Rufinatscha Symphony No.3

[JimL]

Oh, yeah.  That.  Well, are any of the 3 in F?

[Alan Howe]

I don't know. Why not PM MusFerd?

[Alan Howe]

The CD should be out in a couple of weeks. It's being manufactured as I write this...

[FBerwald]

Sorry to ask a silly question, but this would be a Chandos release right?

[Alan Howe]

No, it'll be available from the Tyrolean State Museum in Innsbruck. Apologies for the lack of clarity. Further details to follow, although I imagine it'll be listed at jpc.de or Amazon.de.

[FBerwald]

One more question - Are we to assume / conclude that the Chandos won't continue the series after Vol. 1 !?!

[Alan Howe]

I'm afraid I have no news at all. Sorry. Why not try emailing Ralph Couzens at Chandos?>>>
enquiries@chandos.net

[MusFerd]

Dear JimL, the concert aria in F which was mistaken for a symphony will not be on the CD, since the scoring has two bassetthorns - quite unusual for the 1830s and too expensive for our performance in 2012.

[Alan Howe]

Hi Herr Gratl,
Please do keep us informed about the release of the CD - including where potential purchasers might be able to buy it.
Thanks!

[JimL]

My dear Herr Gratl!  Why is it so difficult to find 2 basset horns?  I would imagine many clarinetists have one, as performances of the 2 Mendelssohn Konzertstüke for clarinet, basset horn and orchestra are to be found all over the place on YouTube.

[Alan Howe]

My dear Jim: Herr Gratl said it would be too expensive, not too difficult!

[JimL]

Hmmmmm.  Why would it cost any more to pay a clarinetist to play a basset horn?  Do oboists get extra pay for playing Haydn's Philosopher Symphony?

[Alan Howe]

I think we should simply take Herr Gratl at his word. If he says it was too expensive, it was too expensive. Now let's move on...

[Alan Howe]

The CD has now been manufactured. I hope to be able to give details of availability as soon as I hear back from Dr Gratl.

[MusFerd]

Dear Rufinatscha fans, the CD with the 3rd Symphony (recon. Huber) and the 3 Concert arias is out now - it is available in the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum; please contact my colleague Silvia Eller:
s.eller@tiroler-landesmuseen.at