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Ouverture for grand orchestra; Nocturne for orchestra (?! if somebody would ask CPO about this work); Songs for deep female voice and orchestra; Piano concerto;

Discarded by CPO are (probably all of these):
Rêverie for violin and piano, op. 3 (1897);
Piano Trio No.1 Op.15 (1902);
Three childrens' songs, for voice and piano, Op.56
(text: Zmaj Jovan Jovanović) (1921)
Majčica, moj anđeo (Mommy, my angel)
Dijete i baka (Child and grandmother)
Mali Radojica (Little Radojica);
Ave Maria, for voice, violin and organ, Op.16 (1903)

Me back again, have some buisiness to do, so I check in every now and then

Today's people are the society of spectacle, just wnt surprises and ta-ta-ta-taaaa fanfares. Everything that doesnt require spiritual engagement's wellcome: ''W** thought Volker, why three movements, its so conventional''. Where did the good people go? (from the song I often hear on the radio).. I'm not obsessed with Dora P., nor is her biographer Koraljka Kos, but we do indentify with the oneness of that piano concerto with nature which was her prime inspiration at the time alongside sentimental and reflective poetry of few german and novels from scandinavia authors she called brothers by spirit or supraman-individuals (F. Nietzsche), jugendstil youth cult I guess, before her music took a sharp turn during WWI, and she turned into herself (introverted)

Thank you Britishcomposer on your friendly responce to my impulsive one.. same goes to you other guys

I don't care is someone's entiteled to his opinion he can't decently reason, just low kicks and bulls*it. Many man and woman in menopause dont like Rachmaninoffs concerto, but dont have the balls to say so

Little anti-advertisement for Croatian tourism:
Welcome guest to our beautiful country with well over 500.000 (five hundred thousand) officially registered illegally built private construction objects (buildings/houses) - tax evasion; and tens thousands state, public and industrial ones that were overpaid - money laundering, stealing tax payers money, or both in the cases of the more creative ones.. Beware, fair-players!

I think you get the point, what happens when it comes to promoting dead national composers.. -> usually nothing :>

I don't see where the problem is; anyhow, both Veljković and Madžar are better pianists than Benfield (judging by their performances).. The Dora Pejačević project was initiated, led in cooperation with and partially financed by the MIC. Additional support/influence came from Austria, where Pejačević's son count Theodor von Lumbe and some other noble relatives live. You really believe in fairytales, don't you? e. g. CPO heard of some Pejačević balkan princess/music fairy/whatever, and readily decided to play record publish her complete legacy

Volker Banfield was just jelause that CPO had a deal with the MIC (Croatian music informations center) about who is going to play what. Two Serbian/former Yugoslav pianists (Aleksandar Madžar, Nataša Veljković), who are good old friends or acquiantances with some members of the Croatian music elite in Zagreb.

Students of Arbo Valdma: Jasminka Stančul, Rita Kinka, Nataša Veljković, Aleksandar Madžar, Zoltan Peter, Đorđe Milojković, Vladimir Valjarević, Dorian Leljak, Dejan Sinadinović, and many others..

From pianist Hans Joerg (Jörg) Fink's web-site

Radioaufnahmen: Scott Joplin, 20 Ragtimes, zum Teil 4-händig mit Gerard Wyss (DRS 2); Rober Suter, Sonate; Robert Schumann, Sonate fis-moll; Dora Pejacevic, Klavierkonzert; J.S.Bach, Klavierkonzerte (mit Chamber Symphony Basel); Lieder und Duette mit Brigitte Balley und Antoinette Faes; Friedrich Kuhlau, Sonate mit Flöte; Werke von Schumann, Brahms, Weber und Kelterborn mir Fabio di Casola. Hans Joerg Fink gewidmete Werke für Klavier solo von Julia Schwartz u. Frederic Bolli; Gion Antoni Derungs, Trio op. 159; Johannes Brahms, Trio op. 114 (mit Avalon Trio - Radio Rumantsch Chur). Zahlreiche Werke für Saxophon und Klavier mit Iwan Roth und Marcos Weiss.

