Fritz Kauffmann - Piano Concerto in C minor Op.25

[Gareth Vaughan]

His Piano Concerto in A major, Fantasia dramatica for piano & orchestra and Ballada, Op. 16 for solo piano were recorded by Artur Pizarro with the Gulbenkian Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins for Hyperion's RPC series (released in 2000).

[eschiss1]

A site search on "Vianna" reveals rather more mentions than _that_, including entire threads.

[Wheesht]

You are right, of course. I must have only looked for Viana da Mota, and that brought up one post by Mike Hopf.

[Alan Howe]

It would be helpful if members could check spellings from other sources before posting or conducting searches (although I know this can be time-consuming). In this case the correct spelling is José Vianna da Motta. We do try to correct misspellings as we go along and it is always helpful when members check these spellings themselves before posting, but in the end mistakes with foreign names are always liable to happen.

[Ilja]

The problem in this specific case is that the spelling according to current Portuguese orthography (post-1946, I believe) is "Viana da Mota"; I've seen articles referring to him under that name. So it's probably wise to look under both this and the old name, the more so since for some time since both versions would have been used side by side. 

Apologies for contributing to the departure from Kauffmann's (excellent sofar) PC...

[Alan Howe]

Here's the entirety of Kauffmann's superb PC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIocHxcJEnQ

[semloh]

First listen - impressive!!

[tuatara442442]

I just realized that the main theme of the first movement can seamlessly be transformed into the theme of the finale of Volkmann's Konzertstuck for Piano and Orchestra! Both themes are my favorites.

[promusician]

Since a real recording/performance is far from sight, I have make some effort in re-touching up the whole work.

[Ilja]

One of the few things we can be quite indirectly grateful for towards Hans Franke is how he - entirely unwittingly of course - pointed us towards Fritz Kauffmann, a composer who otherwise might have remained forgotten. This is a wonderful concerto, I think, and particularly well-balanced in every regard.

[terry martyn]

I like the headline "A Misattributed Genius".

I echo every word that Ilja has written.

[terry martyn]

I am tremendously impressed by promusician's tweaks to this strongly-argued composition of Kauffmann. I now suspect that cpo might,one day,  now issue a commercial recording,if anyone there listens to this powerful piece of advocacy.