Herseth Recordings??

johntpt · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:12 pm Post subject:

The CSO website is a good place to start for CSO DVDs. That Hindemith DVD is a "must have" for any CSO fan - great music, and lots of closeups of Bud, the trumpet section, and Jake.

I'm also going to lead you to some other sources for CSO DVDs, but these are of at best "questionable" legality. If that doesn't bother you, then read on!

The Tennstedt Mahler 1 is available on DVD from Parnassus in what appears to be a home computer transfer of the video tape. Here's a link:

http://www.parnassusrecords.com/video.htm

I have several of their DVDs, including the Tennstedt Mahler 1, the Cleveland set with our own mstrpt and Jack Sutte playing Monke rotary trumpets, a St Louis set with Pulcinella and Beethoven 9, and a Cincinnati DVD. Great stuff, but again homemade DVDs of questionable legality.

I have a Chinese bootleg of the Solti Wagner overtures, apparantely copied from the laserdisc release. From time to time I've seen this DVD from this Ebay seller:

http://stores.ebay.com/COOLICELAND111_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm

Again, I'm not so sure about legality issues here, but if you'd like to see this performance, this is about the only possiblity. They also sell many other interesting things, plus there are other Ebay sellers, some from Hong Kong or mainland China who also sell this type of DVD.

I have yet to see the Solti Bruckner 7 or Bartok on DVD - hopefully they'll release those someday.

JU

trumpetchad · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:02 am Post subject:

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t-chad, are the trumpets on that Bruckner DVD playing pistons or rotaries? And how are things in the Steel City? Are you wearing your motorcycle helmet in honor of Big Ben? Has GV benched 500 pounds yet?

johntpt · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:21 pm Post subject:

I believe the Solti Bruckner 7 is pistons. I've seen this one before.

JU

johntpt · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:35 pm Post subject:

Here's another one for the CSO junkies out there. If you like the series of WGN CSO DVDs, you'll love this one.

http://www.classicalvideorarities.com/store/index.php

This site sells a WGN concert from 1960 of the CSO with conductor Andre Kostelanetz, with a nice program of Chabrier España, Borodin Polovetzian Dances, Ravel Mother Goose Suite, Barber Intermezzo, and Toch Circus Overture. The video quality is not the best, but there are lots of trumpet section shots, which is Bud, Cicowicz, Kaderabek, and a young Will Scarlett. Bud uses a nice hand vibrato in this concert, and of course they sound great, especially in the Toch, which has some wicked trumpet writing and a cadenza-like passage for 2 trumpets. Unlike the VAI DVDs this one has the spoken commentary from the broadcast, which in my opinion is a priceless time capsule.

That website sells many other nice DVDs, including some rare Giulini LA Phil concerts (check out the Tchaik 6 from Japan!) and 2 great concerts with the National Symphony - Copland's 80th birthday, and a Stravinsky Celebration. The trumpet section features Steve Hendrickson and Adel Sanchez who sound fantastic! He also sells many old BSO concerts with Voisin and Ghitalla in the section.

I will add that these are homemade DVDs. None of the ones I have work on my DVD players, but they work perfectly in my computer!

JU

trumpetchad · Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject:

Misenus · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:51 pm Post subject:

The album Contrasts for Trumpets (with Tony Plog, Urban Agnas, Bo Nilsson, Claes Stromblad, and Otto Sauter) is a great one with Herseth in it; the playing is fantastic and the compositions also.

Bud can also be heard on an album with the Asbury Brass Quintet. As far as other solo stuff, I know there are a couple cds on Amazon floating around with his recording of the Haydn.

david johnson · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:16 am Post subject:

Martromba · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject:

johntpt · Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:56 am Post subject:

Mark-

Thanks so much for the info. Do you know if Bud is playing on the Boulez Firebird recording?

JU

Hipster · Veteran Member Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 136

Speaking of Herseth DVDs. Is there a DVD for his farewell concert?

KJaeger · Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:12 pm Post subject:

Not yet mentioned is the Scriabin "Poem of Ecstasy" paired with Pictures, conducted by Neeme Jarvi (on Chandos), with Herseth as the soloist. Jarvi's interpretation of Pictures is a little odd for my taste, but Herseth's playing on the Scriabin is thrilling!

Also, there is Herseth's Haydn concerto on the "Chicago Principal" compilation CD from Deutsche Gramophone (a collection of concertos performed by the various CSO principals).
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tubbs831 · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:58 pm Post subject:

Here are two videos I stumbled across last night, the Solti/Pictures (audio out of synch):

Link

and Bruckner 7 (sound isn't the best):

Link

There used to be a video on youtube of Solti doing Shostakovich 1 with the CSO, the trumpets were Bud, Charles Geyer, and Philip Smith. It is no longer there, but does anyone have any information on this performance? I believe it was also from a tour but I cannot find any record of it, as I can the other video performances previously mentioned in this thread.

tptguy · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:07 pm Post subject:

Just received CSO, Reiner, Scheherazade in 180 gram vinyl from RCA master tapes. Can't imagine anyone vinyl-equipped being disappointed in this edition. Woodwinds and violin-1 are especially strong, but Bud is always spot on when called upon.