I am going to attempt a similar exercise to one I caried out last month for symphonies :)
As before I am listing those works which have not-to my knowledge- been recorded to cd. And-once again-I am selectively including composers with whose work I am familiar and for which I have some degree of sympathy. ;D
Probably rashly, I have tried to include all concertante works and not just those called 'concertos'.
Part 1: Great Britain:
Richard Arnell: Harpsichord(1947), 'Sections' for Piano and Orchestra(1967)
Sir Malcolm Arnold: Cello(1988), Recorder(1988)
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett: Viola(1973), 'Actaeon(Metamorphosis I)' for Horn and orchestra(1977), Double Bass(1978),
'Sonnets to Orpheus' for Cello and orchestra(1979), Harpsichord(1980), 'Memento' for Flute and
strings(1983), Clarinet(1987), Marimba(1988), Saxophone(1988), Percussion(1990), Trumpet and
wind orchestra(1993), Bassoon(1994), Suite Francaise for Flute and orchestra(2002)
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Introduction and Allegro for Two Pianos and orchestra(1938), Cello(1939), Flute(1952), Piano and
double string orchestra(1958), Five Pieces for Violin and orchestra(1961), Dialogue for Cello and
chamber orchestra(1970)
Havergal Brian: Cello(1964)
Alan Bush: Piano, with baritone and male voice choir(1937), Concert Suite for Cello and orchestra(1952),
Variations, Nocturne and Finale on an English Sea Song for Piano and orchestra(1962), 'Africa'-
Symphonic Movement for Piano and orchestra(1972)
Arthur Butterworth: Organ, strings and percussion(1973), Violin(1978), Trumpet(1992), Cello(1997), Guitar(2000)
Arnold Cooke: Piano(1940), Oboe and strings(1953-54), Treble Recorder and strings(1957), Violin(1958),
Cello(1972-73), Clarinet Concerto No.2(1981-82)
John Foulds: Lento and Scherzetto for Cello and orchestra(c1906), Apotheosis for Violin and orchestra(1908-09), Cello(1908-09)
Peter Racine Fricker: Concertante No.1 for Cor Anglais and strings(1950), Violin Concerto No.2 'Rapsodie Concertante'
(1953-54), Viola(1951-53), Piano and small orchestra(1952-54), Toccata for Piano and orchestra
(1958-59), 'Laudi Concertante' for Organ and orchestra(1979)
John Gardner: Trumpet and strings(1962), Bassoon and strings(2004)
Iain Hamilton: Clarinet(1950), Jazz Trumpet(1958), Piano Concerto No.1(1960-67), Organ(1964), 'Circus' for Two
Trumpets and orchestra(1969), 'Voyage' for Horn and chamber orchestra(1970), Violin Concerto
No.2 'Amphion'(1971), Piano Concerto No.2(1987),Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and chamber
orchestra, 'London Kaleidoscope' for Piano and orchestra, Harp and small orchestra(1992)
Alun Hoddinott: Nocturne and Dance for Harp and orchestra(1959), Violin(1961), Aubade and Scherzo for Horn and
strings(1965), Piano Concerto No.3(1966), Organ(1967), Oboe and strings(1971), Concertino for
Trumpet, Horn and orchestra(1971), Ritornelli for Trombone, wind and percussion(1974),
'Scenes and Interludes' for Trumpet and orchestra(1975), Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and
Piano, 'Divisions' for Horn and orchestra, 'Mistral'-Concerto for Violin and orchestra(1995),
'Shining Pyramid' for Trumpet and orchestra(1995), Percussion and brass(2000), Euphonium(2001),
Trombone(2004)
Gordon Jacob: Viola Concerto No.1(1925), Piano and strings(1927), Oboe Concerto No.1(1935), Violin and strings
(1953), Cello(1955), Concertino for Violin, Cello and strings(1962), Double Bass and strings(1972),
Organ and strings(also version for Chromatic Accordian(1975), Viola Concerto No.2 for strings
(1979), Flute Concerto No.2 for strings(1981), Timpani and wind band(1984)
Daniel Jones: Violin(1966), Oboe(1982), Cello(1986)
Kenneth Leighton: Piano Concerto No.1(1951), Violin(1952), Viola, harp, timpani and strings(1952), Two Pianos, timpani and
strings(1954), Piano Concerto No.2(1960), Piano Concerto No.3 'Estivo'(1969), Harpsichord
William Mathias: Piano Concerto No.1, Piano Concerto No.2(1961), Harpsichord, strings and percussion(1971), Organ
(1984), Violin(1992), Flute and strings(1992)
John McCabe: Violin Concerto No.1 'Sinfonia Concertante'(1959), Chamber Concerto for Viola, Cello and orchestra
(1965), 'Metamorphosen' for Harpsichord and orchestra(1968), Concertino for Piano Duet and
orchestra(1968), Oboe d'Amore(1972), Piano Concerto No.3 'Dialogues'(1976-77), Violin Concerto
No.2(1980), 'Rainforest II' for Trumpet and strings(1987), Double Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet and
orchestra(1987-88), Oboe(1994), 'Les Martinets Noirs' for Two Violins and strings(2003)
Anthony Milner: Oboe(1994)
Cyril Scott: Cello(1902), 'Melodist and the Nightingales' for Cello and orchestra(1929), Harpsichord(1937), Oboe and
strings(1947), Bassoon, Flute and strings(1951)
Humphrey Searle: Piano Concerto No.1(1944), Piano Concerto No.2(1955)
Robert Simpson: Violin(1959; withdrawn), Flute(1989), Cello(1991)
Robert Still: Violin(1969), Piano(1970)
William Wordsworth: Piano(1946), Violin(1955), Cello(1962)
Obviously-if a concerto by one of these composers is not listed then it is available on cd. However...my apologies in advance for any errors or omissions.
