Atterberg Piano Concerto

[eschiss1]

SMDB suggests the results were 78s so probably??

[Alan Howe]

So: the question remains. Did the recording process available to the composer affect/determine his conducting?

[Ilja]

My guess would be no. According to the Internet Archive, the Sixth symphony was:

Recorded in October [with the Berlin Philharmonic], 1928, and issued as Deutsche Grammophon/Polydor 95193 through 95155 [probably a typo; 95195 would sound more likely] (single-sided numbers B 21115 through B 21120). If the 1948 Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia is to be believed, the set was still available twenty years later, even though the competing version (by Beecham on Columbia, made as a result of the prize this symphony had won - see below) had been deleted.

Atterberg's recording times in at 8:43 / 9:17 / 7:05. In other words, he could have taken about a minute more for the first movement and two minutes more for the finale; only the Adagio is close to the disc's maximum capacity.

Of course, we can't be certain the engineers didn't encourage Atterberg to apply a quicker pace in order to avoid risks, but we'll never know, I guess.

The Third Symphony is a different matter, as it was recorded much later to my knowledge, although I can't find much about it to support my memory.

[John Boyer]

Just listened to it again for the first time in ages.  Good heavens, it's *so* Hollywood, but in a fun, guilty pleasure sort of way.

[Alan Howe]

Perhaps its nickname should be the 'Tinseltown Concerto'?