011, 11:01
Friends can listen to part of Rufinatscha's String Serenade here...
http://www.akademie-st-blasius.at/ (http://www.akademie-st-blasius.at/)
Do others have the same problem: the site doesn't show any links to music samples.
Perhaps something is wrong with my browser.
Interesting. Internet Explorer won't load the musical samples, but Google Chrome does so without any problem at all...
Firefox is fine too. It's worth persevering - the Rufinatscha is just lovely.
All the Recordings by the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum "Musikmuseum" (LC27002) do have a distributer from Germany (Label Note 1): now you can find them at amazon Germany (http://www.amazon.de/Rufinatscha-Huber-Werke-Streichorchester-Sinfonie/dp/B005M8EUNS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324055055&sr=8-1) and jpc (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Michael-F-P-Huber-geb-1971-Symphonie-Nr-2-op-44/hnum/4919013). http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Michael-F-P-Huber-geb-1971-Symphonie-Nr-2-op-44/hnum/4919013)
Also available for download & live stream.
Thanks, a.b., for posting this useful information.
Finally I bought the double CD (price 50% off) coupling music by Rufinatscha and the contemporary composer Michael F.P. Huber (b. 1971). Although booklet notes writer Armin Berger tries to explain the similarities between both composers (both are Tyroleans) I don't recognize any at all, that is to say, while listening to the music.
Rufinatscha's Serenade für Steichorchester (year of composition unknown) is a lovely piece consisting of 6 movements, of which I like the 5th, Schlummerlied, the most. However, I cannot recognize a typical Rufinatscha sound (compared to his symphonies 5 & 6, the PC, most of his music for small ensembles and piano solo). In the text Armin Berger writes (translated into English by Alan) "In any case, Rufinatscha's Oevre is of astonishingly high quality." That is very well put. His Serenade is another evidence.