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Title: Hindemith's concerto for piano left hand.
Post by: Guido on October 16, 2007, 05:02:37 PM
Is there a recording? Sounds very intriguing indeed.
Title: Re: Hindemith's concerto for piano left hand.
Post by: karlhenning on October 17, 2007, 05:54:53 AM
IIRC this was only recently brought back to light, and its premiere was not long ago (in Toronto?)

Must be a charming piece, I should think.
Title: Re: Hindemith's concerto for piano left hand.
Post by: Guido on October 17, 2007, 06:43:51 AM
Unearthed 2002 and premiered 2004. It got good reviews too (but it's an earlyish piece - 1923 so it won't be on a level with his later masterpieces like the Four Temperaments, or the Symphony or the Concert Music for Brass and Strings or the late cello concerto).
Title: Re: Hindemith's concerto for piano left hand.
Post by: bhodges on October 17, 2007, 06:58:02 AM
I don't know if there's a recording yet, but I did hear it live last year, with Leon Fleisher.  Here's the review (http://www.musicweb-international.com/SandH/2006/Jul-Dec06/maazel0212.htm) I did for MusicWeb.

It would be great if Fleisher would record it.

--Bruce
Title: Re: Hindemith's concerto for piano left hand.
Post by: The new erato on October 17, 2007, 07:04:55 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on October 17, 2007, 05:54:53 AM
IIRC this was only recently brought back to light, and its premiere was not long ago (in Toronto?)

Must be a charming piece, I should think.
I love Hindemith but seldom think of his music as charming.
Title: Re: Hindemith's concerto for piano left hand.
Post by: Scott on October 20, 2007, 11:03:02 AM
Quote from: erato on October 17, 2007, 07:04:55 AM
I love Hindemith but seldom think of his music as charming.

Surely you'd consider his Symphonic Metamorphoses on a Theme of Carl Maria von Weber charming, no?
Title: Re: Hindemith's concerto for piano left hand.
Post by: The new erato on October 24, 2007, 06:23:52 AM
Quote from: Scott on October 20, 2007, 11:03:02 AM
Surely you'd consider his Symphonic Metamorphoses on a Theme of Carl Maria von Weber charming, no?
Yes. That's why I wrote seldom instead of never.