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thompson1780
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« on: 00:23:43, 15-03-2007 »
I've just listened to Tragedie de Salome by Schmitt.  I'm now listening to psalm xlvii.  What an astonishing find!  Could anyone recommend some more Schmitt please?

Thanks

Tommo

[Editted: Originally had Schmidt throughout.  Sorry for leading a few people down Schmidt Street.]
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« Reply #1 on: 00:40:24, 15-03-2007 »
There used to be a CD of Deux Mirages (coupled with the Dutilleux and Dukas sonatas) played by John Ogdon on EMI, but I don't think I've heard anything else. Oh, there's a little Andantino for clarinet and piano... I agree re Salome and the Psalm - wonderful pieces! There must be more worthwhile stuff to be discovered.
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« Reply #2 on: 00:46:08, 15-03-2007 »
Tommo, it's Schmitt you mean, isn't it, Florent Schmitt the French composer and not his German contemporary Franz Schmidt (some of whose work is well worth listening to as well).
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« Reply #3 on: 00:51:21, 15-03-2007 »
Do you mean Franz Schmidt? If so, his Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln is well worth seeking out. There's a great recording under Mitropolous that is hard to get hold of and, alternatively, the very fine EMI recording under Welser-Most.  Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: 00:52:33, 15-03-2007 »
Ah, Thanks Richard.  Yes, the French Florent Schmitt.  Sorry.  I'll correct the title of this thread.

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« Reply #5 on: 00:55:04, 15-03-2007 »
Sorry Tommo - thought you meant the other!
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« Reply #6 on: 01:02:04, 15-03-2007 »
My fault entirely, ernani.  But as Schmidt is also worth a look out, I will follow up your suggestion sometime!  Thanks

Tommo
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« Reply #7 on: 10:46:17, 15-03-2007 »


Florent Schmitt (pictured) was one of the first-raters of the twentieth century. In his music there is far more than the appeal to mere physical sensations.

Florent Schmitt was no parrot!
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« Reply #8 on: 12:47:08, 15-03-2007 »
Quote from: thompson1780 on 00:23:43, 15-03-2007
I've just listened to Tragedie de Salome by Schmitt.  I'm now listening to psalm xlvii.  What an astonishing find!  Could anyone recommend some more Schmitt please?
Yes, both are terrific, aren't they? I assume that you have found a copy of the Martinon recording on EMI, or perhaps of the Erato Schmitt twofer? There is also a version of Salome for reduced (theatre pit sized) orchestra, issued on Marco Polo, which according to reviews is no less riveting for being on a somewhat smaller scale.

In my opinion the Schmitt piece you absolutely must not miss, though, is Dionysiaques, for wind band - one of the most exciting pieces ever written for that medium, and available in at least two superb recordings:

1) the classic version on the Calliope label by Desire Dondeyne and the band of the Paris Police, more resonantly known in French as "la Musique des Gardiens de la Paix"
2) the equally characterful (and fabulously recorded) version by the RNCM Wind Orchestra under Timothy Reynish on Chandos
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« Reply #9 on: 11:49:44, 29-03-2007 »
Thanks for the heads up on this one. I'd always wondered where Dondeyne/ Paris' recordings were (I think the
Berlioz Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale is a bit good too?). I had some Schmitt put in front of me years ago
and youv'e jogged my mental note back then to investigate. FS like Dutilleux is a sonic Bon Viveur in the best sense methinks.
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« Reply #10 on: 11:55:34, 29-03-2007 »
...likewise Tim Reynish -pithy thoughts on conducting on his site-and the RNCM cats. Good to see they've got cred
on Chandos now too.
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