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Cato

#400
July 07, 2011, 04:14:20 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 06, 2011, 01:40:26 PM
There are now a number of works on the list which I don't think I've ever heard.
Any suggestions as to what recordings I might be on the lookout for these works?  (Since I'm on dial-up, YouTube samples and downloaded files  don't really work for me).

The ones in bold are by composers of whom I think I've never heard anything at all--not just these works, but anything at all.

(And if you see me cast a negative on any of these, it's pure and simple strategy on behalf of some other piece on the list).

These are the ones I've never (to my best memory) heard:

  Martinů: Piano Concerto № 4 "Incantations", H. 358
Tcherepnin: Piano Concerto № 2,  op.22
  Wuorinen: Piano Concerto № 3 (1983)
   Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
   Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano & Violin with 13 Wind Instruments (Kammerkonzert für Klavier und Geige mit 13 Bläsern) (1923-25)
   Copland Piano Concerto
  Schulhoff: Concerto for piano & small orchestra
   Hindemith: Kammermusik No.2 (für obligates Klavier und 12 Soloinstrumente), op.36/1 (1924)

One of Wuorinen's most enjoyable works is the Grand Bamboula for String Orchestra, which Amazon has via a used CD.

Alexander Tcherepnin's 4 symphonies and 6 piano concertos are all available on CD.  Tcherepnin's symphonic works are not Brucknerian, but often have an exotic, quirky individuality. 
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

Cato

#401
July 07, 2011, 04:17:32 AM
After Leon

+3 Rachmaninov IV
+ 2 Martinu  IV
+1 Tcherepnin


30   Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
28   Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto № 4 in G minor, op.40
27   Martinů: Piano Concerto № 4 "Incantations", H. 358
26   de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardines de España)
24   Poulenc: Aubade, Concerto chorégraphique for piano and 18 instruments
21   Liszt: Totentanz (Danse macabre: Paraphrase sur le "Dies irae" pour piano & orchestre), S.126
17   Saint-Saëns:  Piano Concerto № 5 in F major, op.103 "Egyptian"
17   Bartók: Piano Concerto № 1, Sz. 83
15   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D Major, BWV 1054
13   Villa-Lobos: Choros № 11 for piano and orchestra
13   Tcherepnin: Piano Concerto № 2,  op.22
07   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto № 5 in G major, op.55
06   Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
06   Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
06   Liszt: Piano Concerto № 1 in E flat major, S.124
06   Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings in C minor, op.35
05   Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto № 2 in G major, op.44
05   Wuorinen: Piano Concerto № 3 (1983)
05   Mozart: Piano Concerto № 21 in C major, K.467
04   Copland Piano Concerto
03   Scriabin: Prométhée: Le Poème du Feu, op.60
03   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
02   Schulhoff: Concerto for piano & small orchestra
01   Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano & Violin with 13 Wind Instruments (Kammerkonzert für Klavier und Geige mit 13 Bläsern) (1923-25)
01   Hindemith: Kammermusik No.2 (für obligates Klavier und 12 Soloinstrumente), op.36/1 (1924)
01   Mozart: Piano Concerto № 27, K.595
00   Beethoven: Piano Concerto № 1 in C, Op 1
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

Luke

#402
July 07, 2011, 04:19:07 AM
Quote from: Leon on July 07, 2011, 04:11:50 AM
But I would think that adding more than one at a time would be bad form.



Don't worry, I wasn't planning to do that! It's OK, I'll wait till later.

karlhenning

#403
July 07, 2011, 04:19:36 AM
Quote from: Cato on July 07, 2011, 04:14:20 AM
One of Wuorinen's most enjoyable works is the Grand Bamboula for String Orchestra, which Amazon has via a used CD.

A most sweet work, and possibly the first which I heard in the composer's presence during a graduate composers seminar in (* shudder *) Buffalo . . . .

Amfortas

#404
July 07, 2011, 04:24:59 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 07, 2011, 04:19:36 AM
A most sweet work, and possibly the first which I heard in the composer's presence during a graduate composers seminar in (* shudder *) Buffalo . . . .