Oh....and no I can't have anything better to do with my life ;D ;D ;D
Count the Cello Concertos, Guido ;D
Have you heard any of these live at all? I'd be really glad to hear Arnold's Cello Concerto.
Your list just makes me realised it's such a huge loss that two of the great pioneering British conductors are no longer with us. Who will pick up the baton?
Quote from: Episode VI: Return of the Mog on February 07, 2009, 06:39:39 AM
Have you heard any of these live at all? I'd be really glad to hear Arnold's Cello Concerto.
Your list just makes me realised it's such a huge loss that two of the great pioneering British conductors are no longer with us. Who will pick up the baton?
The Arnold is a late work and-apparently-rather feeble :( (Or at least that is what I seem to remember being told that Julian Lloyd Webber, who gave the first(and last?) performance, thought.)
There are unrecorded Cello Concertos in this list by Malcolm Arnold, Havergal Brian, Lennox Berkeley, Arthur Butterworth, Arnold Cooke, Gordon Jacob, Daniel Jones, Cyril Scott and William Wordsworth together with other works for Cello and orchestra by Richard Rodney Bennett and Alan Bush. Enterprising cellists can add to the existing recorded repertoire :)
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 07, 2009, 06:48:59 PM
The Arnold is a late work and-apparently-rather feeble :( (Or at least that is what I seem to remember being told that Julian Lloyd Webber, who gave the first(and last?) performance, thought.)
There are unrecorded Cello Concertos in this list by Malcolm Arnold, Havergal Brian, Lennox Berkeley, Arthur Butterworth, Arnold Cooke, Gordon Jacob, Daniel Jones, Cyril Scott and William Wordsworth together with other works for Cello and orchestra by Richard Rodney Bennett and Alan Bush. Enterprising cellists can add to the existing recorded repertoire :)
Don't forget the Cello Concerto by John Foulds.
BTW, Cyril Scott's Cello Concerto was issued on a Chandos CD some time ago.
Quote from: J on February 07, 2009, 07:00:55 PM
Don't forget the Cello Concerto by John Foulds.
BTW, Cyril Scott's Cello Concerto was issued on a Chandos CD some time ago.
Thanks for the reminder of the John Foulds :) I shall add it to the list!
Regarding the Cyril Scott, the concerto issued by Chandos was actually Scott's
Second Cello Concerto of 1937. There is an earlier one from 1902.
Part 2: United States of America:
George Antheil: Violin(1946)
John Corigliano: Soliloquy for Clarinet and orchestra(1995), 'Conjuror'-Concerto for Percussion and strings(2007)
Paul Creston: Marimba Concertino(1940), Piano, Saxophone(1941),Poem for Harp and orchestra(1945), Violin Concerto No.1,
Accordion, Rapsodie for Alto Saxophone and orchestra, 'Sadhana' for Cello and orchestra(1981)
David Diamond: Violin Concerto No.1(1937), Cello(1938), Piano(1950), Violin Concerto No.3(1976), Concertino for Piano and small
orchestra
Morton Gould: 'Boogie Woogie Etude' for Piano and orchestra(1943), 'Guajara' for Clarinet and orchestra(1949), 'Inventions' for
Four Pianos and orchestra(1953), 'Dialogues' for Piano and orchestra(1958), Concerto Concertante for Violin
and orchestra(1981-82), Flute(1984), 'Diversions' for Tenor Saxophone and orchestra(1990)
John Harbison: Piano(1978), Snow Country' for Oboe and strings(1979), Violin(1980), 'Crane Sightings'-Eclogue for Violin and
strings(2004), Double Bass(2005)
Roy Harris: Piano and Clarinet(1926), Piano and band(1942), Concerto for Piano in one movement('Jamboree')(1944), Piano
Concerto No.1(1945), Theme and Variations for Accordion and orchestra(1946), Elegy and Paean for
Violin and orchestra(1948), Fantasy for Piano and orchestra(1951), Piano Concerto No.2(1953), 'Horn of
Plenty' for Trumpet and orchestra(1964), Concerto for Amplified Piano, brass and percussion(1968)
Benjamin Lees: Variations for Piano and orchestra(1976), Oboe(1963), Double Concerto for Piano, Cello and orchestra(1982),
Percussion(1999), Piano Concerto No.3(2006)
Peter Mennin: Concertino for Flute, strings and percussion(1945), Violin(1950), Flute(1983)
Vincent Persichetti: Piano Concertino(1941)
Walter Piston: Concertino for Piano and chamber orchestra(1937)
Wallingford Riegger: Fantasy and Fugue for Organ and orchestra(1936), Duo for Piano and orchestra(1960)
George Rochberg: Clarinet(1996)
Ned Rorem: 'Water Music' for Clarinet, Violin and orchestra(1966), 'Remembering Tommy'-Suite in ten movements for Cello,
Piano and orchestra(1979), Organ and chamber orchestra(1985), 'Mallet' for Percussion and orchestra(2003)
Christopher Rouse: 'Seeing' for Piano and orchestra(1998), Oboe(2004)
William Schuman: Concerto on Old English Rounds for Viola, women's chorus and orchestra(1973)
Roger Sessions: Concerto for Violin, Viola and orchestra(1971)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Romance for Violin and chamber orchestra(1983), 'Images' for Two Pianos and orchestra(1986),
American Concerto for Trumpet and orchestra(1994), 'Peanuts Gallery' for Piano and orchestra(1996),
Millenium Fantasy for Piano and orchestra(2000), Partita for Violin and strings(2000), Clarinet(2002)
Some great stuff in the list which I'd love to hear.
