A CD of piano music by Gustav Jenner, including his Piano Sonata, has been anounced. Details here:
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Gustav-Jenner-Klaviersonate-a-moll/hnum/1139268 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Gustav-Jenner-Klaviersonate-a-moll/hnum/1139268)
Good oh! Must have missed that when I took my daily peek at the new issues this morning...
Quote from: Mark Thomas on Friday 08 October 2010, 13:46
...when I took my daily peek at the new issues this morning...
You're obviously as sad as me, then...
But you're my "Hero"... ;)
Yeah, but you're the boss - bow, scrape... ;)
Well, my copy of the CD has arrived from jpc and it turns out to be a lovely disc. The Piano Sonata in A minor of 1899 - Jenner having been Brahms' pupil - is, of course, very much in the same conservative idiom, but it is none the worse for that and is full of memorable music. I do recommend that pianophiles get hold of this recording...
A very late response, but I've just bought this CD and I can only echo Alan's words. Not only the Sonata is a very pleasant listen, but the other five works, especially the 3 Ballads, are also evidence that Jenner was a fine composer. Any comments on his recorded chamber works?