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Looking through the score of Bungert's Torquato Tasso I recognized that the record in your archive is something different!! Well, I made some research on it. Fortunately, I could identify the work: It's the Prelude to Aurora (Op.23), Bungert's first opera.

Aris A. Blettenberg
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The recording of Bungert's violin sonata - in your archive - was performed by Rainer Kussmaul (violin), former concertmaster of Berlin Philharmonic, and Herbert Drechsel (piano).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TrfuPEEi2A

Very nice! Thank you!
Ilse and Wiltrud Bungert recently gave me an old gramophone record with some lieder and piano works on it.
I uploaded them on YouTube. Please have a look!
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Z9CAMBEh8RBIGlMOxcbv06HrKlana5m

Just found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlg7qGhTp44

It's unbelievable!

Two "Rhine songs" from Bungert's "Mein Rhein" Op.37:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWZRnxM8Cv0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJRlKu8qAg0

This was my encore last Sunday (after the quartet). I hope you like it!
It's a complete two-part canon! This album leaf was a compositional study in the context of Bungert's lessons with Friedrich Kiel, the master of counterpoint at that time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-zuVDKOtuw

Yours Aris

@ Alan: Strictly speaking, "Die Homerische Welt" was never completed. It should contain two opera cycles, "Ilias" and "Die Odyssee". The second cycle which was fully completed consists of four operas. (By the way: I read through the vocal scores of these works. They're great!) The "Ilias" was firstly planned as hexalogy. He drafted some libretti extracts. But he didn't finish any opera of this cycle.

@ Jerry: Yes, we recorded it! After having checked the quality of the recording and the video material I will post it on YouTube.

Aris A. Blettenberg

Well, I can't say that. I don't know all of his works!

But his Lieder - he wrote about 400 songs - are very beautifully crafted! In the past they were often sung by the famous Wagner singer Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929).

His piano quartet is marvelous! I played it yesterday with three other young musicians in the context of a "Bungert evening" I organized. You can find the sheet music on IMSLP.

Not forgetting Bungert's opera tetralogy "Die Odyssee"...

Aris A. Blettenberg

Bungert's violin sonata Op.48 (actually Op.10) was composed during his years in Kreuznach where he worked as conductor.
The piece was not published! To be honest: it is not his best work...
The manuscript is in the ownership of the Stadtarchiv in Neuwied.

The piece consists of the following parts:
1. Rasch und leidenschaftlich
2. Schnell
3. Langsam; mit viel Ruhe u. Wärme
4. Mit Entrüstung. Rasch

I hope I could help you!
Aris Alexander Blettenberg

Societas Bungertiana Mülheim an der Ruhr --- August Bungert's hometown