Maximilian Hornung, Sebastian Tewinkel - Herbert: Works for Cello and Strings (2011)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 53:59 | 285 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: CPO | Catalog: 7775762
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 53:59 | 285 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: CPO | Catalog: 7775762
Victor Herbert, Irish by birth, moved to Germany when he was eight and came to America when both he and his wife landed gigs with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York. Operetta was plainly his strength, and his works in that medium remain his best known. But he soaked up enough of the German tradition (in 1883 he played in a tribute concert to Liszt, with Brahms of all people conducting) to want to write serious music, and he notched several major disasters in that field. That in turn has led to neglect of smaller works like the ones on this album, which contains several gems.