Louis Brassin (1840 - 1884)

[Jonathan]

Hi All,
I've recently been listening to a lot of Wagner transcriptions and, in the cover notes to one of these, I came across a reference to there having been 2 Piano Concertos written by Louis Brassin.  There are a few other works mentioned as well on Wikipedia (given below) but, aside from the transcriptions of Wagner, nothing else seems to have been recorded!

    Première grande polonaise
    Deuxième grande polonaise, Op. 18
    3eme Grande Polonaise
    Feuillet d'album (Album Leaf)
    Étude de concert
    Impressions d'Automne (Herbst-Eindrücke) Trois etudes
    Menuet, Gavotte et Gigue
    Polka de la Princesse
    Sérénade
    Rêverie pastoral
    Rêverie
    Second Galop de Concert fantastique
    Les Adieux, morceau caractéristiques
    Grandes Etudes de Concert. Op. 12 [No. 1-6]
    Mazurka de Salon, Op. 14
    Au clair de la lune, Nocturne, Op. 17

Has anyone here ever heard any of these and, if so, are they any good?
Thanks in advance...

[Aramiarz]

Dear Jonathan, the pieces are in IMSLP?

[eschiss1]

together with one or two synthesized recordings, I think. That's all I know, though, but will do some further looking...

[thalbergmad]

Brassin composed 3 piano concertos but the 2nd was lost i think.

I have played through the PC No.3 titled (Pastorale) and expect it must be on someone's radar if the parts still exist. There is a buzz and excitement about Brassin. He must have been a considerable pianist to play his own works and arrangements.

Thal