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Can't find much about this fellow, but I was watching a documentary about "la belle epoque" and a poster for this piece popped up. It has me wondering if an orchestral version exists/existed...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Onxd-4E8U

Pre-ordered it; arriving soon, hopefully.

I'll confess to having a bit of a liking for Die Feen; there's an anemic Beethoven/Weber tug of war going on that's entertaining. Then there's the overture to Das Liebsverbot with that castanet...

Not sure of the inspiration behind the piece. I don't even recall it being mentioned in Imogen's biography...

No idea if this has been mentioned before, but this intriguing bit from Holst's largely forgotten suite makes me want to hear the rest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0LB-Du-9Kw&ab_channel=BrunoLima

I certainly hope that someone is able to record this.

I would love to see a video of how exactly 6 pianos plus orchestra are coordinated. Seems I recall reading about a Czerny polonaise/piece for 8 pianos...

A must-buy for me. There's still a fair amount of MacDowell (keyboard-wise) awaiting a first recording, so I hope there are many volumes to come.

A must-buy for me.

Thanks for posting this.

I love the 79's Ozawa recording of the Gurrelieder. Werner Klemperer's charmingly over the top rendition of "Herr Gänsefuss, Frau Gänsekraut" gets me every time.

Thank you, A.H.

Blah. I was hoping to update my Marco Polo versions.

The only piece by Langgaard that I haven't been particularly impressed by is the 1st symphony - and that may have been down to the performance (again, Stupel).

Thanks for the replies. I detect a bit of Gade in the 5th and 7th symphonies (especially in the writing for timpani).
Langgaard is difficult (for me, anyway) to get a hold of. He's as oddly beautiful as a shoebill stork.