Karl Weigl - Symphony No. 3

[Alan Howe]

That's fine. Don't worry. It's just that mp3 files are easiest for most people. And please accept our sincere thanks for your upload - the music is wonderful.

[Mark Thomas]

I've just added mp3s of mjkFenrich's recording to his post in the Downloads Board.

[Alan Howe]

Great. Symphony No.3 is heavily indebted to Mahler to my ears, although it's more athletic and less inclined to agonised introspection. If and when it appears on cpo, it'll make a fine addition to the recorded repertoire.

[eschiss1]

Wonder tangentially if there's a large-scale published study of Weigl's music that puts each work in context of the others, noting related themes between works among other things. I've skimmed the work catalog that was published some years back but not the same thing...

[Alan Howe]

There's this website...
http://karlweigl.org/

[minacciosa]

Weigl was as self-referential a composer as Strauss, Mahler or Korngold. Particularly in melodic shapes, there is an intervallic motive that occurs in nearly all of his mature music. It is comprised of a falling forth followed by a whole step. It can appear anywhere in a melodic statement; it famously begins the 5th Symphony.

[tuatara442442]

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9666688--karl-weigl-symphony-no-3
Here's a new recording on Capriccio slated for the next January, coupled with a Symphonic Prelude to a Tragedy.
Looks like the probable CPO release will be overtaken.

[Alan Howe]

Thanks - excellent news.

[eschiss1]

This is now listed as being scheduled for release on January 3 2025, and audio samples are available at Presto. The symphonic prelude of 1933 was according to the link inspired by "Miracles around Verdun" (Wunder um Verdun) by Hans Chlumberg (1897-1930) (they have his name spelled so very wrong it took me awhile to figure that out.)