Volkmann Cello Concerto

[chill319]

Perhaps it's been mentioned here before and i missed it, but...

Haenssler Classics just released (on 15 January) a recording of the Volkmann Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in a minor, op. 33 (coupled with the Schumann) performed by Peter Bruns with the Leipzig Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra under Juergen Bruns. I haven't had a chance to hear this yet, but Bruns has an exceptionally broad repertoire, and his sympathy with concerted works by composers as disparate as Elgar, Pfitzner, Delius, Lalo, C.P.E. Bach, and Haydn (not to mention Brahms, Dvorak, Bruch, etc) bodes well for this recording.

The fillers include more Volkmann, some of it previously unrecorded.

Robert Volkmann:
Concerto for Cello and Orchester op. 33 in a minor
Andante mit Variationen (1836) for 3 Cellos
Drei Stücke für Violoncello und Klavier
Chant du Troubadour op. 10
Capriccio op. 74
Romanze op. 7

Robert Schumann:
Concerto for Cello and Orchester op. 129 in a minor
Abendlied op. 85, Nr. 12 (arr. for Cello and strings by P. Bruns)
Abendlied op. 85, Nr. 12 (arr. for Cello and Piano by Pablo Casals)

Catalog ID: 098.594

[Marcus]

It is a mystery why Volkmann's Cello Concerto took so long to see the light of day - a beautifil  late romantic workI have the CPO version, recorded in1993, Wohlmacher,Nordwestdeutsche, Werner Andreas Albert.
I have not yet heard the Gernsheim & Dietrich Cello Concertos, but intend to remedy that situation soon, particularly the Gernsheim, as his symphonies have installed me as a member of his fan club.
Marcus.