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Re: Alfor's Rarities

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:03 pm
by HullandHellandHalifax
fredbucket wrote:
alfor wrote:Posted as an example for the piano style of this (nearly) forgotten British composer (of German birth):
Franz REIZENSTEIN
No afficionado of Gerard Hoffnung will ever be allowed to forget Franz Reizenstein...

Regards
Fred
couldn't agree more fred, it was through Hoffnung that I came to know of Franz Reizenstein
regards
Brian

Re: Alfor's Rarities

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 5:52 pm
by fleubis
Quite right, Brian. I'd never heard of Reizenstein until I encountered Hoffnung. Who can forget Concerto Popolare !

Re: Alfor's Rarities

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:06 pm
by alfor
William WALYN (obscure British composer)
Piano works (out-of-print)
Fine recital/encore material!
Walyn piano works.pdf
Franz REIZENSTEIN
Twelve Preludes and Fugues Book 2
Reizenstein 12 Prel. & F. Book 2.pdf

Re: Alfor's Rarities

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:09 pm
by Dani_area_51
alfor wrote:William WALYN (obscure British composer)
Piano works (out-of-print)
Fine recital/encore material!
Walyn piano works.pdf
Franz REIZENSTEIN
Twelve Preludes and Fugues Book 2
Reizenstein 12 Prel. & F. Book 2.pdf
Thank you so much, Alfor :D. May I just ask, it is William Walyn or William Alwyn..?

Re: Alfor's Rarities

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:04 am
by fredbucket
Dani_area_51 wrote:May I just ask, it is William Walyn or William Alwyn..?
Yes, that intrigued me, too.

It is Alwyn, not Walyn. The date (1956) corresponds to the Grove article on Alwyn for the composition of these pieces.
WORKS
Chbr and solo inst: Sonata, ob, pf, 1934; Rhapsody, pf qt, 1938; Novelette, str qt, 1939; Sonata impromptu, vn, va, 1939; Divertimento, fl, 1940; Suite, ob, hp, 1945; Sonata alla toccata, pf, 1946; Pf Sonata, 1947; Sonata, fl, pf, 1948; 3 Winter Poems, str qt, 1948; Conversations (Music for 3 Players), vn, cl, pf, 1950; Trio, fl, vc, pf, 1951; Str Qt no.1, d, 1953; Crépuscule, hp, 1955; Fantasy-Waltzes, pf, 1956–7; 12 Preludes, pf, 1958; Str Trio, 1959; Movements, pf, 1962; Sonata, cl, pf, 1962; Moto perpetuo, recs, 1970; Naiades, fantasy-sonata, fl, hp, 1971; Str Qt no.2 ‘Spring Waters’, 1975; Conc., fl, 8 wind, 1980; Chaconne for Tom, rec, pf, 1982; Str Qt no.3, 1984
I would add here that Alwyn is quite a notable composer, and died as late as 1985. So please regard this as a one-off upload of his works.

Regards
Fred

PS Searching for William Walyn on Google brings up a complete blank...

Re: Alfor's Rarities

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:52 am
by rob
fredbucket wrote:PS Searching for William Walyn on Google brings up a complete blank...
It is Alfred little's yoke Nein? jaja

William Alwyn's a bit of a second-rater. Very enjoyable nevertheless, but little that is really memorable or original despite being expertly written - he had lots of practice, there are HUNDREDS of film scores.

I like his symphonies quite a lot (the third has moments that stick in the memory but it's terribly cliched). But I suspect his best music is when he is in an intimate mood - the chamber music: the three string quartets and the instrumental sonatas especially.

Re: Alfor's Rarities

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:33 am
by lutoslawski
rob wrote:
fredbucket wrote:PS Searching for William Walyn on Google brings up a complete blank...
It is Alfred little's yoke Nein? jaja

William Alwyn's a bit of a second-rater. Very enjoyable nevertheless, but little that is really memorable or original despite being expertly written - he had lots of practice, there are HUNDREDS of film scores.

I like his symphonies quite a lot (the third has moments that stick in the memory but it's terribly cliched). But I suspect his best music is when he is in an intimate mood - the chamber music: the three string quartets and the instrumental sonatas especially.
His Concertos are exquisite!

Re: Alfor's Rarities

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:16 pm
by alfor
I am terribly disappointed! I thought I had discovered a major British unknown composer (WALYN), but it was only a misprint of the name of ALWYN :( :mrgreen: :D :oops: :lol:

Scandinavia - terra incognita:

Posted as an example of the piano style of a hardly known Swedish composer:
Hilding OSERBERGN (a.k.a. ROSENBERG)
Sonat N:R 4
Rosenberg Sonat Nr.4.pdf
Suite
Rosenberg Suite.pdf
both works display a fine mildly contemporary piano style

P.S. Anybody who has played the Blues by BACH (alias Ferroud)?

Re: Alfor's Rarities

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:18 pm
by rob
alfor wrote:...Scandinavia - terra incognita...
Not to some of us. His symphonies and string quartets are terrific. All Rosenberg is very welcome - and I know my friend Klavierelch has the same opinion. Thanks Alfred.

Re: Alfor's Rarities

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:51 pm
by alfor
rob wrote:
alfor wrote:...Scandinavia - terra incognita...
Not to some of us. His symphonies and string quartets are terrific. All Rosenberg is very welcome - and I know my friend Klavierelch has the same opinion. Thanks Alfred.
His other sonatas are - at very reasonable prices - available here:
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Son ... 1/18591017
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Son ... 2/18591022
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Sonata-No-3/4283035