Henry Adolph, Anton Nanut, Eugen Duvier, Alfred Scholz - Who the hell are they?
ArturPS
through the list of composers. One thing I do when I have some time on
my hands and a list of recordings is to find things (not to buy, but
out of curiosity) from that "rat pack" of Ljubljana conductors and
other orchestras of the kind.
So I was looking for Henry Adolph's recording under that listing, I
have it because my aunt bought the 9 symphonies for me (back in the
days I owned 0 cds), of course she went for the cheapest because she
knows heck of recordings, so she bought Point Classics's set of the 9.
First strange thing I noticed: they came in a box (they are 5 jewel
cases) which listed different conductors but all within those above
listed.
So I have these cds to this day for sentimental reasons (and pratical
ones: who the hell is going to buy them from me?) and they do
occasionally prove an alternative to my other recordings (i.e. when I
have no other thing to hear).
(Ok, get to the point!)
My question is: who are those people? This recording with Henry Adolph
appears with the same timings as the one listed on that website as
Anton Nanut. In a Bruckner website, they list a recording of Bruckner's
4th with the comment: "The conductor on this CD is listed as Henry
Adolph. This fictitious maestro shows up on lots of CDs [...]"
Anyone has any info on anyone of them?
(P.s.: I also own that cd :P, comes from a time all I could spend on it
was 5.99 and all great recordings cost over 40 and I didn't know the
music - I guess I was 13)
Mr Duffy
> My question is: who are those people? This recording with Henry Adolph
> appears with the same timings as the one listed on that website as
> Anton Nanut. In a Bruckner website, they list a recording of Bruckner's
> 4th with the comment: "The conductor on this CD is listed as Henry
> Adolph. This fictitious maestro shows up on lots of CDs [...]"
> Anyone has any info on anyone of them?
http://www.harmoniae.com/orchestre_fantasma.cfm
The last one is in Italian; there's a great confusion about these
recordings, as they simply created new names in order not to pay royalties
to the real owners; the most famous pseudonym is Alberto Lizzio, together
with Henry Adolph, while if I remember correctly Alfred Scholz actually
existed, but he denied being the conductor in these recordings. Anton Nanut,
instead, is a well-known conductor, but this being the policy of such
discographic companies, I wouldn't swear on the recordings.
Hi, Mr Duffy
Gerard
> My question is: who are those people?
Aren't they all Jean Gardinon? Or was it Alberto Lizzio?
You could have a loke in the archive:
Eric Grunin
> My question is: who are those people? This recording with Henry Adolph
> appears with the same timings as the one listed on that website as
> Anton Nanut. In a Bruckner website, they list a recording of Bruckner's
> 4th with the comment: "The conductor on this CD is listed as Henry
> Adolph. This fictitious maestro shows up on lots of CDs [...]"
> Anyone has any info on anyone of them?
The best summary I know is here:
http://abruckner.com/editorsnote/pseudonyms/
Regards,
Eric Grunin
www.grunin.com/eroica
