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Sep 20, 2016 - 9:02 PM
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Buss1974
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After the great new recordings of Metropolis and the monumental Die Nibelungen, Frank Strobel recorded another film score by the german composer Gottfried Huppertz (1887-1937): Zur Chronik von Grieshuus (Chronicles of the Grey House), a film directed by Arthur von Gerlach in 1925.
Another gem by a very interesting composer who, according to conductor Frank Strobel, is supposed to have had a strong influence on some Hollywood Golden Age musicians like Steiner, Korngold and Waxman.
I personally love both the Metropolis and Die Nibelungen recordings and found Strobel conducting outstanding.
Looking forward to this new double cd with great expectation.
Thanks very much for the heads up on this release, Buss1974. Strobel's recordings of Huppertz's works have all been winners so now I'm looking forward to this new recording as well.
Yes. Frank Strobel is an authority on silent film music restoration and recording. In addition, he recorded the complete restored original version of Alexander Nevsky, another superlative recording:
http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=C71014
His work on Huppertz is very impressive: it gave us the possibility to rediscover this great composer. Particularly in the score to Die Niberlungen, it's very fascinating to notice that the opulent orchestration and the use of the leitmotiv has many similarities with the composing style of Max Steiner, Erich Korngold and many Austro-German composers of the Golden Age of Hollywood. In my opinion, the way of developing the impressive themes and motives and their orchestral treatments remembers me some of the early scores of Steiner from the 1930s.
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