Henri Herz Piano Concerto No.6 Op.192 (synthesized)

[FBerwald]

Is there any plans to record this concerto with a proper soloist and chorus?

[Darrel Hoffman]

As a matter of fact I was contacted just yesterday by someone looking to arrange a performance.  Not sure if it'll pan out, as there've been a few other offers that fell through for various reasons (in one case the choir director actually died, apparently), but there's definitely interest out there, probably more in this piece than almost any other I've featured.  Herz rarely disappoints; I've featured him 5 times on the channel so far (with 1 more coming soon, hopefully), and they're all among my most popular videos.

I've also had offers for an AI-powered chorus to go with my simulated orchestra, which is another option.  I've looked into a few of those myself, but for what I'd need, they're rather pricey, especially given I'd have very limited use for it - basically this piece and if I ever find the Steibelt 8th concerto (also with chorus), and I can't think of any others.  And the ones that I know of currently don't even support the right languages yet.  Cantai is the biggest one to release recently, and it only works in English.  I'd need French for this, and presumably German for Steibelt.

[tpaloj]

For German voices, there's a program called Cantamus that produces ok results, available for 5$/mo. I've used it just a handful of times so I'm no expert. For myself, I'm waiting for Cantai's german support eagerly, which should not be too far off in the future now.

[Darrel Hoffman]

Fair enough, though I haven't the score for the Steibelt, so until that happens (or I find some other piano concerto with a chorus), the only language I need right now is French.  What surprised me was that a product advertised to do operatic singing lacked support for French, German, and Italian, which rules out like 90% of all opera...