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Thanks so much, BC for the Brandt-Buys.   I like his music -pleasant and easy to listen to.  I hope others have more of his.

Jerry

Thanks, Amphissa.  Sadly, Mediafire sez the file is currently marked "Private" so we are unable to download it.

Jerry

I would have sworn that someone previously mentioned the CPO new release of "symphonys" by Gluck.  But a search turned up zilch.

Well, I bought the download version - I guess I was expecting something classical but these pieces must have be written very early because to me they have a very baroque sound.  (Unfortunately, I have no liner notes to clue me in and Wikipedia is no help).

At any rate, I am very disappointed and only happy that I only paid $8 instead of $16.  I'll be curious to hear what others have to say.  Maybe it's just me.

Jerry

Surfing around the web this morning, I came across what appears to be a fairly obscure recording of Spanish Romantic Violin Concertos by Tomas Breton and Jesus Monasterio (1836-1903).  Quite lovely pieces.  Which of course got me to delving further and finding that there is a recording, probably out of print, of Breton's Symphony #2 in Eb on the Newport Label.  Prices for this seem to run in the $100 range.  Does anyone know where one could obtain this for a reasonable price?

Jerry

I wish there were an official Thread for introducing oneself – I would like to know more about the rest of you and how you fit into the musical world.  But since there isn't, I guess I'll just introduce myself here and let the chips fall where they will.

I'll be 75 in a couple of months.  I play piano and organ; neither of them terribly well any more since my eyesight does not allow me to see all of the staff at once.  Bummer.  And I have been collecting classical music since I was about 8.  Lots of old 78s; like 10 inch excerpts from the finale of Brahm's 1st.   I've computerized my collection of almost 11,000 works by 2183 composers.  Very few duplicate works although there are the inevitable "buy this one and get yet another copy of that.....".   My interest is mainly in 19th and early 20th century compositions – I am not in to so-called contemporary stuff – I don't understand it and have been tempted to walk out of any number of concerts.  Unfortunately, of course, these are always cleverly  programmed into the center of a concert – and there's always something you want to hear at the end.     I've been in to the "unsung" category most of my life- how lucky we are in recent years to have such a plethora of recorded performances.......  We have been season subscribers of one sort or another to the Minnesota Orchestra season for over 50 years and have been guarantors of the orchestra for over half of that time.  Oh yes, I've lived all of my life in a city of 10,000 about an hour south of Minneapolis/St. Paul. 

At the risk of being ostracized by someone who has never downloaded, listened to, viewed, copied or shared a piece which might have been copyrighted, I'd like to make a comment or two about YouTube.  This group put me on to the performance there of the Goltermann Cello Concerto #4 and I was frustrated that I could not download it.  That situation is now alleviated in a simple and inexpensive way.  Movavi  Flash Converter.  It will download and save not only full videos but will also separate the audio portion and save it as an audio file in a variety of formats.  All for about the price of one CD. (US$19.95) 

I recently uploaded the Violin Concerto in d, opus 7 of Ernst Fabritius (1842-1899) and while I'm sure many of you have this lovely concerto, here are the links for the two sections for any who might be interested: (they are not public):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThKC1ywOXQ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bCD34x25bA
There are another 301 violin concertos behind that one that could be there.  Or 1234 piano concertos. It seems like YouTube might be a good place to exchange performances,  Although I'm always looking for someone who'd like to swap some CDs   My email address is jerfilm@aol.com.   Thanks for listening to an old guy ramble.

Jerry

I'm curious to know if others have had this same experience.  How often I have listened to a new piece (new for me, I mean) and thought, Wow, this is going to be something else?  An opening that really rouses you?  And perhaps a nice adagio or scherzo.  And then, the finale comes along and seems to be a huge nothing.  Just doesn't live up to the promise of the opening movements. 

I'm thinking perhaps the composer had some really good ideas for starters, pretty much used them up in the first movements and then came to the finale and thought "Oh G**, what am I gonna write now?"  Perhaps by now, a little tired and ready to move on to something else?   Or is it just me?

You folks may already know about the Gallo release of works by Butini.  if so, forgive me.  Tracks include the Concerto #6 in G for piano, flue and strings "La Suisse".  Four Pieces for organ, Sonata #1 for piano and Divertissement avec rondo a la polacca for piano, clarinet and bassoon.  Judging from her age, most of these works must have been written after 1800.  This is one I'd never heard of before.

Edit 3/8/14: Audio samples here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Caroline-Boissier-Butini-Concerto-Suisse-Divertimento/dp/B009H1CY66/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1407096309&sr=8-3&keywords=Caroline+Boissier-
Butini
Alan Howe

A friend recently sent me a CD containing a performance by the Akron SO with Earl Kelly, piano of the Piano Concerto in e (1902) of William Becker (1873-1951).  I've looked high and low for some information about this American composer with no success.  Can anyone point me to some information about him?

A different subject:  Is there somewhere that I can upload a performance like this that others could download?  I don't see anything in this URL.

Jerry