Conrad Ansorge (1862-1930)

[tuatara442442]

After repeated listening I have to say it is really not as chromatic as I first felt. I think I'm just too allergic to the Regerite chromaticism. Alan have a point that the music doesn't rise to a satisfying enough height. I think this happens in the first movement. And the intermezzo, weirdly, lacks a climax or a high-point in the place of a climax, and feels going nowhere.

Now that the Triendl recording has been announced, do you think there is any need to hear my noteperformer rendition at all?

I didn't know the broadcast has been recorded then, and the commercial release hasn't yet been specifically announced, so I asked.

I thought that the work had something in common with the style of Pfitzner and Busoni concertos: perhaps, just in concept.

I can hardly connect those two with this one: the Pfitzner PC has a similar style of relatively light chromaticism but feels much more inspired in its middle movements. The Busoni PC is at times acerbic but doesn't have "chromatic sludge" in it.

[Ilja]

I tend to agree that the middle movement, though very attractive, is perhaps a bit too lightweight and brief for this concerto relative to the others. But as a whole, I like this more than the Pfitzner; it's certainly a lot better balanced than that work.

[pianoconcerto]

The Triendl recording of the Ansorge Piano Concerto will be released by Capriccio in March 2025 as CD5511.  The coupling is von Sauer's Concerto 1.  A brief excerpt of the Ansorge and the cover of the CD is now at https://soundcloud.com/user-592952001/conrad-ansorge-piano-concerto-in-f-major-op-28

[Alan Howe]

Thanks so much for this preview. Much appreciated.

[Rob H]

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9730069--the-pupils-of-franz-liszt-emil-von-sauer-conrad-ansorge-piano-concertos

Well here's one I never expected. The wonderfully exploratory Oliver Triendl playing the piano concerto by Conrad Ansorge coupled with the second recording of Emil von Sauer's first concerto.