Well, noble fits blomstedts hindemith program to a faretheewell, so you can. Symphonic metamorphoses eugene ormandy, george szell on allmusic 1993. Paul hindemith, william walton, eugene ormandy, george szell, philadelphia orchestra, cleveland orchestra hindemith. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He sought to revitalize tonalitythe traditional harmonic system that was being challenged by many other composersand also pioneered in the writing of gebrauchsmusik, or. No other composer of the twentieth century wrote such a comprehensive and versatile oeuvre comprising all usable genres. Versuchung des heiligen antonius orchestra of the university of music franz liszt. I previously thought the blomstedt took top spot for this work but no longer, especially with concert music for brass included in an outstanding steinberg performance.
Anthony first recording capitol 78rpm album ecl 2503 recorded by telefunken 8008 80 recorded september 4, 1934 digital transfer by f. The neoclassical or perhaps more accurately, neobaroque concerns of hindemiths startling instrumental works of the 1920s converged with what hindemith later described as a growing awareness of the ethical imperatives of music and the moral obligations of the musician in. Paul hindemith, one of the principal german composers of the first half of the 20th century and a leading musical theorist. The operas genesis lay in hindemiths interest in the reformation. The premiere of the symphony on 12 march 1934 was an. This disk features three of the most popular symphonic works by the german composer paul hindemith.
Indeed there were phases in his work on the opera itself when hindemith found the whole undertaking arduous. Hindemith ndr sinfonieorchester eschenbach release date. Paul hindemith bio, albums, pictures naxos classical music. Versuchung des heiligen antonius temptation of saint anthony paul hindemith towered above all other german composers in the years between the world wars. Ormandy had trouble conducting contrapuntal music and great engineering. The operas genesis lay in hindemith s interest in the reformation. The new decca recording one of the first of what promises to be a fruitful association with the san francisco orchestra under blomstedt, who took over its direction in 1984. The following is a scholarly paper i wrote during my graduate studies at the new york university in the fall of 2010, a requirement for professor justin dello joios class compositional process in the symphony. Most notable are his many orchestral and chamber works, but he also composed 11 operas, five. Whilst hindemith was working on the libretto, furtwangler requested a new orchestral work from him in mid1933 with which he wished to demonstratively take a stand for hindemith. It is quite resplendent and most dramatically and nobly sounded. Hindemith was at first sceptical about turning the life of the 16thcenturypainter matthias gruenewald into an opera, but he skilfully interwove the artists biography with the social and religious battles of the time of the peasants war into his libretto.
I previously thought the blomstedt took top spot for this work but no longer, especially with concert music for. But in reality mathis is a spiritual and historical opera, in the line of palestrina and doktor faust, not a political one, even in the handling of the. Biography and work for paul hindemith, listen to classical music and albums or. The works protagonist, matthias grunewald, was an actual historical figure who flourished in that era, and whose art, in particular the isenheim altarpiece, inspired many creative figures in the early 20th century, including joriskarl huysmanss novel labas. They seem more germanic, but have great depth, and the orchestral execution for each.
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