Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare

Clarion Wind · Veteran Member Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Posts: 141

Does anyone know a good recording of this piece. I have one, and it is horrible. The trumpets are badly out of tune. It doesn't seem to be a widely known piece, even though it is phenomenal. I wish Strauss had written more stuff like this for brass and tympani, because he was REALLY good at it.

Also, I am looking to play it. I can't find the music anywhere. I have checked all of the internet resources, and the music dealers I have talked to can't find it anywhere in their books. Even just a publisher name would help greatly.

P.S. if anyone wants to hear it, I can e-mail you the sound file. By the sounds of it, it has to be amateur, so I won't be breaking copyright laws or anything(like that stops some of you, lol) you can still get an idea of it.

King1500 · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 12:36 am Post subject:

It is on a Vienna Philharmonic recording along with the Alpine Symphony. I believe Ozawa is conducting.

Craig

samlg · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 1:54 am Post subject:

i just found out about that! fantastic peice realy, realy good!

say ill send you the midi file to play from (its a good one) if you send me the audio file, yes?

have fun, sam

Clarion Wind · Veteran Member Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Posts: 141

Yeah, where though. That Vienna recording hasn't come up in any catalogues at recording specialty stores or at online resources like cdnow.

big brian · Veteran Member Joined: 06 Nov 2001 Posts: 440

Nonsense Eliminator · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 10:22 am Post subject:

There is also a recording of all the Strauss brass music by the Locke Brass Consort on Chandos.

caritas · Regular Member Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Posts: 58

The recording I have is by the Locke Consort and it's ok but there are problems--for instance, the horn fluffs the high note near the end. The Ozawa/Boston one is probably better I would imagine!

King1500 · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 6:33 pm Post subject:

It's Ozawa/Vienna. Not Boston. I have a copy of that disc somewhere, but I don't remember where I got it. I will look up the particulars though and will post back tommorow.

Craig
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Nonsense Eliminator · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 5:03 am Post subject:

Yes, the Locke Consort recording is not without blemishes. It sounds like a bunch of very good players (which it is -- many of the UK's finest) recording with little or no rehearsal, and little or no editing.

King1500 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 9:45 pm Post subject:

As promised, here are the particulars. The Vienna/Ozawa recording is on the Philips Classical label and is numbered 454 448-2. It was recorded in 1996 so it should still be available somewhere.

Hope this helps.

Craig

ps the Feierlicher Einzug is also on this disc. Everything is excellently played.
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Clarion Wind · Veteran Member Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Posts: 141

Thank you. Yes that helps a lot.

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Brewblue1 · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 5:02 pm Post subject:

The Summit Brass will be releasing a live version of the VPF on their upcoming record "Summit Brass - LIVE!". It should be released in mid-October.

John

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