Stephen Elmas (1862-1937)

[terry martyn]

True.   I will be buying the Elmas, and I know that he is far more likely to bring the music to life than the current performances on YouTube do

[Alan Howe]

My thoughts exactly.

[Alan Howe]

Excerpts from the forthcoming Hyperion CD are available here:
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68319

[Ilja]

True.   I will be buying the Elmas, and I know that he is far more likely to bring the music to life than the current performances on YouTube do

Not wanting to be the messenger of doom, but I rather doubt this. The Babakhian performances are by no means incompetent, and they portray these concerts as what they are: solid if not always very inspired and increasingly backward-looking works. They're melodic and often sensitive, and from numbers one to three show great consistency. That's also the problem, because they repeat their weak elements as well, particularly the always underwhelming final movements. The opening movement of the 3rd concerto (not on this disc) seems to be the most successful of the lot, but I rarely feel tempted to play anything else.

[Alan Howe]

I'll be looking forward to a better orchestral contribution...

[Mark Thomas]

The Tasmanian orchestra is normally pretty reliable in this sort of fare.