Whatever happened to Wuorinen's opera "Brokeback Mountain"? The MET cancelled their production, then it sank out of sight.
''Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.'' - James Joyce (The Dead)

mc ukrneal

#405
July 07, 2011, 04:26:43 AM
Quote from: Leon on July 07, 2011, 04:20:19 AM
:(

:(

:'(
It gets in if it gets 40 votes if memory serves, and it seems like it will at least get that in time. I feel bad now that I tactically voted it down to get the Bartok in! So selfish of me...sniff... ::)
Be kind to your fellow posters!!

karlhenning

#406
July 07, 2011, 04:27:24 AM Last Edit: July 07, 2011, 05:29:37 AM by k a rl h e nn i ng
After Cato

+3 Schnittke: Concerto for Piano & String Orchestra (1979) [new]
+2 Bartók: Piano Concerto № 1, Sz. 83
+1 Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano & Violin with 13 Wind Instruments (Kammerkonzert für Klavier und Geige mit 13 Bläsern) (1923-25)


30   Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
28   Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto № 4 in G minor, op.40
27   Martinů: Piano Concerto № 4 "Incantations", H. 358
26   de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardines de España)
24   Poulenc: Aubade, Concerto chorégraphique for piano and 18 instruments
21   Liszt: Totentanz (Danse macabre: Paraphrase sur le "Dies irae" pour piano & orchestre), S.126
19   Bartók: Piano Concerto № 1, Sz. 83
17   Saint-Saëns:  Piano Concerto № 5 in F major, op.103 "Egyptian"
15   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D Major, BWV 1054
13   Villa-Lobos: Choros № 11 for piano and orchestra
13   Tcherepnin: Piano Concerto № 2,  op.22
07   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto № 5 in G major, op.55
06   Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
06   Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
06   Liszt: Piano Concerto № 1 in E flat major, S.124
06   Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings in C minor, op.35
05   Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto № 2 in G major, op.44
05   Wuorinen: Piano Concerto № 3 (1983)
05   Mozart: Piano Concerto № 21 in C major, K.467
04   Copland: Piano Concerto
03   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
03   Scriabin: Prométhée: Le Poème du Feu, op.60
03   Schnittke: Concerto for Piano & String Orchestra (1979)
02   Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano & Violin with 13 Wind Instruments (Kammerkonzert für Klavier und Geige mit 13 Bläsern) (1923-25)
02   Schulhoff: Concerto for piano & small orchestra
01   Hindemith: Kammermusik No.2 (für obligates Klavier und 12 Soloinstrumente), op.36/1 (1924)
01   Mozart: Piano Concerto № 27, K.595
00   Beethoven: Piano Concerto № 1 in C, Op 1

karlhenning

#407
July 07, 2011, 04:30:56 AM
Quote from: Amfortas on July 07, 2011, 04:24:59 AM
Whatever happened to Wuorinen's opera "Brokeback Mountain"? The MET cancelled their production, then it sank out of sight.

I took this tangent here.

Luke

#408
July 07, 2011, 05:02:21 AM
Approving the Schnittke entry, Karl...

karlhenning

#409
July 07, 2011, 05:11:40 AM
Cheers, Luke!

I owe you a phone call, I think . . . .

kishnevi

#410
July 07, 2011, 06:10:39 AM
After: Karl

Gershwin +3
Villa Lobos +2
Liszt Totentanz +1
Martinu -1
Rachmaninov PC 4 -2


33   Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F  to The List!
26   de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardines de España)
26   Martinů: Piano Concerto № 4 "Incantations", H. 358
26   Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto № 4 in G minor, op.40
24   Poulenc: Aubade, Concerto chorégraphique for piano and 18 instruments
22   Liszt: Totentanz (Danse macabre: Paraphrase sur le "Dies irae" pour piano & orchestre), S.126
19   Bartók: Piano Concerto № 1, Sz. 83
17   Saint-Saëns:  Piano Concerto № 5 in F major, op.103 "Egyptian"
15   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D Major, BWV 1054
15   Villa-Lobos: Choros № 11 for piano and orchestra
13   Tcherepnin: Piano Concerto № 2,  op.22
07   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto № 5 in G major, op.55
06   Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
06   Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
06   Liszt: Piano Concerto № 1 in E flat major, S.124
06   Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings in C minor, op.35
05   Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto № 2 in G major, op.44
05   Wuorinen: Piano Concerto № 3 (1983)
05   Mozart: Piano Concerto № 21 in C major, K.467
04   Copland: Piano Concerto
03   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
03   Scriabin: Prométhée: Le Poème du Feu, op.60
03   Schnittke: Concerto for Piano & String Orchestra (1979)
02   Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano & Violin with 13 Wind Instruments (Kammerkonzert für Klavier und Geige mit 13 Bläsern) (1923-25)
02   Schulhoff: Concerto for piano & small orchestra
01   Hindemith: Kammermusik No.2 (für obligates Klavier und 12 Soloinstrumente), op.36/1 (1924)
01   Mozart: Piano Concerto № 27, K.595
00   Beethoven: Piano Concerto № 1 in C, Op 1

