Carl Arnold (1794-1873) PC & Piano Sextet

[Alan Howe]

...forthcoming from Simax:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/piano-concerto-grand-sextet/hnum/9655278

With fortepiano, unfortunately, although I've heard worse.

Promoted by Mozart's publisher André, at the age of 18 German composer and pianist Carl Arnold was playing all over Europe. Touring brought Arnold to Oslo in 1848, where he quickly became a favourite of audiences and critics. As a result of this success, Arnold decided to settle there and for the next 25 years he became a prominent figure in the Norwegian capital, leading the Philharmonic Society until 1863, and from 1858 until his death as organist of the Church of the Holy Trinity. Although he played a vital part in the establishing of Norwegian musical life his own compositions fell victim to growing nationalism in Norway, whilst the emergence of composers such as Brahms, Liszt and Wagner soon put his music out of vogue in Germany and Europe in general.
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8004040--carl-arnold-piano-works

[Martin Eastick]

You have beaten me to this Alan! Alas, my heart sank as soon as I noticed the dreaded word fortepiano! However, as you say, not the worst sound but unfortunately the rather excellent orchestral recording seems to highlight the inadequacies of the piano (NOT the soloist, I hasten to add)! It would therefore seem to be an ideal candidate for one of Howard Shelley's future projects, as I'm sure the HIP will put some potential purchasers off. There is, of course, an earlier recording using a modern piano, of the sextet on the NKF label but this has been unavailable for some time.

[semloh]

I rather like the pianoforte in the Sextet. I think its rather lighter sound suits the music. It sounds like the same instrument that Torgersen used for the selection of Carl Arnold's piano works recorded earlier for the same label, which I really enjoy.
It sounds as if I'm a statistical 'outlier' as far the fortepiano goes!

[dhibbard]

I am looking forward to listening to this new recording of Carl Arnold - Piano Concerto in D.   
There is an old recording on  youtube     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRrJ6YONuNU

http://recordsinternational.com/cd.php?cd=05V032

Description: This German composer brought the spirit of Beethoven with him when he established himself in Oslo, building the foundations of professional music life in Norway. Arnold himself was somewhat of a showman at the keyboard, and both the concerto and the sextet are grand works demanding everything of the soloist. The concerto (1819) and the sextet of 1825 are, like many of the larger-scale works of Ferdinand Ries, are clearly stylistically founded in the Beethoven tradition. Torleif Torgersen (fortepiano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Rinaldo Alssandrini.

Ah ... you beat me to the punch also.!