Not surprisingly, there are some Carter concertos yet to be recorded (the 2007 horn concerto and last year's flute concerto, plus Soundings (2005) and Interventions (2007) for piano and orchestra).
Roy Harris concerto for two pianos is recorded on the Kleos Label.
Rare Works for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Joshua Pierce and Dorothy Jonas, Pianos
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kirk Trevor, Conductor
World Premier Recordings of three unusual and unjustly overlooked repertoire. This collection of works for two pianos and orchestra by major, if neglected, mid twentieth century composers provide important examples of their work.KL5129 $16.95
Pierre Max Dubois: Concerto Italien pour deux Pianos et Orchestre (1962)
I. Brilliante 5:44
II. Andante 6:38
III. Rondo 5:56
Roy Harris: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1946)
I. Introduction/Toccata 6:36
II. Them and Variations 10:00
III. Moderately Fast 7:44
Arthur Benjamin: North American Square Dance Suite for Two Pianos and Orchestra
1. Introduction and "Miller's Reel" 1:19
2. "The Old Plunk" 0:51
3. "The Bundle of Straw" 1:22
4. "He Piped So Sweet" 2:41
5. "Fill the Bowl" 1:42
6. "Pigeon on the Pier" 0:49
7. "Calder Fair" 1:49
8. "Salamanca" 1:39
Peter
Thank you, Peter :)
I have amended the list.....and ordered the cd ;D
Having down a further extensive trawl through record company catalogues I have revised the list of American Concertos not available on CD.
The following can be obtained:
Corgliano's Violin Concerto(Sony), Troubadours for Guitar(EMI), Voyage for Flute and strings(number of recordings)
Creston's Fantasy for Piano and orchestra(Albany), Concerto for Two Pianos and orchestra(Kleos)
Gould's Dance Variations for Two Pianos and orchestra(Helicon)
Harbison's Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet and strings(Bridge)
Lees' Piano Concerto No.1(Pierian)
Piston's Prelude and Allegro for Organ and strings(Cedille), Variations for Cello and orchestra(Albany), Clarinet Concerto(Boston
Recordings and Crs Artists)
Rorem's Piano Concerto No.3 in six movements(First Edition Music), Piano Concerto No.4 for the left-hand(New World Records)
Thomson's Flute Concerto(Cedille)
Years ago there used to be an LP of Alexander Tcherepnin's..
(drum roll)...
Concerto...
for (drum roll)...
Harmonica!!! :o :o :o
It has not yet appeared on a CD. And it was not a bad work!
Thanks for the thread, Colin. And I await, with bated breath, for the rest of your list. :)
Quote from: Maciek on February 09, 2009, 12:07:23 PM
Thanks for the thread, Colin. And I await, with bated breath, for the rest of your list. :)
Strongly seconded! :)
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 06, 2009, 04:56:23 PM
Arnold Cooke: Piano(1940), Oboe and strings(1953-54), Treble Recorder and strings(1957), Violin(1958), Cello(1972-73), Clarinet Concerto No.2 (1981-82)
I own a
Titanic Records cd called `Something Old, Something New' with John Tyson, recorder, performing recorder concertos by Vivaldi, Boismoitier, Arnold Cooke, Alan Hovhaness and Jonathan Lovenstein. I bought it solely for the sake of the Cooke and it was, for many years, my only cd with a piece by him (inspired by the Third Symphony that I knew in the old days of the Lyrita LP). The `orchestra' is an ensemble of "Collaborating Artists" (very nice of them that they are willing to collaborate ;) )
It contains
Arnold Cooke's Concerto for Recorder and Strings Orchestra (1957) in four movements and a neoclassist concerto that reminds me a bit of Vagn Holmboe's Recorder Concerto from the 1970s.
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Thanks for the info' about the Cooke Recorder Concerto, Johan! I shall try to search it out :)
Regarding the rest of the list...it may have to wait until I get back from my trip to London this weekend :) Nor can I guarantee that it will be as detailed. The British and American concertos are a bit easier to research than those written by Europeans
A small amendment but the Bennett Guitar Concerto was recorded by Julian Bream. It's a wonderful recording but is sadly, like most of Bream's RCA series, OOP.
