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Felix Borowski 1872-1956

Started by giles.enders, Monday 23 July 2012, 11:32

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Alan Howe

Marvellous - thank you!

Hyperion should get hold of Messrs Glover and Klein and get this lovely post-Rachmaninovian piece recorded.

Gareth Vaughan

It's great, isn't it? So glad you like it.

Recorddude

Glad you liked the Borowski concerto. It took four years (the pandemic got in the way) to get it performed and recorded. I've been trying to contact Hyperion about recording it with this pianist but having trouble contacting an actual person there.I've heard a rumor that their piano concerto series might be in trouble.

Maury

I had a listen to the Borowski PC and I agree that this is worthy of being a standard repertoire work. Thanks to the Saratoga Sym and Daniel Glover for a convincing performance. The orchestra is better than I expected. The recording quality is also excellent.

Gareth Vaughan

It is extremely difficult to get hold of someone at Hyperion now that Simon Perry has sold out to Universal. I used to be able to pick up the phone and talk directly to Simon but now it is quite hopeless. I don't think the PC series is in trouble  except for the label being owned by Universal which is always trouble for innovation, interesting repertoire and intelligent people genuinely interested in music!

Maury

Quote from: Gareth Vaughan on Friday 18 October 2024, 10:50I don't think the PC series is in trouble  except for the label being owned by Universal which is always trouble for innovation, interesting repertoire and intelligent people genuinely interested in music!

Mr Vaughan, the issue is that with declining CD sales and even faster declining digital downloads the brontosaurus labels find it much easier to repackage legacy recordings in various big boxes. In addition the revenue from CDs is much less than for vinyl which explains why there are numerous vinyl issues in pop and now astoundingly enough in classical. The dino labels are interested in money not art. So I am amazed now only when someone actually records and issues new CDs not the reverse.

Gareth Vaughan

Oh yes, that is all very true. Doesn't mean to say one has to like it - but that's the way of the world, I suppose. (Though I must say I am surprised by the resurgence in vinyl - for me that's quite an odd development.)

Alan Howe

Agreed, Gareth. The future of Hyperion's RPC series doesn't look all that bright to me. As for the RVC and RCC series, well they look dead to me...

Maury

I think we are facing a near future where we are going to have to crowdsource such works as the Borowski PC on CD at least in part.


Recorddude

Just an update on the Borowski piano Concerto. The pianist Dan Glover will be recording the piece along with Beryl Rubinstein's piano concerto and BLoch's Schezo in Lithuania next month. A commercial CD should be out on Reference Recordings sometime after that. Glover has a go-fund-me campaign to help defray expenses.

Gareth Vaughan

In case anyone is unfamiliar with the name, Beryl Rubinstein was a man.

eschiss1

Interesting biography, too. Hrm.

Martin Eastick

I have just come across this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUvL2MD1pXc
Surely this, together with the piano concerto, makes more than a good case for a careful examination of his symphonies and other orchestral works!
I have already spoken with Martin Anderson earlier, so we will have to see what happens!