kishnevi

#411
July 07, 2011, 06:15:18 AM
Quote from: Leon on July 07, 2011, 04:20:19 AM
:(

:(

:'(

Fear not.  I was able to counter the evil Cato's schemes against the Great George.   >:D

karlhenning

#412
July 07, 2011, 06:18:14 AM
Gershwin in Elysium . . . like it wuz always meant to be! : )

. . . will take this occasion to see if I cannot rustle up a recording of this to revisit . . . .

karlhenning

#413
July 07, 2011, 06:28:21 AM
I won't hear Cato thus calumnied, though! : )

Cato

#414
July 07, 2011, 06:50:09 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on July 07, 2011, 06:15:18 AM
Fear not.  I was able to counter the evil Cato's schemes against the Great George.   >:D

Man, Stop Messin' Wi' DA RACH!

Somebody wants to walk with a limp!   8)
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

Lethevich

#415
July 07, 2011, 07:02:15 AM
After: Jeffrey

+3 Liszt: Totentanz (Danse macabre: Paraphrase sur le "Dies irae" pour piano & orchestre), S.126
+2 Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
+1 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto № 5 in G major, op.55
-1 Scriabin: Prométhée: Le Poème du Feu, op.60

26   de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardines de España)
26   Martinů: Piano Concerto № 4 "Incantations", H. 358
26   Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto № 4 in G minor, op.40
25   Liszt: Totentanz (Danse macabre: Paraphrase sur le "Dies irae" pour piano & orchestre), S.126
24   Poulenc: Aubade, Concerto chorégraphique for piano and 18 instruments
19   Bartók: Piano Concerto № 1, Sz. 83
17   Saint-Saëns:  Piano Concerto № 5 in F major, op.103 "Egyptian"
15   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D Major, BWV 1054
15   Villa-Lobos: Choros № 11 for piano and orchestra
13   Tcherepnin: Piano Concerto № 2,  op.22
08   Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
08   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto № 5 in G major, op.55
06   Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
06   Liszt: Piano Concerto № 1 in E flat major, S.124
06   Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings in C minor, op.35
05   Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto № 2 in G major, op.44
05   Wuorinen: Piano Concerto № 3 (1983)
05   Mozart: Piano Concerto № 21 in C major, K.467
04   Copland: Piano Concerto
03   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
02   Scriabin: Prométhée: Le Poème du Feu, op.60
03   Schnittke: Concerto for Piano & String Orchestra (1979)
02   Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano & Violin with 13 Wind Instruments (Kammerkonzert für Klavier und Geige mit 13 Bläsern) (1923-25)
02   Schulhoff: Concerto for piano & small orchestra
01   Hindemith: Kammermusik No.2 (für obligates Klavier und 12 Soloinstrumente), op.36/1 (1924)
01   Mozart: Piano Concerto № 27, K.595
00   Beethoven: Piano Concerto № 1 in C, Op 1
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karlhenning

#416
July 07, 2011, 07:14:12 AM
Good suggestions! Certainly we don't need both the English and the Germisch for the Berg!

not edward

#417
July 07, 2011, 10:57:21 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on July 07, 2011, 07:02:15 AM
After: Lethe, and being positive again