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Part 3(Scandinavia):
(Note: In most cases I have only been able to include works which are actually entitled as 'concertos')
Denmark:
Niels Viggo Bentzon: Piano Concerto No.1, op.49, Piano Concerto No.2, op.69, Oboe, op.74(1951), Piano Concerto No.3, op.87
(1952), Cello, op.106(1956), Accordion, op.146, Flute, op.147(1963), Piano Concerto No.5, op.149
(1963), Piano Concerto No.6, op.195, Piano Concerto No.7, op.243, Clarinet, op.269, Cello Concerto
No.2, op.311(1974), Clarinet, op.375(1975), Flute and strings, op.386(1976), Flute, op.388(1976),
Cello Concerto No.3, op.444, Horn, op.445(1981), Piano Concerto No.8, op.450, Two Pianos, op.482
(1985), Concerto for Dizzy(Trumpet), op.547(1990)
Peder Gram: Violin Concerto
Vagn Holmboe: Violin Concerto (1938), Concertino No.1 for Violin, Viola and strings(1940), Concertino No.2 for Violin and
strings(1940), Violin Concerto, op.127(1976), Violin Concerto No.2, op.139(1979), Viola, op.189,
Concerto for Two Violins, Viola and Cello, op.195
Herman D. Koppel: Bassoon Concerto, Concerto for Violin, Viola and Cello and orchestra
Finland:
Kalevi Aho: Piano Concerto No.1(1988-89), Piano Concerto No.2(2001-02), Two Cellos(2003), Viola(2006), Double
Bass(2006), Oboe(2007)
Uuno Klami: Piano Concerto No.1 "Une nuit a Montmartre"(1925)
Aare Merikanto: Piano Concerto No.1(1913), Violin Concerto No.1(1915), Cello Concerto No.1(1919), Cello Concerto No.2
(1941)
Ernest Pingoud: Piano Concerto No.1(1917), Piano Concerto No.2, Piano Concerto No.3
Aulis Sallinen: Chamber Concerto for Violin, Piano and chamber orchestra(2005), Clarinet and Viola(2007)
Norway:
Klaus Egge: Piano Concerto No.1, Violin(1953), Piano Concerto No.3(1973-74)
Johan Halvorsen: Violin(1909)
Ragnar Soderlind: Piano "Colosso"(1997-97), Trumpet "Die Signale des Todes und des Lebens"(2001-02), Viola " Nostalgia
delle radici"(2003)
Christian Sinding: Violin Concerto No.2(1901), Violin Concerto No.3(1917)
Sweden:
Kurt Atterberg: Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and strings(1959-60)
Karl-Birger Blomdahl: Viola(1941), Violin and strings(1946)
Gosta Nystroem: Violin(1954-57), Piano('Concerto ricertante')(1969)
Hilding Rosenberg: Violin Concerto No.1(1924), Trumpet(1928), Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, Oboe, Bassoon and
orchestra(1935), Cello Concerto No.1(1939), Viola(1942-64), Cello Concerto No.2(1953)
After trying to make sense of Niels Viggo Bentzon's concerto output I need to lie down ;D ;D
Regarding Gosta Nystroem's violin concerto, a commercial CD of the piece (coupled with Nielsen's VC)
was issued long ago as one volume of the "Tibor Varga Collection". It's a wonderful concerto and fine performance and recording. I can dig up the CD if anyone wants more details.
There's a new Andsnes release featuring the Dalbavie Piano concerto!
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Part 4:
Australia:
Malcolm Williamson: Piano Concerto No.1(1958), Piano Concerto No.2 with string orchestra(1960), Harp and strings "Au
tombeau du martyr juif inconnu"(1976), Lament in Memory of Lord Mountbatten of Burma for Violin
and strings(1980), Saxophone and winds(Concertino for Charles)(1987), Piano Concerto No.4(1994)
France:
Jean Francaix: Violin Concerto No.1(1954), Harpsichord, Flute and strings(1959), Double Piano Concerto(1965), Flute(1967), Clarinet
(1968), Violin Concerto No.2(1970), Double Bass(1984), Flute, Clarinet and orchestra(1991), Accordion(1993)
Marcel Landowski: Piano Concerto No.1 "Poeme"(1949-40), Cello(1944-45), Bassoon(1957), Flute(No.1) and strings(1968),
Concertino for Trombone and strings(1990), Symphonie Concertante for Organ and orchestra(1993),
Violin(1995), 'Un chant' for Cello and orchestra(1996), Flute Concerto No.2(1998)
Darius Milhaud: Clarinet(1941), Cello Concerto No.2(1945), Viola Concerto No.2(1954-55), Clarinet and Piano(1956), Oboe
(1957),Violin Concerto No.3 'Concerto Royale'(1958), Harpsichord(1964)
Henri Sauguet: Piano Concerto No.1(1933-34), Piano Concerto No.2(1948), Violin Concerto, 'Garden's Concerto for
Harmonica and chamber orchestra(1968), Piano Concerto No.3
Italy:
Gian Francesco Malipiero: Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and orchestra(1938), Violin Concerto No.2(1952), Flute(1968)
Goffredo Petrassi: Piano(1936)
Ildebrando Pizzetti: Violin(1944), Harp(1960). Naxos has recorded the Violin Concerto for future release.
Portugal:
Joly Braga Santos: Piano(1973)
Part 5:
Austria:
Gottfried von Einem: Piano Concerto No.1(1956), Ariettes for Piano and orchestra(Second Piano Concerto)(1978),Organ(1983)
Ernst Krenek: Piano Concerto No.1(1923), Piano Concerto No.2(1937), Little Concerto for Harpsichord, Organ and
chamber orchestra(1940), Piano Concerto No.3(1946), Piano Concerto No.4(1950), Harp and chamber
orchestra(1951), Double Piano Concerto(1951), Organ and strings(1979)
Karol Rathaus: Suite for Violin and chamber orchestra, Piano concerto
Emil von Reznicek: Nachtstuck for Cello and orchestra(1903), Introduction and Valse Caprice for Violin and orchestra(1906),
Konzertstuck for Violin and orchestra(1918)
Ernst Toch: Symphony for Piano and orchestra(Second Piano Concerto)(1933)
Estonia:
Lepo Sumera: 'Musik fur Karlsruhe im Barockstill' for Harp and strings(1989), Concerto Grosso for Soprano Saxophone,
percussion, piano and orchestra(2000)
Hungary:
Antal Dorati: Piano(1975)
Zoltan Kodaly: Viola(1947)
Slovakia:
Alexander Moyzes: Violin, Flute
Switzerland:
Willy Burkhard: Violin Concerto No.1(1925), Violin Concerto No.2(1943), Concerto for Organ, strings and brass(1945),
Konzertstuck for Organ and orchestra(1945)
Frank Martin: Sonata da chiesa for Flute and strings(1958)
NB: Krenek's list of compositions is enormous and I apologise if I have missed some concertante works :) Also...very odd that Kodaly's Viola Concerto has gone unrecorded!
For what it's worth, if you refer to Henri Sauguet's violin concerto "Concerto D'Orphee" in the French section above, there's a CD of Louis Kaufman playing the piece titled "Louis Kaufman plays 20th century Romantic Concertos".
Quote from: J on February 18, 2009, 03:53:15 PM
For what it's worth, if you refer to Henri Sauguet's violin concerto "Concerto D'Orphee" in the French section above, there's a CD of Louis Kaufman playing the piece titled "Louis Kaufman plays 20th century Romantic Concertos".