Nataša Veljković (who recorded Pejačević's solo piano compositions for CPO) is having an all-Pejačević piano recital on 18th November 2014. Hope it will be recorded and broadcasted on the radio..
http://www.oebv.com/aktiv/2014/konzert.html
Dora Pejačević (1885-1923)
Klaviersonate Nr. 1, Op. 36, b-Moll
Nocturno Nr. 1, Op. 50
Zwei Klavierskizzen, Op. 44 (An Dich! Vor Deinem Bild!)
Caprice, Op. 54 (b)
Blütenwirbel, Op. 45
Nocturno Nr. 2, Op. 50
Klaviersonate Nr. 2, Op. 57

Recording of the concert on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QLYRTbobX4&list=UUytPjPf9xC4OxWa9QiZSx4Q

Every opinion appreciated, of course

Beutiful performance of Bersa's Nocturne, published on YouTube on 25th October 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCVzeglEXC8
Pianist: Ruben Dalibaltayan

And Serbian pianist Aleksandar Madžar her piano concerto?

If you are looking for published CDs or sheet music of Croatian composers, this would be a good place to start with..

Quercus database
search categories: Institutions, Persons, Works, Literature, Sheet music, Records, Events, Croatian music scene

Go to Croatian Music Informations Center's website http://www.mic.hr/home and on the menu bar select Quercus database

Selection of Lieder of Croatian composers Albe Vidaković, Josip Vrhovsky, Ferdinand Wiesner, Franz Krežma, Alois Rosenberg, Vatroslav Lisinski, Johann Padowetz
Page with audio:
http://deepmp3.ru/zaboravljeni-pjevi

Anton Lajovic (1878 - 1960)

Caprice, for large orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMAG9VXhdH8
Free sheet music of the Caprice:
http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=58460

Chant d'automne - lyrical symphonic poem
in the vid the audio is used as background music for a story 'Svinjski pastir postane španski kralj' (Swineherd becomes king of Spain). Just try to focus on the music, and ignore the narrator. The music fits the video's lenght
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlIPrrI7sAU
Free sheet music of Chant d'automne:
http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=58478

Link to recording:
http://radio.hrt.hr/data/aod/3_Program/20141023_-_MAJSTORSKI_CIKLUS_SIMFONIJSKOG_ORKESTRA_HRT-A_(19922991).mp3
Concerto starts at ~00:17:00
Right-click and select Save as.. if you want to download

Cheers!

Warning: some mediterranean Croatian folk tunes sound very dissonant, so their use in these works might mislead you into thinking..

Audio excerpts:

Carnival, Symphonic portrait, op. 2
I. Burlesque
http://www.antundobronic.hr/audio/01-Karneval-Burleska.mp3

Carnival, Symphonic portrait, op. 2
II. Erotica
http://www.antundobronic.hr/audio/02-Karneval-Erotika.mp3

Carnival, Symphonic portrait, op. 2
III. Bacchanal
http://www.antundobronic.hr/audio/03-Karneval-Bakanal.mp3

Moods (/Atmospheres), for 4 violas
II. Doloroso
http://www.antundobronic.hr/audio/05-Ugodjaji-Bolno.mp3

En famille, piano trio, op. 24
http://www.antundobronic.hr/audio/07-En famille.mp3

Hajduk, song cycle for basso and piano
Ljubovta je do groba
http://www.antundobronic.hr/audio/08-Hajduk-Ljubovta je do groba.mp3

Hajduk, song cycle for basso and piano
Tuk ne bila malkaj moma
http://www.antundobronic.hr/audio/12-Hajduk-Tuk ne bila malkaj moma.mp3

I. string quartet - Soulmates' song
http://www.antundobronic.hr/audio/I. Gudacki kvartet.mp3

Symphony No.1 "Vigorosa"
I. maestoso ed energico - allegretto scherzoso
http://www.antundobronic.hr/audio/I. simfonija - Vigorosa.mp3

Symphony No.5 "Emfatica"
II. moderato affetuoso
http://www.antundobronic.hr/audio/V. simfonija Emfatica.mp3

Jelšonski tonci (Dances from Jelsa), suite for string orchestra
V. Poskakuša (Saltarello)
http://www.antundobronic.hr/audio/Jelsonski_tonci-poskakusa.mp3