...may be that in B minor (1918/24) by the Romanian Paul Richter (1875-1950):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJXUeDPeh4Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJXUeDPeh4Q)
Maybe less is more after all. It's like a hippo wallowing in chocolate...
we (used to?) have not only that but some of his symphonies in the uploads/downloads section, I believe, I would guess it might be the same recording?... anyhow, yes, good and interesting composer and thanks :)
Well I like it....I'd certainly buy a CD with that piece.
I like it too. It's just very full-on.
Try the Djabadary Piano Concerto for sheer bombast!
It must have been the right day for a wallow today. Richter's PC is incredible - can't imagine why it hasn't been done in, say, Hyperion's RPC series.
Here is why this forum is so important to me. The mention of the Paul Richter Piano Concerto sparked my curiosity and I wondered if that download derived from a commercial recording that I had missed in my discography research. Sure enough, there it was on an LP. Here is the data:
PAUL RICHTER
Piano Concerto in B minor, Op.58 (1918-20)
Adrian Stoica (piano)/Ilarion Ionescu-Galati/"Moldova" Philharmonic Orchestra, Iasi
(+ Variations for Piano and Orchestra)
ELECTRECORD – ST-ECE 03788 (LP) (1990)
So, thanks Alan and company.
Mike
You're welcome, Mike. Your discographies are a great resource. Here's a link to the LP:
http://www.discogs.com/Paul-Richter-2-Soloist-Adrian-Stoica-Iasi-Moldova-Philharmonic-Orchestra-Conductor-IIonescu-Gala%C8%9Bi-/release/5808323
(http://www.discogs.com/Paul-Richter-2-Soloist-Adrian-Stoica-Iasi-Moldova-Philharmonic-Orchestra-Conductor-IIonescu-Gala%C8%9Bi-/release/5808323)
There is a (questionable) website on this very theme :-)
http://www.enkivillage.com/best-piano-concertos.html (http://www.enkivillage.com/best-piano-concertos.html)
Paul Richter doesn't seem to have a wiki page. Do we have a possible list of works?
As an LP lover, I've seen the Richter PC on Ebay a few times, but the condition has always looked questionable. I keep hoping I'll run across someone who is abandoning their vinyl collection and has a copy in mint condition needing a new home.
On that same LP is also Richter's Variations for Piano and Orchestra.
FBerwald: I -think- I saw a book about Paul Wilhelm Richter listed @ Worldcat (one wants to distinguish him from e.g. Jean Paul Richter of an earlier time ;) ) - that book may have such a list, will see if I can get ahold of it.
But if by Wikipedia you mean Wikipedia in general, not English-Wikipedia, there's certainly this (https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Richter) which I think you missed, and no rules at all against translating it (well and with credit!) to a new article on the English Wikipedia- there are many examples of this being done to jump-start new articles between Wikis.
Both the concerto and the variations are available for a listen on YouTube.
J
the burning question in my mind Alan is this: What is the difference between a hippo wallowing in mud instead of chocolate?
Tom
Here is a bio (German only), and a description of three works :
http://www.suedost-musik.de/html/lexikon/Richter.html (http://www.suedost-musik.de/html/lexikon/Richter.html)
QuoteBoth the concerto and the variations are available for a listen on YouTube.
Yes, as well as 3 of his symphonies and several other works.
They reveal quite a variety of styles, I find.
Does anybody have the movements for the Richter PC?
Hrm. Check with MusikNoten-Verlag Latzina of Karlsruhe which published the Richter in 2006? (Unfortunately their homepage (http://musiknotenverlag.de) has been stupidly done up by some solipsist who thinks that links to their own personal hard drive will work on the internet. Joy.)
I do see from D-NB that it had to be reconstructed in 1973 by Hans-Peter Turk- it's not one of Richter's scores that was published during his lifetime, for instance (unlike his 3rd symphony whose 1929-published score I interloaned from Queens College, New York, awhile back.)
Ah, here's the book on Richter I thought I saw...
Paul Richter: Monographie (http://www.worldcat.org/title/paul-richter-monographie/oclc/2375271).
How about the Malizcewski Concerto? You used to be able to hear an off air performance on YouTube but alas it's been taken down. An exciting work, but well over-the-top in my opinion. Worth recording. I wonder why nobody has.
I like all of those mentioned above, but find Adolf Henselt's still at the top of my list as the one of the most satisfying listening experiences I have ever had. Especially a movement in the middle--can't remember if there are 3 or 4 total--that utilizes the rich deep dark notes in the left hand part.