Eduard Franck Piano Concertos 1 & 2

[Alan Howe]

...forthcoming from cpo:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/eduard-franck-klavierkonzerte-nr-1-2/hnum/9730051

[Mark Thomas]

What good (and unexpected) news! Unless I've missed them, the concertos haven't been recorded before.

[Alan Howe]

Yes, I racked my brain (such as it is) and couldn't remember a previous recording either.

No.1 in D minor Op.13 was (first?) performed by the composer in Berlin on 30th November 1846. No.2 is in C and dates from 1879 - it has no opus no. and has been recorded here using a score produced from the manuscript and a piano reduction.

[Martin Eastick]

No, these concertos have not been recorded before! CPO have certainly done us proud with this month's new releases, what with this, and the 2+ Woelfl concerti - as well as another version of Rubinstein No2!. This, however, would be the pick of the crop, IMHO!

[eschiss1]

1850 might be publication date though?

[Alan Howe]

No idea, Eric. Sleuthing needed!

[eschiss1]

Well, no, I mean the Op.13 certainly was published (by Guttentag, dedicated to Clara Schumann) by January 1850. Sleuthing already completed on this point sometime back. This much I know already, and is on the IMSLP list of works by Eduard Franck. See HMB, January 1850.

It's conceivable that it was also completed in January 1850 too. Since the statement above was that it was composed in 1850, that was my query.

(As also noted on the aforementioned worklist, there is a newly typeset edition of the D minor concerto Op.13 in score that was published not long ago, that can be browsed @ issuu.com, that was published by Breitkopf.)

Edit: all solved now abufe I see!

[Gareth Vaughan]

Breitkopf produced a typeset score and parts of the 2nd concerto for this recording, I believe.

[pianoconcerto]

In the preface to the score of Concerto 1 prepared by James Tocco back in 2012, note is made that the work was performed by the composer already on 30 Nov. 1846, in Berlin.

[Alan Howe]

Aha! Very interesting. I'll make the necessary correction - see above.

[joelingaard]

In the preface to the score of Concerto 1 prepared by James Tocco back in 2012, note is made that the work was performed by the composer already on 30 Nov. 1846, in Berlin.

Dear friend, thankyou for your proper research-finding.

[4candles]

Very pleased to hear this - this Franck is criminally underrepresented in recordings, which is a real pity as his works seem to be very fine.

[hyperdanny]

before giving it a try I will wait to hear what you guys think about it, since with E. Franck the jury is still out for me: I have the Audite cd's and, despite very good performances and orchestra, I stubbornly find the music unmemorable and emotionally pallid...

[eschiss1]

The work of his I like best fwiw is the E-flat string quartet- don't yet know the concertos.

[Alan Howe]

His two violin concertos can be found on YouTube.