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The Music => Recordings & Broadcasts => Topic started by: Alan Howe on Thursday 12 October 2023, 18:47

Title: Flotow Piano Concertos & Overtures
Post by: Alan Howe on Thursday 12 October 2023, 18:47
...just announced by cpo:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/friedrich-von-flotow-klavierkonzerte-nr-1-2/hnum/11166101
Title: Re: Flotow Piano Concertos & Overtures
Post by: Justin on Thursday 12 October 2023, 21:29
The two piano concertos have been recorded before on Sterling. Do we know which overtures are included in this new CPO release?
Title: Re: Flotow Piano Concertos & Overtures
Post by: Alan Howe on Thursday 12 October 2023, 21:59
The  couplings are these five items:

Fackeltanz ('Torch Dance') for Orchestra
Ein Wintermärchen: Overture (to Shakespeare's 'A Winter's Tale') - probably incidental music
Die Witwe Grapin (opera): Overture
Rübezahl (opera): Overture
Alessandro Stradella (opera): Overture

I'll certainly be ordering this, both for the PCs and these orchestral works.
Title: Re: Flotow Piano Concertos & Overtures
Post by: Mark Thomas on Friday 13 October 2023, 08:00
I don't want duplicates of the concertos, but I'll certainly download some of the overtures.
Title: Re: Flotow Piano Concertos & Overtures
Post by: Alan Howe on Monday 13 November 2023, 15:39
Just received my copy. Hugely entertaining all round. Unterhaltungsmusik of a high order.
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