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Alan, I have been trying to say the same thing since I first heard it. This positively deserves to be a standard repertoire piece. Why it's still neglected is beyond me. 

A very recent Concert of rather unsung music [how unsung outside India...? members here might be able to clarify...]

Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 10 in B minor, MWV N 10
                : Piano Concerto in A minor, MWV 02
Franz Schubert  : String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden", D. 810 [Arr. by Mahler for String Orchestra]
Giorgi Tsintsadze: Miniatures for String Orchestra

Tbilisi State Chamber Orchestra "Georgian Sinfonietta"
Tamara Licheli (piano)

This is quite a pleasant change. Usually (since the last could of years) Hyperion would release at least 2 Volumes of RPC per year but since 2022 have only release 1 volume per year. Now this year with Vol. 86 [Tellefsen & Kalkbrenner] in Jan, 24' and 87 [Reinecke & Sauer] June, 24' we seem to be back in old rotation. Now, if only they would continue the Violin or Cello series.   

I'm gobsmacked that the whole double album, as yet unreleased, has already been posted of YouTube by the choir.

It was just released.

And why are you gobsmacked in 2024? For most people, streaming IS how they listen to things. I'm fan of a game whose second entry came out a year ago. Soundtrack was released on CD and download (in Japan only, as is the normal) shortly after, and almost everyone who continues to whine about  "Why isn't it on Spotify?!" "When's it going to be on Spotify?!".....and now it was just put there the other day, tons of people are all over it.

Why are you surprised that some of us are gobsmacked (be it 2024 or 2084)? A lot of time, money and effort went into this and to have it all freely streamed is just plain wrong. If your argument is that this is the standard norm nowadays, it still doesn't make it right. This whole argument of free streaming music so that the public can sample the whole thing before they can make a decision if or not to purchase is akin to going to a clothing store and telling them that you want to wear one of their expensive 3 piece suit for a couple of days before deciding if or not you want to actually purchase it.

If they must sample something, then let it be sound clips; of if it is the whole piece, then make it part of a paid subscription.

An upcoming Sony release worth mentioning...



Hahn - Piano Concerto, pianos transcription of A Chloris, L'heure exquise
Fauré - Ballade for Piano & Orchestra, Fantaisie for piano & orchestra
Boulanger - Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra

William Youn (piano), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Valentin Uryupin


I just love the Hahn Concerto and from the sound clips, it seems to be played at a more relaxed tempo than the famous Hyperion RPC recording.

All the while, I was listening to this, I was thinking that however fine the music is, it might benefit from a commercial recording with an actual orchestra.

Would you elaborate on that Gareth?

Im Walde on ASV was conducted by Francesco d'Avalos. I agree: it's very well done. Yondani Butt only recorded Lenore.

Oh my! Sorry, I don't know how I missed it. Back to the topic. I have no issue with Järvi's Lenore because I felt the hair-raising tempo in the beginning only added to the surprise and out worldly atmosphere Raff wanted to create and any disappointment, I might have felt was purely due to my ears being "spoiled" by pre-existing recordings that I grew comfortable with. Are there any non-commercial recordings/performances that have done Symphony No. 5 some justice?

I can't disagree.  It is my favorite symphony, but, to my mind, all seven of the recordings released on CD so far are flawed in one way or another, be it sound quality, phrasing & tempo, or quality of orchestral playing.  That said, I still enjoy listening to all of them, well, maybe all except Yondani Butt & The Philharmonia on ASV.  That one is absolutely lifeless.

Strange..., since Y. Butt's Im Walde is pretty terrific.

Hyperion made a very compelling argument for the Delius PC in the early version in Vol. 39 of the RPC. I have always had a soft spot for this concerto.

Just came across this splendid performance of Hummel's A minor Piano Concerto played by Dmitry Shishkin with the Russian National Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Pletnev.

What I mean is that in von Schilling's wiki page, the 2nd violin concerto is mentioned - Violin Concerto in G minor, op. 38, which seems more like Kempff's Violin Concerto Op. 38, following the piano concerto Op, 37 which is again, "Totentanz" Concerto in Suite form for piano, strings, percussion & mixed chorus, Op. 37. So possible misattribution reg, the 2nd violin concerto.

sound samples of all the movements - RPC Vol, 86 - Tellefsen & Kalkbrenner: Piano Concertos
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68345

Then this too is misattributed to von Schillings as his elusive 2nd Violin concerto.

Also, stumbled upon this - https://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Wilhelm-Kempff-Violin-Concerto/103079
Did Kempff himself write a violin concerto in G minor, Op. 38?