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Herbert Blomstedt conducts Stenhammar..... [yt]

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Posted on November 17, 2021 at 20:12:56
Todd Krieger
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 "Serenade for Orchestra"...... Gothenburg (Sweden) Symphony Orchestra..... 2014...... (Posted on YT a month ago.) I've always thought this was a sleeper when it comes to the world's top symphony orchestras.

Stenhammar has become one of my favorite "lesser known" composers..... You can hear a little "Sibelius" and "Debussy" in the composition......

Herbert Blomstedt was responsible for getting me familiar with Stenhammar..... And I thank him for it.....

Enjoy!!

 

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Stenhammar and Stavenhagen, posted on November 17, 2021 at 21:28:08
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 I've appreciated Stenhammar's music since BIS released some recordings of his music a while back.

And, that brings to mind that there are many, many less known or just unknown late romantics. I think that body of music stands apart from the many lesser known romantics from the middle of the period, some of whom were recorded on Vox and their subsidiary label Candide (yellow album covers) during the vinyl era . Those recordings, at best, revealed some interesting music, but not great masterpieces. Otherwise, listening proved, at least to me, why the music had been forgotten.

But, the music that comes around on recordings of late romantics, has so far IMO proved that those composers were of a different caliber.

Stenhammar is one of them. Casella, who's gotten some big label attention, is another. Hans Rott, contemporary of Gustav Mahler, Strauss, and Wolf, is another.

But, IMO, the most under appreciated and most worthy of revival, is Bernhard Stavenhagen. If you have an interest in late romantic music, seeking out one of his piano concerto on old Vox CD's is worth it.

 

Where would Mahler's first four symphonies be without Hans Rott? [nt] ;-), posted on November 18, 2021 at 00:46:04
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...or Mahler himself, for that matter..., posted on November 18, 2021 at 14:13:55
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 Honestly, Rott left him with a room full of paint cans to play with. It is vaguely possible that Mahler might have simply been a house painter without the epiphany of the young Rott!

That, or, simply a legendary conductor born too early for a truly representative sampling, ala Nikisch. Or (of course) Mahler might have evolved as another VERY different type of genius composer.

Mahler...infested by Rott rot!:-)

And...let us have a moment of silence for what Rott himself might have brought to the world!:-(

 

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