The ultimate over-the-top PC?

[Alan Howe]

...may be that in B minor (1918/24) by the Romanian Paul Richter (1875-1950):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJXUeDPeh4Q
Maybe less is more after all. It's like a hippo wallowing in chocolate...

[eschiss1]

we (used to?) have not only that but some of his symphonies in the uploads/downloads section, I believe, I would guess it might be the same recording?... anyhow, yes, good and interesting composer and thanks

[TerraEpon]

Well I like it....I'd certainly buy a CD with that piece.

[Alan Howe]

I like it too. It's just very full-on.

[mikehopf]

Try the Djabadary Piano Concerto for sheer bombast!

[Alan Howe]

It must have been the right day for a wallow today. Richter's PC is incredible - can't imagine why it hasn't been done in, say, Hyperion's RPC series.

[Mykulh]

Here is why this forum is so important to me. The mention of the Paul Richter Piano Concerto sparked my curiosity and I wondered if that download derived from a commercial recording that I had missed in my discography research. Sure enough, there it was on an LP. Here is the data:

PAUL RICHTER

Piano Concerto in B minor, Op.58 (1918-20)

Adrian Stoica (piano)/Ilarion Ionescu-Galati/"Moldova" Philharmonic Orchestra, Iasi
(+ Variations for Piano and Orchestra)
ELECTRECORD – ST-ECE 03788 (LP) (1990) 

So, thanks Alan and company.

Mike

[Alan Howe]

You're welcome, Mike. Your discographies are a great resource. Here's a link to the LP:
http://www.discogs.com/Paul-Richter-2-Soloist-Adrian-Stoica-Iasi-Moldova-Philharmonic-Orchestra-Conductor-IIonescu-Gala%C8%9Bi-/release/5808323

[adriano]

There is a (questionable) website on this very theme :-)
http://www.enkivillage.com/best-piano-concertos.html

[FBerwald]

 Paul Richter doesn't seem to have a wiki page. Do we have a possible list of works?

[Amphissa]

As an LP lover, I've seen the Richter PC on Ebay a few times, but the condition has always looked questionable. I keep hoping I'll run across someone who is abandoning their vinyl collection and has a copy in mint condition needing a new home.

On that same LP is also Richter's Variations for Piano and Orchestra.

[eschiss1]

FBerwald: I -think- I saw a book about Paul Wilhelm Richter listed @ Worldcat (one wants to distinguish him from e.g. Jean Paul Richter of an earlier time ) - that book may have such a list, will see if I can get ahold of it.

But if by Wikipedia you mean Wikipedia in general, not English-Wikipedia, there's certainly this which I think you missed, and no rules at all against translating it (well and with credit!) to a new article on the English Wikipedia- there are many examples of this being done to jump-start new articles between Wikis.

[jerfilm]

Both the concerto and the variations are available for a listen on YouTube.

J

[sdtom]

the burning question in my mind Alan is this: What is the difference between a hippo wallowing in mud instead of chocolate?
Tom

[Simon]

Here is a bio (German only), and a description of three works :

http://www.suedost-musik.de/html/lexikon/Richter.html