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The Music => Composers & Music => Topic started by: Alan Howe on Saturday 01 January 2022, 22:55

Title: Thieriot Concerto for Violin & Viola in C, Op.92 (1910)
Post by: Alan Howe on Saturday 01 January 2022, 22:55
First movement, orchestrated and realised by Walter Zielke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26XgPiSmQow
Title: Re: Thieriot Concerto for Violin & Viola in C, Op.92 (1910)
Post by: Gareth Vaughan on Sunday 02 January 2022, 18:32
It is very lovely and very civilised but, IMHO, needs a performance by REAL players to bring it completely to life. There is so much potential in Thieriot's music.
Title: Re: Thieriot Concerto for Violin & Viola in C, Op.92 (1910)
Post by: Alan Howe on Sunday 02 January 2022, 20:28
You're right - on both counts. Thieriot must be one of the most prolific yet still unexplored composers of the romantic period. We urgently need some real recordings of his orchestral music.
Title: Re: Thieriot Concerto for Violin & Viola in C, Op.92 (1910)
Post by: Ilja on Wednesday 05 January 2022, 19:23
Quote from: Gareth Vaughan on Sunday 02 January 2022, 18:32
It is very lovely and very civilised but, IMHO, needs a performance by REAL players to bring it completely to life. There is so much potential in Thieriot's music.


While I second Alan's sentiment, one of the issues here is also that synthetically sampled solo string instruments are still relatively hard to listen to, unlike the piano. Walter has also uploaded some of Thieriot's piano concertos, and those are surprisingly easy on the ear.