There is indeed. What I am not entirely sure about is whether the 'Concerto d'Orphee' was Sauguet's only Violin Concerto or whether there was another unrecorded and untitled violin concerto? The Naxos website(for example) suggests they are two different compositions.
Part 6:
Brazil:
Camargo Guarnieri: Piano Concerto No.4, Piano Concerto No.5, Piano Concerto No.6
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Suite for Piano and orchestra(1913), 'Monoprecoce'-Fantasy for Piano and orchestra(1921), 'Ciranda
das Sete Notas' for Bassoon and strings(1933)
Czech Republic:
Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Ballade for Violin and orchestra, op.92, Capriccio for Flute and orchestra, op.193
Viktor Kalabis: Piano Concerto No.1, Piano Concerto No. 2 with winds, Cello Concerto, Trumpet Concerto "Le Tambour
de Villevielle", Concerto for Bassoon and winds
Erwin Schulhoff: Double Concerto for Flute, Piano and orchestra
Netherlands:
Henk Badings: Violin Concerto No.1(?), Cello Concerto No.1(1930), Violin Concerto No.2(1935), Concertino for Cello,
Piano and small orchestra(1942), Violin Concerto No.3(1944), Violin Concerto No.4(1947), Saxophone
(1951-52), Organ(1952), Concerto for Two Violins and orchestra No.1(1954), Flute(1956), Violin and
Viola(1965), Viola and strings(1965), Concerto for Two Violins and orchestra No.2(1969), Triple Concerto
for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and orchestra(1981), Four Saxophones and orchestra(1984)
Cornelis Dopper: Cello Concerto(1910-33), Concertino for Trumpet, three timpani and orchestra(1910), Nocturne for
Viola and orchestra(1937)
Jan van Gilse: Three Dance Sketches for Piano and small orchestra(1925-26)
Leon Orthel: Scherzo for Piano and orchestra(1927), Cello Concerto No.1(1929), Concertino alla burla for Piano and
orchestra(1930), Trumpet(1974), Cello Concerto No.2(1984)
Willem Pijper: Violin(1938-39)
NB: Badings-like the Dane Niels Viggo Bentzon-was an inveterate composer of concertos. Since I can read neither Dutch nor Danish I may well have missed some!)
Part 7:
Germany:
Boris Blacher: 'Geigenmusik' for Violin and orchestra(1936), Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Harp and strings(1950),
Dialogue for Flute, Violin, Piano and strings(1950), Viola(1954), Cello(1964), High Trumpet and strings
(1970)
Eduard Erdmann: Concertino(Rhapsody and Rondo) for Piano and orchestra
Karl Amadeus Hartmann: 'Lied' for Trumpet and winds(1932), Chamber Concerto for Clarinet, string quartet and string orchestra
(1930-35)
Hans Werner Henze: Symphonic Variations for Piano and orchestra(1950)(withdrawn), Tristan Prelude for Piano and orchestra
(1973), 'Il Vitalino Raddoppiato' for Violin and chamber orchestra(1977)
Karl Holler: Organ(1930-66), Chamber Concerto for Harpsichord and strings(1934-58), Violin Concerto No.1(1938-64),
Violin Concerto No.2(1947-48), Cello Concerto No.1(1940-41), Cello Concerto No.2(1949), Piano(1973)
Poland:
Grazyna Bacewicz: Violin Concerto No.2, Piano(1949), Violin Concerto No.4, Violin Concerto No.5(1954), Violin Concerto No.6
Alexander Tansman: Piano Concerto No.1(1926), Concertino for Piano and orchestra(1931), Partita for Piano and orchestra(1944),
Concertino for Guitar and orchestra(1945), Concertino for Oboe and chamber orchestra(1966), Concertino for
Flute and chamber orchestra(1969)
Russia/Soviet Union:
Tikhon Khrennikov: Cello Concerto No.2(1986)
Gavril Popov: Concert Poem for Violin and orchestra(1937), Violin(1937), Symphonic Aria after Tolstoy for Cello and strings
(1946), Organ(1970)
Alfred Schnittke: 'Poeme' for Piano and orchestra(1953),Viola and small orchestra(1997)
Maximilian Steinberg: Violin(1946)
Boris Tishchenko: Flute, Piano and strings(1972)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Violin and strings(1948), Moldavian Rhapsody for Violin and orchestra(1949)
....and this completes my task :) :) Maybe some members have found them interesting; I certainly enjoyed the research required ;D
I shall, of course, amend and update these lists as appropriate.
Ah! Time for me to chime in. ;D
As you will find in the discography I've put together (http://musicalwren.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/grazyna-bacewicz-recordings-–-a-very-long-checklist/), both the Bacewicz 1st and 7th VCs have been released on CD (the 7th in 2 different recordings), as well as her Viola Concerto. The 3rd VC is available on LP (http://musicalwren.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/grazyna-bacewicz-on-vinyl/).
The Tansman Viola Cto is available in the Polish Radio Kamasa box. I also have CD recordings of Tansman's Cello Cto (Koch) and 2nd Piano Cto (some sort of collective edition - see Tansman thread, reply #18 for cover scan).
Again, thanks for the very interesting and helpful thread!
[Of course, there's the question whether you should really give Weinberg's name as "Moishei", which, as far as I understand, really wasn't his name. 0:)]
Oh, wait, another update: I do have Khachaturian's Concerto Rhapsody for piano and orchestra (Nicolai Petrov, USSR RTV Large SO/Khachaturian, on a Melodiya twofer). So if there's only one Khachaturian Concerto Rhapsody, then it has been recorded. I can't check which year "my" Rhapsody was composed at the moment, I seem to have misplaced the liner notes. :-\ 0:)
And I hate to point this out, but I think you actually own (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,636.msg249995.html#msg249995) a recording of Schnittke's 1960 Piano Concerto. ;D 0:)
I knew that you would come to my rescue when I got to the last part of this exercise, Maciek ;D My deepest thanks for your corrections which have now been incorporated into the lists.
