Dear Peter, just received several exciting recordings, published by NAXOS: The Early Recordings Vol.3 & Vol.4 conducted by Wilhelm Furtwaengler and his early Brahms no.2 from 1942 & Bruckner No.7 Adagio from 1948.
The Vol.3 (Naxos 8.111004) contains an important addendum conducted by Erich Kleiber & recorded 1929 - all Berlin Philharmonic - with Scherzo - Nocturne & Wedding March from Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy´s "A Midsummer Night´s Dream - Incidental Music op.61" where the horn soloist (still to be found out) plays with a heavenly tone & impeccable intonation & extreme warmth, exemplaric. A must have !!!! ####################################################### Am 14.07.2011 um 17:42 schrieb Peter Hirsch: > OK, it isn't particularly related to horn, but I'll try anything to > kill off the internecine trivia wars currently going on. > > If you are geezer enough, you will instantly flash on Walter Murphy's > Fifth of Beethoven when you see this. If not, it really doesn't > matter. What I am particularly curious about, though, is what appears > to be some sort of vertical bass or contrabass valve trombone (maybe a > cimbasso - Klaus, what say you?) that is featured several times. > > http://youtu.be/3_sSnLmJN78 > > It also strikes me as kind of amusing to watch a Norwegian orchestra > with numerous Asian, Latino and Afro members playing this piece of > pseudo salsa (and I am not just referring to the extra percussion > players). I know that we have had many discourses on this list on the > loss of national sound and style in orchestras nowadays. I think this > is kind of an illustration that it is beyond discussion at this point. > > Enjoy, > > Peter Hirsch > _______________________________________________ > 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/archive%40jab.org
