Thank you for this video. I have the Abbado set and will pursue your other suggestions. My family were guests of the Hindemith Foundation last summer and spent time in his house at Blonay. A moving experience as all the interiors and its furnishings of Viila la Chance are just as they were when they lived there. He had an amazing library and most of the collection was annotated. One of the paperbacks was amusing. It was a copy of Stravinsky's autobiography in German in which every page was filled with underlinings in red ink for every time Stravinsky used "me", "mine", "I", "my" etc.
It is great to know that these works appear on occasion,. Whenever one gets jaded , here is something completely different without being incoherent or ugly. What would be great would be for them to be played more often -- and to stay in the catalogue.
These are masterful works, thank you for reviewing the kammermusiken. So many great instrumental combinations you can’t hear anywhere else. I may just have to pick up the Ondine recordings.
I was so glad to see this video. I love the Hindemith Kammermusik. I've always thought they'd make a lovely live concert experience. They should be as popular as Bach or Vivaldi. I treasured the Chailly version for years and just heard the new Eschenbach when they came out. I agree, they are marginally better - my new go to version. Someone needs to feature one of them prominently in a movie or something to get audiences interested in hearing them.
Thank-you for this informative video. I was watching another TH-camr's channel and they mentioned this work, so I came over to your channel (I'm a subscriber to both this channel as well as to Classics Today) to learn more about it, Googled this work, and up came this very wonderful video.
Looooove this video. I don’t know why it hasn’t come up to pair the Hindemith and Bach Brandenburgs together in live performance. How many times do we have to suffer through the Vivaldi and Piazzolla 8 seasons together? 🤮 The Hindemith K-musik are like never done here in the US. I played #1 two years apart with two different orchestras (same conductor) and my markings in the Schott rental part were unchanged. So sad that part wasn’t rented again in that time period. Love Lynn Harrell’s powerful sound in #3 on the Chailly cycle. Nice to know about this Eschenbach cycle.
Hindemith is good stuff. I’ve played the Trumpet Sonata, and I really like the Glenn Gould album that has all the brass sonatas. A friend and colleague of mine is the principal violist of our local orchestra, and he played the Viola Concerto here maybe ten years ago - or a concertante piece for viola, if not technically a concerto. There’s also all the sonatas for accompanied and unaccompanied viola, and I have Kashkashian’s album. In 1926 he finished his opera “Cardillac.” You were talking about Reicha developing the fugue, and Hindemith contributed to that as well in his time. A singular composer!
Marvelous works! I was wary of getting Eschenbach’s after what he did to Mathis and the E-flat Symphony! In any case I’m quite happy with Abbado and Chailly, both of which I have. While they are all great, I prefer Chailly in No. 1 and Abbado in No. 7.
I've had the Abbado set for years and am glad to hear you say CE doesn't emote all over Hindemith. I am wary of his recordings because I find him excessively Romantic... though that was just fine for Tristan & Isolde.
Thank you for this video. I have the Abbado set and will pursue your other suggestions. My family were guests of the Hindemith Foundation last summer and spent time in his house at Blonay. A moving experience as all the interiors and its furnishings of Viila la Chance are just as they were when they lived there. He had an amazing library and most of the collection was annotated. One of the paperbacks was amusing. It was a copy of Stravinsky's autobiography in German in which every page was filled with underlinings in red ink for every time Stravinsky used "me", "mine", "I", "my" etc.
These works deserve more play. Hindemith was avant-garde for his time, but these should be accessible today.
I always appreciate your Hindemith videos, Dave!
It is great to know that these works appear on occasion,. Whenever one gets jaded , here is something completely different without being incoherent or ugly. What would be great would be for them to be played more often -- and to stay in the catalogue.
These are masterful works, thank you for reviewing the kammermusiken. So many great instrumental combinations you can’t hear anywhere else. I may just have to pick up the Ondine recordings.
I was so glad to see this video. I love the Hindemith Kammermusik. I've always thought they'd make a lovely live concert experience. They should be as popular as Bach or Vivaldi. I treasured the Chailly version for years and just heard the new Eschenbach when they came out. I agree, they are marginally better - my new go to version. Someone needs to feature one of them prominently in a movie or something to get audiences interested in hearing them.
I hear a great sense of humour in these works & I’m enjoying them immensely.
Hindemith is a very interesting composer
Wonderful music from a wonderful composer, wonderful Chailly and I suppose I must now check out the wonderful Eschenbach!
Thank-you for this informative video. I was watching another TH-camr's channel and they mentioned this work, so I came over to your channel (I'm a subscriber to both this channel as well as to Classics Today) to learn more about it, Googled this work, and up came this very wonderful video.
Glad it was helpful!
I remember the Concerto Amsterdam on Telefunken vinyl (I think that is right) and loved it then and now on cd
Looooove this video. I don’t know why it hasn’t come up to pair the Hindemith and Bach Brandenburgs together in live performance. How many times do we have to suffer through the Vivaldi and Piazzolla 8 seasons together? 🤮 The Hindemith K-musik are like never done here in the US. I played #1 two years apart with two different orchestras (same conductor) and my markings in the Schott rental part were unchanged. So sad that part wasn’t rented again in that time period. Love Lynn Harrell’s powerful sound in #3 on the Chailly cycle. Nice to know about this Eschenbach cycle.
Hindemith is good stuff. I’ve played the Trumpet Sonata, and I really like the Glenn Gould album that has all the brass sonatas. A friend and colleague of mine is the principal violist of our local orchestra, and he played the Viola Concerto here maybe ten years ago - or a concertante piece for viola, if not technically a concerto. There’s also all the sonatas for accompanied and unaccompanied viola, and I have Kashkashian’s album. In 1926 he finished his opera “Cardillac.” You were talking about Reicha developing the fugue, and Hindemith contributed to that as well in his time. A singular composer!
I have the 3 CPO boxes of his 'Complete Orchestral Works'. I think his orchestral music is excellent.
Marvelous works! I was wary of getting Eschenbach’s after what he did to Mathis and the E-flat Symphony! In any case I’m quite happy with Abbado and Chailly, both of which I have. While they are all great, I prefer Chailly in No. 1 and Abbado in No. 7.
Hindemith can be fun and edgy and edging toward a Weil or Eisler sound, like the sound of Weimar.
I've had the Abbado set for years and am glad to hear you say CE doesn't emote all over Hindemith. I am wary of his recordings because I find him excessively Romantic... though that was just fine for Tristan & Isolde.
What about Werner Andreas Albert on CPO? They are inter spaced in different volumes of his Hindemith series which I think is excellent.
If you're happy with them, then that's fine. As I said, there are many recordings of individual items in the series.
The key to interpreting Hindemith is to drink a ton of coffee before the performance. ;)