You are quite correct too in reminding me that I do indeed own a copy of Schnittke's 1960 Piano Concerto ::)
This task has not only been interesting but also rather expensive ;D As a result of my delving into record catalogues I have now (had to) purchase and acquire-
Aho's Flute Concerto,
Gottfried von Einem's Violin Concerto,
Roy Harris Concerto for Two Pianos and orchestra,
Herman D. Koppel's Concertos for Clarinet and for Violin and Viola,
Khachaturian's Concerto-Rhapsodies for Piano, for Cello and for Violin and orchestra,
Milhaud's Viola Concerto No.1 and Concerto for Percussion and small orchestra,
Vincent Persichetti's English Horn Concerto,
Petrassi's Flute Concerto,
Walter Piston's Prelude and Allegro for Organ and strings,
George Rochberg's Oboe Concerto,
Ned Rorem's English Horn Concerto and Piano Concertos in Six Movements(No.3) and for the Left-Hand(No.4),
Sallinen's Flute Concerto,
William Schuman's Three Colloquies for Horn and orchestra,
Virgil Thomson's Flute Concerto and Autumn Concertino for Harp
and Malcolm Williamson's Double Piano Concerto
...and there are a few more by Paul Creston and Walter Piston still to order ;D
A small help:
von Reznicek violin c. Michael Davis, Koch-Schwann 311 128
von Einem violin c. Christiene Edinger, Marco Polo 8.22313
Khatchaturian violin rhapsody, Andrei Korsakov (!!) Russian Disc 10-010
" " " cello " " ,Rostropovich 2 EMI classics 7243 5 72298 2 1
Quote from: DFO on February 23, 2009, 07:57:18 AM
A small help:
von Reznicek violin c. Michael Davis, Koch-Schwann 311 128
von Einem violin c. Christiene Edinger, Marco Polo 8.22313
Khatchaturian violin rhapsody, Andrei Korsakov (!!) Russian Disc 10-010
" " " cello " " ,Rostropovich 2 EMI classics 7243 5 72298 2 1
Thanks for the heads-up on the Reznicek Violin Concerto :) It is far too expensive though on Amazon :(
I have already bought and listened to the von Einem and have ordered the two Khachaturian Concerto-Rhapsodies but in cheaper versions(Naxos for the Violin and Regis-Marina Tarasova- for the Cello).
OK if you only want the pieces. But Korsakov's and Rostropovich's versions are
the best you can find.
Quote from: DFO on February 23, 2009, 11:24:10 AM
OK if you only want the pieces. But Korsakov's and Rostropovich's versions are
the best you can find.
No doubt they are better but I cannot go on spending money at the rate of the last fortnight ;D ;D
Lists updated to take account of the Donemus recordings of the Henk Badings Concerto for Two Pianos and orchestra and the Harp Concertino.
The incredible company CDBaby is now offering the Alexander Tcherepnin Harmonica Concerto!
Rev up your Kohner and play along!
http://cdbaby.com/cd/jashley
The Richard Arnell Concerto Capriccioso for violin and orchestra(coupled with the Ballets 'Harlequin in April" and "Punch and the Child" will be issued by Dutton any day now and the Bacewicz Violin Concerto No.3(along with her First and Seventh Violin Concertos) will be released by Chandos at the end of June.
QuoteThere are unrecorded Cello Concertos in this list by Malcolm Arnold, Havergal Brian, Lennox Berkeley, Arthur Butterworth, Arnold Cooke, Gordon Jacob, Daniel Jones, Cyril Scott and William Wordsworth together with other works for Cello and orchestra by Richard Rodney Bennett and Alan Bush. Enterprising cellists can add to the existing recorded repertoire
I'm not even sure if the first Cyril Scott concerto is still extant... Philomel and The Melodist and the Nighntingales by the same composer would be good to hear - the latter is particularly beautiful - has something of the quality of Vaughan-Williams The Lark Ascending. As for the Malcolm Arnold concerto - it's a terrible piece. The Brian concerto I would love to hear. The two by Lennox Berkeley are OK, but hardly masterpieces. Didn't know about Butterworths concerto(!) or that Wordsworth had written one either - both would be very interesting to hear. You don't mention Parrott's concerto or Osborne's - though these are so obscure that I doubt they'll ever be recorded. Rodney Bennett's Sonnets to Orpheus for cello and orchestra would be good to hear too - his variations on a Scottish folk song for cello and orchestra is really very beautiful (cheers!). Gordon Jacob's cello concerto is rather lacklustre, though the central movement is quite nice. Bush's and Fould's are the two english works I most want to be recorded - I'm surprised that Raphael Wallfisch hasn't served us them.
Florence Schmitt's Introduction, Récit et Congé really needs a recording - it's meant to be a fantastic piece, but I haven't heard it.
How/where did you get the Koppel violin,viola and cello concerto? I would love to hear that - his cello concerto is one of hidden jewels of the cello repertoire.
Also - exciting to hear about Pizzetti's violin concerto being released.
Yes, apparently the early Cyril Scott Cello Concerto is still extant. The ms holograph full score is in the Grainger Museum and the score can be hired separately:
http://www.cyrilscott.net/Music/Solo%26Orch.html
The Koppel concertos are being released on Danacord cds but the concerto for violin, viola and cello has not yet been issued.
Excellent thread Colin - thank you.
