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Naxos has been known to make errors in reporting what is on the CD's.  I have a Naxos CD which was supposse to hve 5 symphonies of Franz Beck, but in reality it has 3 symphonies of Beck and 2 of Gossec. 

II also have a CD from ASV which was suppose to have 9 overtures by Mehul, but in reality there were only 8 because because one was played twice.

So, with the purchase of any CD there is always a chance that the recording is not exactly what is written on the cover or in the CD liner.

Re:  Cameo (CC9026CD)

While the CD contains Jadassohn's piano concerto and 1st symphony in their entirety, it only has contains 2 out of the 10 movements of Brull's Serenade and only 1 movement of Brull's violin concerto.  That seems to be a rip-off to me.

The Brull symphony is available from Cameo Classics, together with his Serenade in F.  It is great listening.

I have read that Beethoven used the call of the European blackbird in the rondo of his violin concerto (the five note motif in the first theme).

  As I thought.  None of the Shakespeare overtures are in the set.

Does anyone know which 4 overtures of Raff are on the 9-CD set offered by Tudor?

Joachim Eggert wrote a fantastic string sextet. 

I wish I had you Draeseke zealots on my team when I started my campaigne to promote my pet unsung composer, Joachim Eggert.  From my experience there is one thing I can tell you:  If you do not have a printed score, do not even think of approaching an orchestra to perform it  or a recording company to record it!!  An orchestra or a recording company can not evaluate the music if they can not read it, and they do not have the time to read a manuscript score or parts.  So, you must convert the manuscript (that your Draeseke expert has yet to find) into a modern format.  That will cost lots of money to have done (unless you do it yourself like I did) and it will take lots of time.  Then when all that is done, you can start pressking for a performance and a recording.

I wish you all the luck in the world.   

I imagine that all of this forum's contributers have "favorite sons" or pet projects.  I will put Joachim Eggert's cantatas high on my list. 

JimL;

The Allied bombings of Leipzig were quite extensive.  Not only did they destroy the Litoff Verlag but they also destroyed Breitkopf and Hartel too.  All my queries that I addressed to the director of the archives at Breitkopf and Hartel were answered the same way:  Lost in the fire!!

Generally, opus numbers are set by the composer and the publishing house at the time of publication.

The last movement of Mahler 3 ends in the parallel major (that is, D), not the relative, and I'm pretty sure it ends loudly, but I'm not positive.

I have the *Oxford Dictionary of Music* in front of me and I can not find a definition for "parallel major."  If you are taking about the term used to indicate the connection between a major and minor key having the same key signature, then the proper word is "relative major." For example, C-major is the relative major of A-minor, and A-minor is the relative minor of C-major.   
 

Sponsors are a very good thing to have.  Some unsungs have associations backing them which have the resources to finance the many sides needed to record and distribute a CD.  An excellent example of this is the unsung Swedish composers.  Joseph Martin Kraus has an association to back him and as a result Naxos has recorded at least 10 CD's of his music (with more in the making).  The Stuttgart State Opera staged one of his operas a year or so ago (and it was not a little singspiel but a full fledged opera).  On the other hand, Joachim Eggert does not have an association to back him, rather a hand full of fanatics (myself included!!) who are paupers compared to the associations.  It took us over 10 years to get him recorded.   

As I said before, it is the recording companies that have the upper hand.  Some of them are most ruthless in negotiations, browbeating the various sides to reduce their rights a meager minimum or waiving them entirely as mbhaub mentioned.  I have had a first hand experience with that.  I even know of a case where the composer was asked to pay a ridiculous advance by the recording company.  So, if you are looking for a reason why unsung composers are not recorded, there it is.       

Peter;

You should not feel uneasy when you buy a scond hand CD.  Someone down the line bought the CD new, hence the fees and royalties were collected.