Goetz Piano Concerto No.2

[Alan Howe]

...comes in a new recording on Solo Musica with Swiss-Hungarian pianist Andrea Kauten and the excellent Savaria Symphony Orchestra of Szombathely (in western Hungary), conducted by Adam Medvecki. It's actually part of a 2-CD set, coupled with Brahms PC1:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Goetz-Brahms-Klavierkonzerte-Orchestra-Medveczky/dp/B07DXSKB3F/ref=sr_1_11?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1538479766&sr=1-11&keywords=goetz

The wonderfully lyrical and melodically memorable Goetz - one of my favourite unsung PCs - is given an expansive performance running to 42:19 in superlative sound. This will undoubtedly be one of my CDs of the year!

[Alan Howe]

It's good to revisit recordings that made an impression on first hearing some years back. This is one of those CDs that remains a favourite of mine - yes, it's expensive (the Goetz PC2 being coupled on a 2-CD release with Brahms' PC1), but the Goetz is given such a warm, expansive performance that it's hard to resist. And it sounds like a major contribution to the repertoire in this recording. George Bernard Shaw championed Goetz's music - no doubt his was an eccentric choice, but it's hard not to agree...

[Wheesht]

Thanks for the heads up. Yesterday, I received my order of the disc 'Hommage Pianistique à Berlioz' that I mentioned elsewhere on UC, to which I had added the Goetz-Brahms double CD, at just 7 Euros from Dom-Forlane.