Sweden
Allan Pettersson: Tuba Concerto ( ;D)
Another unrecorded Koffler, this time a concerto, is his Piano Concerto (first 12-tone piano concerto in history?).
Hi,
I saw earlier that someone listed Boris Tishchenko's Concerto for Flute, Percussion, and Strings on the list of unrecorded concerti. Here is a link to a recording of it:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ymymrtezktd
I'm not sure who the performers are; I imagine this comes from an old Melodiya or other Soviet-era LP. As far as I know, there is no CD recording.
andrew
Thanks! 8)
Quote from: J on February 07, 2009, 07:00:55 PM
Don't forget the Cello Concerto by John Foulds.
BTW, Cyril Scott's Cello Concerto was issued on a Chandos CD some time ago.
Just wanted to add the "Autumn Symphony" by Joseph Marx. I've mentioned this forgotten work on previous threads. This is a quintessential masterpiece, and it is unexplainable why there is no available recording for the interested listener. There's an excellent website on Marx.
http://www.joseph-marx.org/en/
Outrageous claims have been made for Marx's greatness, and I remain very sceptical. His music is just formless, beautiful meanderings that have absolutely no drama or tension and release... I do want to hear this Herbst Symphonie, but I'm not expecting it to be the masterpiece that Marx fans claim it is.
Have you heard the piece?
Quote from: Guido on October 06, 2009, 09:31:42 AM
Outrageous claims have been made for Marx's greatness, and I remain very sceptical. His music is just formless, beautiful meanderings that have absolutely no drama or tension and release...
That certainly seems like an apt description of his orchestral songs on Chandos. After his reasonably fine string quartets on cpo, that Chandos disc put an abrupt stop to my urge to explore this composer further. Not that it's bad, it's just not very good either, just anonymous.
Quote from: Guido on October 06, 2009, 09:31:42 AM
Outrageous claims have been made for Marx's greatness, and I remain very sceptical. His music is just formless, beautiful meanderings that have absolutely no drama or tension and release... I do want to hear this Herbst Symphonie, but I'm not expecting it to be the masterpiece that Marx fans claim it is.
Have you heard the piece?
The 'Nature Trilogy" is a fine piece. It's quite romantic, lush even; personally I love the harmonies and nuances in many of his works. I won't go into details, but I did receive a recording of the "Herbst Symphonie." The musical 'language" for me is gorgeous. I don't sense any formless elements in this superb orchestral piece. It's complex, soaring, moving, (there is some Strauss influences), dramatic, and, luckily for me, impressionistic elements. This symphony seems to transcend his other works; then ,again, this is my personal sentiment. Recordings, alas, are very limited.
Nature Trilogy is indeed lush, but it just goes on and on without any conflict/resolution and therefore does not make for satisfying listening...
Quote from: schweitzeralan on October 06, 2009, 09:18:51 AM
Just wanted to add the "Autumn Symphony" by Joseph Marx. I've mentioned this forgotten work on previous threads. This is a quintessential masterpiece, and it is unexplainable why there is no available recording for the interested listener. There's an excellent website on Marx.
I do have a good recording of the Marx "Autumn Symphony"--it's an extremely attractive work, though I've listened only once or twice. If you contact my email (jurajjak@yahoo.com) I might be able to send you a copy, if I can find my CD.
andrew
Quote from: jurajjak on October 08, 2009, 12:44:10 AM
I do have a good recording of the Marx "Autumn Symphony"--it's an extremely attractive work, though I've listened only once or twice. If you contact my email (jurajjak@yahoo.com) I might be able to send you a copy, if I can find my CD.
andrew
Great! Perhaps Guido would appreciate a copy. As far as I know there are very few around. I just like his exquisite harmonies. The work is intensely romantic, and Marx continues the Austrio-Germanic traditions in early 20th century musical "language" which some critics have labeled in the past as "late tonality." For the most part Marx has been criticized as too conservative according to the developing Modernist standards. The "Herbst Symphonie" is perhaps the composer's finest work. I just happen to appreciate many of the sensuous, impressionistic moments. There are indeed Straussian influences as well as predominant waltz rhythms. Just one of many excellent early 20th century contributions.
Quote from: Guido on October 07, 2009, 04:51:35 AM
Nature Trilogy is indeed lush, but it just goes on and on without any conflict/resolution and therefore does not make for satisfying listening...
I understand your criticism. His music is very lush ad harmonically rich, at least for me. One musician, a fried of mine, who became familiar with Marx once I introduced him to some of Marx's recorded works, claimed that he, Marx, was far too Straussian and was not all that original. But he then did have some praise for the "Herbst Symphonie." Criticism is indeed involved and complex. I may like some works that may be too "loose," or not all that "well organized." Many critics blamed Bax for this. I simply admit my own lukewarm appraisal of such musical giants; viz, Mozart, Haydn, Handel, or Purcell. The rhythms of the Baroque and classical generations remain, today, as then, well wrought, tight, and "to the point," to quote my musician friend. I simply confess my admiration for composers like Marx or others whose works evince that lush, sensuous 'ambiente,' of which there are many in this post impressionistic aesthetic world. Not that these are "better" than their predecessors. it's that there are elements in later music that were not created during those earlier decades. There may be many enthusiasts, professional and appreciative listeners alike who share your opinion of Marx.
Villa-Lobos 'Momoprecoce'-Fantasy for Piano and orchestra(1921), was in the 6-disc set EMI CZS 767 229-2 US CDZF 67 229) with the complete Bachianas... conducted by the composer with Magda Tagliaferro as soloist. The 5th Piano Concerto and Chôros 11 are also there.
