- Audio CD (Jun 1 2010)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Angel Records
- ASIN: B000026IAQ
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #121,450 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Speech by Mr T. E. Bean, General Manager of the Royal Festival Hall (1989 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 2. Fanfare (1989 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 3. A Grand Grand Overture Op. 57 (1989 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 4. III. Allegro | |||
| 5. Concerto Popolare (a piano concerto to end all piano concertos) (1989 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 6. II. Andante | |||
| 7. Speech by Gerald Hoffnung (1989 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 8. Mazurka No.47 in A minor Op. 68 No. 2 (1989 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 9. Lochnivar (for speakers & percussion to words by Sir Walter Scott) (1989 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 10. Theme (Alerto, ma non troppo) | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Punkt Contrapunkt (1989 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 2. Excerpts from 'The United Nations' (1989 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 3. Waltz for Restricted Orchestra (1989 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 4. Here are the girls (Master & Apprentices) | |||
| 5. I'm Azucena, Who could be plainer? (Azucena) | |||
| 6. I see by daylight dawning (Beckmesser/Azucena) | |||
| 7. Nie sollst du mich befragen (Otello/Salome) | |||
| 8. Daughter of heaven (Otello/Salome/Fidelio) | |||
| 9. I'm in search of a man (Brünnhilde) | |||
| 10. O schöne Mélisande (Beckmesser/Don Giovanni/Brünnhilde/Manrico/Nadir/Mélisande/Chorus) | |||
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Hoffnung is [was?] here!, Dec 13 2006
By Buck Bauer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hoffnungs Music Festivals (Audio CD)
Not available here? Try Amazon.co.uk, the "United Kingdom" link at the bottom of the page. As of 10/2007 it was available there for £12.47 + shipping.Some of this music helped to inspire Peter Schickele's insane P.D.Q. Bach compositions. [The 1956 concert, I'm guessing, since it was available in the U.S. on a vinyl LP.] If you know what I'm talking about, you'll enjoy this 2-CD set.
It contains recordings of three performances at the Royal Festival Hall: from 1961 "The Hoffnung Astronomical Music Festival," from 1958 "The Hoffnung Interplanetary Music Festival," and from 13 November 1956 the gem of the set, the famous "Hoffnung Music Festival Concert." I'll limit my comments to the 1956 concert, which I've had on vinyl LP since the 1970's.
Wacky music-mangling by otherwise-serious British composers:
A Grand Overture [Malcolm Arnold]
Concero for Hose-pipe and Strings [Leopold Mozart]
[with hornist Dennis Brain playing the garden hose]
Concerto Popolare [Reizenstein]
Surprise Symphony [Haydn, arr. Donald Swann]
Speech by Gerard Hoffnung introducing
Mazurka No.47 in A minor [Chopin, arr. Abrams, for tuba quartet]
[with Hoffnung himself playing the subcontrabass tuba]
Lochinvar [Searle]
Variations on "Annie Laurie" [Gordon Jacob]
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Music + Humour, May 11 2008
By Inna - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Hoffnungs Music Festivals (Audio CD)
I bought this for my daughter(who's a "orch dork") for her birthday and she liked it a lot! You have to know classical music and German to be able to understand and appreciate the humor here. I'd recommend this CD for people who love classical music and humor in music.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Before there was P.D.Q. Bach, April 4 2009
By LD400RN - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Hoffnungs Music Festivals (Audio CD)
...and then came Hoffung. I had listened to bits and pieces of these pieces as a child but didn't understand them. But I knew my Mom did sso I bought this for her. Now, this comes from her: It is very enjoyable with the Concerto for Hoover particularly funny. I'll take her word for it, she taught me how to listen to classical music. Anyway, for those of you looking for a P.D.Q. Bach alternative this might be the one.
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