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Thanks for this more recent version of Xaver Scharwenka's 4th piano concerto. While off-topic,  I'd like to point out that he also wrote some very fine chamber music with piano. While not necessarily one of these, he also wrote an unusual piece (quirky perhaps) for piano,trombone and drums entitled "Five Leaves from Polyhymnia's Sketchbook" Op 89 which can be heard on you tube also.

Thanks Gareth:

I did see a reference to the concerto lirico being at Novello but couldn't find it on their website. They had a couple of other Easdale pieces. Also there is some confusion about a rather famous arrangement he made of Britten's piano concerto for two pianos.

 A couple of years ago, before the pandemic, I started looking and had some information that the family was squabbling over the rights to his music. It made me wonder whether they had the manuscripts.

Thanks for looking into it I didn't know about Zinfonia--good to know.

Fingers are crossed.

I hope everyone here has watched the beautiful movie "The Red Shoes" and heard the score by the British composer Brian Easdale.
I am trying to find the score and parts for his Concerto Lirico for piano and orchestra, which was performed at the Cheltenham Festival in 1955 and not since. In anticipation of setting up a future performance and recording I have googled myself silly with no luck so far.

I have even tried searching for his grandchildren to see if they had the music but have not been successful either.
Any help you folks (particularly those in England) can provide would be greatly appreciated.

BTW his great niece, the author Celia Robertson wrote about the life of Brian's sister in a fascinating book called "Who's Sophie". I have not had much success yet in getting in contact with her to see if she can help find this music.

How sad! He was one of the first pianists to record rare repertoire. I have many of his excellent recordings.

I have just acquired  copy of the Moszkowski symphony from the BNF if anyone is still interested.

I have a recording of Chasins second piano concerto if anyone would like a copy. Also Beryl Rubinstein as far as I know only wrote one piano concerto which was just performed for the first time since 1936 in California. A recording of that concert will be available in a few weeks.

To Rob H: I have a recording of the Chasins PC2 if you're still interested.

It  looks like a performance of the Beryl Rubinstein piano concerto together with a performance recording will be forthcoming by autumn next year.

This piece is mesmerizing. Really beautiful. I have a Finlandia recording of it with a T.Hannikainen --I  haven't heard it for a long time- will have to compare it- but the video is well produced and is an added bonus.