Message #25520

[Grandenorm]

I agree that we already have at least 2 decent recordings of The Birds of Rhiannon (I would have preferred the Wild Fowl Phantaisie from "Dylan"), but the performance by the Russian orchestra of "The Girl I Left Behind Me" Variations on Cameo Classics was rather disappointing. Neither orchestra nor conductor understood it and a lot of telling detail (which included some musical jokes) got lost - so I do look forward to a new recording of this work. And Howard Griffiths has the measure of Holbrooke's music, so he is a first rate advocate.

I think if a few people wrote Burkhard Schmilgun at CPO to enquire about the second Holbrooke CD, it would do no harm. Herr Schmilgun seems very approachable.