Good composers not recorded in too long (subjective of course)

[eschiss1]

Some composers whose music I like rather a lot haven't had their music recorded at all, I think, since the LP era, which seemed to call for a topic of some sort of itself. 

Dimitrie Cuclin with his 20 symphonies came to mind immediately (to my mind, anyway - go figure) - I have his 11th symphony in A-flat minor (one of the only symphonies I know in that key, not in G-sharp minor even for what that matters) and also a tape of his A minor 9th symphony. Good stuff, but aside from his notoriety for composing a very lengthy 12th symphony who's even vaguely heard of him today (maybe outside of his native Romania)?
Also from Romania there's Dumitru Capoianu's violin concerto (once on LP with Anatol Vieru's flute concerto, conducted like the Cuclin 11th by Emanuel Elenescu).  Local university library has this LP, I remember enjoying the violin concerto and intend to hear it again soon, good and lyrical. Student of Andricu one of whose sinfoniettas is occasionally broadcast on BBC3 Through the Night, and of Martian Negrea a movement of whose Spring Symphony was recorded (anything else? Not sure.)
From Croatia there's Dora Pejacevic, whose piano quintet (about 1916?) is also sometimes broadcast over Through the Night (which has arrangements with Croatian Radio and many other national radio services.) According to en-Wikipedia she also composed a substantial symphony and many other works; on the basis of that quintet, I'd like to hear more.  There's also Fran Lhotka (a Dvorak pupil whose string quartet and orchestral Frescoes I think I've heard and enjoyed), among others. Of course, some of these may not have been recorded commercially at all, but fairly sure they haven't been recorded on CD.
Mark mentioned in another thread Jan L Bella's symphonic poem Fate & the Ideal; this too was recorded on an Opus LP in 1982 (under its name Osud a Ideal) but also has not, I think, made any more recent appearances
(I do think US classical stations are reluctant as a rule, with exceptions, to play LPs, so glad I can receive the BBC which has no such qualms. But anyhow and anyway.)
Not an unusual question (hardly!) but who are you looking to see "resurrected"?
As to Cuclin, the symphonies I've heard do have some little bit in common with Myaskovsky - a turn-off for some on this forum, I realize - though in saying so I'm not sure I can pinpoint why, exactly.  Also some good sense of surprise and of rhythm (e.g. the end of symphony 11, whose final A-flat, after several syncopated Gs, is -- ... very quiet.)
They are also both cyclic (likewise the one I've only seen in score, not heard, no. 14 in E minor.)

[Mark Thomas]

I have recordings of Dora Pejacevic's Symphony and her Piano Quintet. They are both impressive and full-bloodied works, stylistically more late-romantic than post-romantic although they date from WWI. I see that BBC Radio 3 are broadcasting her piano set Life of Flowers early next Monday morning.

[thalbergmad]

I am rather fond of the salonist Leopold De Meyer, but can find no recordings apart from a short midi.

Would love to be proved wrong.

Thal

[jimmosk]

I would love to hear recent recordings of music by Alexei Nikolaev; an old Melodiya LP of his Fifth Symphony, which I enjoy a lot, is all I've got.

Even more, I'd like to hear some more Paul Richter (1875 - 1950), a romantic Balkan composer whose Third Symphony and a "Carpathian Suite" are all I've heard of his; they could easily stand alongside Huber, if not Bortkiewicz. Apparently there is one CD with a piece of his, an organ sonata, but I want at least three symphonies!

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[Syrelius]

I would love to hear recent recordings of music by Alexei Nikolaev; an old Melodiya LP of his Fifth Symphony, which I enjoy a lot, is all I've got.

There seems to be at least one CD with his music available in Russia:

http://www.mosconsv.ru/english/library/records/details.phtml?22

[gentile]

Hi eschiss 1,
I would also like to see the Cuclin symphonies and works of other composers that you mention recorded on CD. However, there are already CD recordings currently available for some of them.

Dimitru CAPOIANU There is a recording of his interesting cello concerto played by Alexandru Morosanu (Radio UCMR-ADA 3AF171011263). You can get it from specialized Romanian record stores (simply search for "Capoianu" in e-bay).

Dora PEJACEVIC There are a few recordings of chamber and piano music of her issued by the label Croatia Records:
Violin Sonata No.2 (together with sonatas of Slavenski, Cipra and Papandopulo) CD5419365
Piano Quintet Op.40 + Impromptu for piano quartet Op.9b + piano pieces CD5310292
String Quartet in C major Op.58 (together with Papandopulo's sextet) CD5558910
All of them are very charming works. You can order the CDs from the label website (http://shop.crorec.hr/crorec.hr/ws_start.php) although the information about the CD contents is somewhat confusing.

[Mark Thomas]

Many thanks, Gentile, for the Pejacevic CD links. Very tempting.

[eschiss1]

Agreed- thanks! I see too that Pejacevic's 2nd piano sonata has been recorded in a (1996?) CD program with works of Barber and Liszt, too, though no idea if that's still available (except maybe by interlibrary loan). Spoke too soon, anycase! (And if Dumitru Cuclin is the same as Dimitrie Cuclin, a choral work of his has appeared on CD in a program of works by various composers. Will seek that out sometime.  I prefer some composers' (e.g. Nielsen's) brief vocal works to their symphonies while already enjoying those, it might prove so with Cuclin too.)

[TerraEpon]

I would say Fikret Amirov would fit this topic quite well, were it not for a recent Naxos release: http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572170

Still, a modern recording of Arabian Nights in full sound would be absolutely splendid....

[jimmosk]

I would say Fikret Amirov would fit this topic quite well, were it not for a recent Naxos release: http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572170

Don't forget this 1998 ASV disc with Antonio de Almeida: http://www.amazon.com/Amirov-Ovshari-Azerbaijan-Capriccio-Symphonic/dp/B0010WFD7W

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