Franck - Hulda (Freiburg Oper)

[tpaloj]

Positively reviewed by Dave Hurwitz here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHCjx0lVzRg

I like Hurwitz a lot, and this review should bring more deserved attention towards the recording. But this opening remark of his made me want to go puke:

We've recorded, in the history of classical music, practically everything that there is to be recorded by major composers. It's very, very rare to find serious, large, important works that haven't been touched... and we have one here.

If Franck is a major composer, how about Raff and his operas? Huh? Saint-Saëns? Ok, I don't want to hijack this thread, but I had to get that out of my chest...

[Alan Howe]

Absolutely right. It's clearly a huge blind-spot. I mean, how on earth does he know what's 'out there', yet to be discovered, performed and recorded?

And so back to Hulda...

[eschiss1]

... I can't let that go without saying "Haydn operas". (Ok, recorded— once, mostly.)

[Alan Howe]

And so back to Hulda, please. If anyone wants to start a thread on neglected operas, please do so!