+3 Martinu #4
+2 Bartok 1
+1 Liszt Totentanz

29   Martinů: Piano Concerto № 4 "Incantations", H. 358
26   de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardines de España)
26   Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto № 4 in G minor, op.40
26   Liszt: Totentanz (Danse macabre: Paraphrase sur le "Dies irae" pour piano & orchestre), S.126
24   Poulenc: Aubade, Concerto chorégraphique for piano and 18 instruments
21   Bartók: Piano Concerto № 1, Sz. 83
17   Saint-Saëns:  Piano Concerto № 5 in F major, op.103 "Egyptian"
15   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D Major, BWV 1054
15   Villa-Lobos: Choros № 11 for piano and orchestra
13   Tcherepnin: Piano Concerto № 2,  op.22
08   Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
08   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto № 5 in G major, op.55
06   Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
06   Liszt: Piano Concerto № 1 in E flat major, S.124
06   Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings in C minor, op.35
05   Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto № 2 in G major, op.44
05   Wuorinen: Piano Concerto № 3 (1983)
05   Mozart: Piano Concerto № 21 in C major, K.467
04   Copland: Piano Concerto
03   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
02   Scriabin: Prométhée: Le Poème du Feu, op.60
03   Schnittke: Concerto for Piano & String Orchestra (1979)
02   Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano & Violin with 13 Wind Instruments (Kammerkonzert für Klavier und Geige mit 13 Bläsern) (1923-25)
02   Schulhoff: Concerto for piano & small orchestra
01   Hindemith: Kammermusik No.2 (für obligates Klavier und 12 Soloinstrumente), op.36/1 (1924)
01   Mozart: Piano Concerto № 27, K.595
00   Beethoven: Piano Concerto № 1 in C, Op 1
"I don't at all mind actively disliking a piece of contemporary music, but in order to feel happy about it I must consciously understand why I dislike it. Otherwise it remains in my mind as unfinished business."
-- Aaron Copland, The Pleasures of Music

Luke

#418
July 07, 2011, 02:31:22 PM Last Edit: July 07, 2011, 02:54:08 PM by Luke
After Edward

I'm going to add Messiaen's Des canyons au etoile to the list, see how it does...

+3 Messiaen Des canyons aux etoiles
+2 Martinu 4
+1 Schnittke
-1 Prokofiev 5
-2 Villa Lobos

31   Martinů: Piano Concerto № 4 "Incantations", H. 358
26   de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardines de España)
26   Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto № 4 in G minor, op.40
26   Liszt: Totentanz (Danse macabre: Paraphrase sur le "Dies irae" pour piano & orchestre), S.126
24   Poulenc: Aubade, Concerto chorégraphique for piano and 18 instruments
21   Bartók: Piano Concerto № 1, Sz. 83
17   Saint-Saëns:  Piano Concerto № 5 in F major, op.103 "Egyptian"
15   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D Major, BWV 1054
13   Villa-Lobos: Choros № 11 for piano and orchestra
13   Tcherepnin: Piano Concerto № 2,  op.22
08   Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
07   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto № 5 in G major, op.55
06   Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
06   Liszt: Piano Concerto № 1 in E flat major, S.124
06   Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings in C minor, op.35
05   Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto № 2 in G major, op.44
05   Wuorinen: Piano Concerto № 3 (1983)
05   Mozart: Piano Concerto № 21 in C major, K.467
04   Copland: Piano Concerto
04   Schnittke: Concerto for Piano & String Orchestra (1979)
03   Messiaen: Des canyons aux etoiles
03   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
02   Scriabin: Prométhée: Le Poème du Feu, op.60
02   Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano & Violin with 13 Wind Instruments (Kammerkonzert für Klavier und Geige mit 13 Bläsern) (1923-25)
02   Schulhoff: Concerto for piano & small orchestra
01   Hindemith: Kammermusik No.2 (für obligates Klavier und 12 Soloinstrumente), op.36/1 (1924)
01   Mozart: Piano Concerto № 27, K.595
00   Beethoven: Piano Concerto № 1 in C, Op 1

not edward

#419
July 07, 2011, 02:48:24 PM
That puts the Martinu to 31 rather than 29. :)
"I don't at all mind actively disliking a piece of contemporary music, but in order to feel happy about it I must consciously understand why I dislike it. Otherwise it remains in my mind as unfinished business."
-- Aaron Copland, The Pleasures of Music
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