Walter Kaufmann - Piano Concerto No. 3 - Symphony No. 3 - 6 Indian Miniatures

[jasthill]

This one has caught me by surprise on CPO Walter Kaufmann - Piano Concerto No. 3 - Symphony No. 3 - 6 Indian Miniatures. Not yet listed on jpc's web site, but found else where on the web in assorted places including youtube. I guess he's a late romantic 20th century unknown - does he fit here?.  Chandos had a CD of his chamber music in 2020 on the Composers in Exile series.  The samples I've heard put him in the Korngold-Rózsa milieu.

[Alan Howe]

I'd say he's a marginal fit. Not really my cup of tea judging by the various YouTube excerpts. This brief assessment mentions his interest in Indian music which is very obvious from the excerpts I mentioned:
https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/resistance-and-exile/walter-kaufmann/

[Gareth Vaughan]

And the fact that he has written a fair amount of film music. I have to say I rather enjoyed the largely cheerful material and its colourful orchestration. I found the slow movt. of the PC particularly beautiful. It's all highly tonal.