Erwin Schulhoff: Double Concerto for Flute, Piano and orchestra
on Cantate Musicaphon M 56 829
with Schulhoff's Symphony 2 and Michael Mautner's United Colours for Alto Saxophone, piano, percussion and strings
Elgar & Schnittke - Viola Concertos
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
arranged for viola by Lionel Tertis / David Aaron Carpenter
Schnittke: Viola Concerto
David Aaron Carpenter (viola)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Ondine/ODE11532
Quote from: listener on October 17, 2009, 08:52:29 PM
Elgar & Schnittke - Viola Concertos
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
arranged for viola by Lionel Tertis / David Aaron Carpenter
Schnittke: Viola Concerto
David Aaron Carpenter (viola)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Ondine/ODE11532
Are you sure that's not the one from 1985? (Which is the one usually recorded, I assume.)
Quote from: Maciek on October 18, 2009, 05:56:33 AM
Are you sure that's not the one from 1985? (Which is the one usually recorded, I assume.)
You are most likely correct. The missing one is later and with a small orchestra, and the release notes said nothing about a first performance or date.
Quote from: Dundonnell on February 08, 2009, 07:46:46 AM
Part 2: United States of America:
George Antheil: Violin(1946)
John Corigliano: Soliloquy for Clarinet and orchestra(1995), 'Conjuror'-Concerto for Percussion and strings(2007)
Paul Creston: Marimba Concertino(1940), Piano, Saxophone(1941),Poem for Harp and orchestra(1945), Violin Concerto No.1,
Accordion, Rapsodie for Alto Saxophone and orchestra, 'Sadhana' for Cello and orchestra(1981)
David Diamond: Violin Concerto No.1(1937), Cello(1938), Piano(1950), Violin Concerto No.3(1976), Concertino for Piano and small
orchestra
Morton Gould: 'Boogie Woogie Etude' for Piano and orchestra(1943), 'Guajara' for Clarinet and orchestra(1949), 'Inventions' for
Four Pianos and orchestra(1953), 'Dialogues' for Piano and orchestra(1958), Concerto Concertante for Violin
and orchestra(1981-82), Flute(1984), 'Diversions' for Tenor Saxophone and orchestra(1990)
John Harbison: Piano(1978), Snow Country' for Oboe and strings(1979), Violin(1980), 'Crane Sightings'-Eclogue for Violin and
strings(2004), Double Bass(2005)
Roy Harris: Piano and Clarinet(1926), Piano and band(1942), Concerto for Piano in one movement('Jamboree')(1944), Piano
Concerto No.1(1945), Theme and Variations for Accordion and orchestra(1946), Elegy and Paean for
Violin and orchestra(1948), Fantasy for Piano and orchestra(1951), Piano Concerto No.2(1953), 'Horn of
Plenty' for Trumpet and orchestra(1964), Concerto for Amplified Piano, brass and percussion(1968)
Benjamin Lees: Variations for Piano and orchestra(1976), Oboe(1963), Double Concerto for Piano, Cello and orchestra(1982),
Percussion(1999), Piano Concerto No.3(2006)
Peter Mennin: Concertino for Flute, strings and percussion(1945), Violin(1950), Flute(1983)
Vincent Persichetti: Piano Concertino(1941)
Walter Piston: Concertino for Piano and chamber orchestra(1937)
Wallingford Riegger: Fantasy and Fugue for Organ and orchestra(1936), Duo for Piano and orchestra(1960)
George Rochberg: Clarinet(1996)
Ned Rorem: 'Water Music' for Clarinet, Violin and orchestra(1966), 'Remembering Tommy'-Suite in ten movements for Cello,
Piano and orchestra(1979), Organ and chamber orchestra(1985), 'Mallet' for Percussion and orchestra(2003)
Christopher Rouse: 'Seeing' for Piano and orchestra(1998), Oboe(2004)
William Schuman: Concerto on Old English Rounds for Viola, women's chorus and orchestra(1973)
Roger Sessions: Concerto for Violin, Viola and orchestra(1971)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Romance for Violin and chamber orchestra(1983), 'Images' for Two Pianos and orchestra(1986),
American Concerto for Trumpet and orchestra(1994), 'Peanuts Gallery' for Piano and orchestra(1996),
Millenium Fantasy for Piano and orchestra(2000), Partita for Violin and strings(2000), Clarinet(2002)
I think that American composer Arthur Farwell composed a superb work "Gods of the Mountain." Other than this work there are no recordings of any other orchestral works by Farwell.. According to information available online Farwell wrote a significant amount of pianistic works, mostly based on Indian themes, some of which are recorded. I would hope that eventually some of his orchestral music will be available on CD's.
http://www.classical-composers.org/comp/farwell
Given Naxos never released their recording 2008 recording of Pizzetti's Violin Concerto [ see http://www.naxos.com/news/default.asp?op=399&displaymenu=naxos_news&type=2 ] if any one is interested a recording can be purchased from Bongiovanni in Bologna [see http://www.bongiovanni70.com/ ]
The soloist is Crtomir Siskovic. I discovered the final on his web page a couple of years ago when it was a private CD. When I wrote to him asking if I could purchase a copy he very kindly sent me a CD free of charge. It is a Concerto I am very fond of and I marginally prefer it to Pizzetti's Cello Concerto which itself is better, in my view, than the piano and harp concertos.
Crtomir Siskovic's CD was subsequently released commercially by Bongiovanni a great Italian label. I have previously purchased opera CDs from them and they arrived safely.
It may be a long wait for Naxos to release their recording if they ever do.
Quote from: patmos.beje on December 03, 2011, 12:25:00 PM
Given Naxos never released their 2008 recording of Pizzetti's Violin Concerto
It may be a long wait for Naxos to release their recording if they ever do.
Releasing "only" 3 years old recording can be considered fast on Naxos standards.
Patience! I'm sure the Pizzetti CD will come out before 2020.
:D