13. Richard Strauss (arr. Franz Hasenohrl) - Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders! [8'04]
14. Alexander Scriabin (arr. Willard Eliot) - Waltz in A-flat major, op.38 [5'57]
15. Carl Nielsen - Serenata in Vano, FS.68 [6'42]
Chicago Pro Musica
Reference Recordings RR-16 (recorded August 1983; this CD release 1985)
(flac and scans)
Recording venue: Medinah Temple, Chicago
Recording engineer: Keith Johnson; Producers: John Bruce Yeh and J Tamblyn Henderson
Here's another recording of music from Walton's Facade - last week a very English view, this week from across the Atlantic. This time we have it without voices but still in the original scoring for chamber ensemble - a selection of 12 numbers plus the Fanfare, much the same selection as in Walton's two ballet suites arranged for full orchestra, except that Mariner Man replaces Noches espanol.
Franz Hasenohrl's eight-minute condensation of Strauss'Till Eulenspiegel (another way!) for five instruments is a very German kind of joke written in 1954, after the composer and his widow were both safely dead. Possibly an acquired taste.
The Pro Musica is made up of leading musicians from the Chicago area including many from the Chicago Symphony. The arrangement of the Scriabin waltz was made by bassoonist member, Willard Eliot. The recorded sound is very fine - as expected from Prof. Johnson.