felix borowski piano concerto

[terry martyn]

I have in my diary a CD release date of October 26th.  Can anyone confirm or update,please?

[eschiss1]

I see a PDF mentioning that Daniel Glover recently (as of September 2025) made the world premiere recordings of this work and Beryl Rubinstein's concerto in C with the Lithuanian National Symphony in Vilnius, to be released on the Reference Recordings label in 2026, but that PDF doesn't give anything more specific...

[Ilja]

I have a recording of Glover's performance of this with the Saratoga SO under Jason Klein,which appears to predate the Lithuanian one. It's inoffensive enough, but also rather forgettable if I'm honest - a bit like the Gablenz concerto but without the tunes.

[terry martyn]

You are making me listen to the Gablenz,Ilja, but the longer it meanders, the less impressive it becomes. The Borowski is far more taut.

[eschiss1]

I see that Gablenz's concerto is dated September 20, 1926... (FLP catalog entry)

[jonah]

Presto has it scheduled for release in early November. The SACD is titled 'American Triad', the third composer being Bloch.

[Ilja]

I see that Gablenz's concerto is dated September 20, 1926... (FLP catalog entry)

Oh, I didn't suggest that one emulated the other - this is a case of similar music language, I suspect. Still, as rambling as the Gablenz can be (particularly in the over-long first movement), the ennui is eventually compensated for by its grand sweep, something that the Borowsky rather lacks in my view.

[Revilod]

Daniel Glover says that the Borowski/Rubinstein disc will be released on October 23rd in the comments on the Saratoga Youtube video.

[eschiss1]

If they ever record Borowski's 3 symphonies (composed even later, in the 1930s), I hope they will fall within the orbit of this forum and look forward to seeing the discussion here (but more proximately, to hearing them first )