Dear Luc,

Nice to hear you enjoyed your vacation in Turkey! I'm spending most
of mine traveling around beautiful Heidelberg... where I'm currently
living.

Concerning Mathilde and Sappho: Mathilde is Op. 100 composed for the
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Saxon-Weimar. Sappho is Op.68,
composed earlier than Mathilde. Both are ballets, and yes, Hummel
seemed to have "borrowed" from himself. In the Benjovski book of
Hummel's Oeuvre Lists, the two pieces show up, with similar, but
slightly different notes (for the two ouvertures). I would guess
that Hummel took the same score and made some minor changes for
Mathilde. But more detailed, I do not know. But the new disk is
great!

Enjoy the beautiful weather of spring!

Best wishes,

Marianne

--- In johann_nepomuk_hummel@yahoogroups.com, "Luc" <luc-rulkin@...>
wrote:
>
> Good Mornin' ..
>
> After this well deserved break in Turkeij ... this first
impression of
> the new Chandos 10415 Cd
> <http://www.chandos.net/details06.asp?CNumber=CHAN%2010415> .
>
> Very well recorded ... very nice first time recordings of these
works :
> - Ballet Suite 'Sappho von Mitilene' Op 68
> - Ballet Suite 'Das Zauberschloss'
> - 12 Walzes and Coda (well known).
>
>
> I am puzzled though.
> When I first listened to this cd, yesterday, the 1st piece sounded
very
> familiar ...
> It sounds just like the "Ouverture zur Oper v Mathilde von Guise"
> recorded by the Thueringisches KammerOrch Weimar on their cd of
> <http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-
/hnum/6243704/rk/classic/rsk/hi\
> tlist> "Variationen & Fantasien"
> <http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-
/hnum/6243704/rk/classic/rsk/hi\
> tlist> .. at JPC.
> <http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-
/hnum/6243704/rk/classic/rsk/hi\
> tlist>
> When I say 'sounds like' , I mean just like ... like 'a copy of'.
>
> Did Hummel copy or re'use ? Does anyone know ?
>
> Kindest Regards.
> Luc Rulkin
>