St Moritz Bad (Spa) – Inn River – Church of St Karl Borromäus
Walking around the lake – at the holzbrücke
Tripadvisor: www.tripadvisor.com.au/ShowTopic-g188091-i1521-k3923109-S...:
'... there are no two villages, it's one village with an upper part, St. Moritz Dorf (Dorf means Village) and the lower part along the lake and expanding into the plain between the lakes, St. Moritz Bad (Bad means Spa, as this is where St. Moritz tourism originated, where the mineral healing sources are ...'
What lies beyond this ... Karajan et al.
In the distance, out of view, there are two buildings in St Moritz Bad that figure to some extent in the history of the classical music recording industry. They are the Hotel Reine Victoria (Victoriasaal), and the Französische Kirche (the French Church – or 'Eglise au Bois'):
www.stmoritz.com/en/directory/hotels/hotel-reine-victoria
www.refurmo.ch/ueber-uns/liegenschaften/st-moritz/st-mori...
In the 1960s and 1970s, Herbert von Karajan occasionally recorded at these locations, with members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. I remember him talking about this practice in an interview with Alan Blyth of the Gramophone magazine (November 1971). He mentioned unwinding, going bowling ... things like that. The recordings of which I am aware suggest that this was a summer event, in August. How it would have aligned with the Salzburg Festival I don't know.
Karajan's principal place of residence was St Moritz.
The great August 1964 BPO/Karajan Deutsche Grammophon recordings of the JS Bach Brandenburg Concertos and the Orchestral Suites Nos. 2 & 3 belong to the Victoriasaal. BC No. 6 may have been Berlin-based, for some reason. A number of other DG Mozart Divertimenti recordings also emanate from this venue.
The wonderful, if not 'authentic', Four Seasons of Vivaldi of August 1972, with probably the twentieth century's greatest concertmaster – the incomparable Michel Schwalbé – as soloist, belongs to the Französische Kirche. Also for Deutsche Grammophon.
Amongst symphonies by Haydn and Honegger, the Französische Kirche also gave us the complete Mozart Wind Concertos with members of the BPO under Karajan, recorded for EMI in August 1971. The BPO is a byword for all that is great in Western musicianship, the Gramophone proclaimed of this box set of LPs, upon its release.
www.discogs.com/de/release/4676546-Mozart-Karajan-Dirigie...
At the time of taking these photos, I had no idea of these exact details. I just knew that somewhere, out there in the near distance this magic once happened ...
See my Dresden post at flic.kr/p/2pHpcwu for some similar recording history.
St Moritz Bad (Spa) – Inn River – Church of St Karl Borromäus
Walking around the lake – at the holzbrücke
Tripadvisor: www.tripadvisor.com.au/ShowTopic-g188091-i1521-k3923109-S...:
'... there are no two villages, it's one village with an upper part, St. Moritz Dorf (Dorf means Village) and the lower part along the lake and expanding into the plain between the lakes, St. Moritz Bad (Bad means Spa, as this is where St. Moritz tourism originated, where the mineral healing sources are ...'
What lies beyond this ... Karajan et al.
In the distance, out of view, there are two buildings in St Moritz Bad that figure to some extent in the history of the classical music recording industry. They are the Hotel Reine Victoria (Victoriasaal), and the Französische Kirche (the French Church – or 'Eglise au Bois'):
www.stmoritz.com/en/directory/hotels/hotel-reine-victoria
www.refurmo.ch/ueber-uns/liegenschaften/st-moritz/st-mori...
In the 1960s and 1970s, Herbert von Karajan occasionally recorded at these locations, with members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. I remember him talking about this practice in an interview with Alan Blyth of the Gramophone magazine (November 1971). He mentioned unwinding, going bowling ... things like that. The recordings of which I am aware suggest that this was a summer event, in August. How it would have aligned with the Salzburg Festival I don't know.
Karajan's principal place of residence was St Moritz.
The great August 1964 BPO/Karajan Deutsche Grammophon recordings of the JS Bach Brandenburg Concertos and the Orchestral Suites Nos. 2 & 3 belong to the Victoriasaal. BC No. 6 may have been Berlin-based, for some reason. A number of other DG Mozart Divertimenti recordings also emanate from this venue.
The wonderful, if not 'authentic', Four Seasons of Vivaldi of August 1972, with probably the twentieth century's greatest concertmaster – the incomparable Michel Schwalbé – as soloist, belongs to the Französische Kirche. Also for Deutsche Grammophon.
Amongst symphonies by Haydn and Honegger, the Französische Kirche also gave us the complete Mozart Wind Concertos with members of the BPO under Karajan, recorded for EMI in August 1971. The BPO is a byword for all that is great in Western musicianship, the Gramophone proclaimed of this box set of LPs, upon its release.
www.discogs.com/de/release/4676546-Mozart-Karajan-Dirigie...
At the time of taking these photos, I had no idea of these exact details. I just knew that somewhere, out there in the near distance this magic once happened ...
See my Dresden post at flic.kr/p/2pHpcwu for some similar recording history.