Hallo Hans, Thank you for additional information. It's important we keep the memory of these events and these players alive.
Ralph On 17 Mar 2010, at 11:45, Hans Pizka wrote: > Hallo Ralph, > > the Siegfried solo on this recording was not played by one of the > principal players, but by their 2nd horn player. Have to did out his > name. He told me that personally. I also doubt if the Tylsars were > members of the Prague Phil in 1968, but according to Vladimira > Klanska, whom I contacted by phone two minutes ago, it could be, > that Zdenek Tylsar (NOT BEDRICH Tylsar, who was in the Munich > Philharmonic & later in the Prague Symphony FOK) just had joined the > Prague Phil replacing stroke hit Vladimir Kubat. So he could have > played the Mahler 5 but not this Ring recording. But Vladimira > Klanska was not 100% sure about, as she had her files not with her. > > Greetings > > Hans > ################################################################################################ > Am 17.03.2010 um 11:11 schrieb Ralph Hall: > >> >> Ralph R. Hall >> [email protected] >> Ralph R. Hall >> http://www.brasshausmusic.com >> >> Hi Tom Reicher, >> >> Couldn't agree more about Czech Phil. However, their 5 with Neumann >> as >> part of their set is disappointing because of the slow tempo of the >> Scherzo. >> It exaggerates the Czech horns staccato and does Zdenek Tylsar a >> great >> disservice. >> >> One of the more interesting versions of the Ring Cycle I have on CD >> is >> very definitely from 1968. Members of the Czech Phil. and Prague >> National Theatre >> orchestras recorded it in Nuremburg under Hans Swarowsky. It was part >> way through the recording that the Russian tanks entered Prague and >> over the next few days worried members of the orchestra returned over >> the border and were replaced on an ad hoc basis by musicians from the >> Nuremburg orchestras. Time left was filled in by recording Lohengrin. >> >> Ralph R. Hall >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/ralph%40brasshausmusic.com Ralph R. Hall [email protected] Ralph R. Hall http://www.brasshausmusic.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
