B. Stavenhagen 2nd PC

[Alan Howe]

Rather like the tasteless Wilhelmj arrangement of Raff's VC1.

[Holger]

Well, I for my share can enjoy it the way it is, even with a slight smile here and there, which I would not say about Wilhelmj-Raff. In fact, we shouldn't forget it's a work from 1912 (and if Terry cannot stand the excerpts from the first two movements available at Presto then it's rather more linked to the music itself). Same year as, for instance, Gernsheim's Violin Concerto No. 2, which also employs a glockenspiel here and there. Still a matter of dose, of course, and Link certainly overdid things (maybe even on purpose, I assume he might have aimed at highlighting certain aspects). Anyhow, it is a mild curiosity but not as much as I would have thought based upon reading the comments.