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Apologies for chiming in without having read the entire thread, but something occurred to me. One reason unsung composers aren't respected is because many who condemn them probably have rarely if ever heard their music.

I'd love to listen to a weekly or monthly podcast that discusses and plays the music of unsung composers. Does such a podcast already exist? If not, disseminate the music in a free and convenient way--a podcast--and I imagine good things will happen.

I received this email and thought it would be of interest to the group

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Below you find  a list of works, which we will publish in the next months in our series REPERTOIRE EXPLORER. We would like to invite you to contribute a preface for the following works:

Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg - Sinfonia in C - Dur, Sinfonia Concertino in D - Dur
Berger, Wilhelm - Simfonia VI
Berwald, Franz - Reminiscence of the Norwegian Mountains
Berwald, Franz - Konzert für zwei Violinen und Orchester
Boccherini, Luigi - Sinfonia in la op.37 n.4
Boehe, Ernst - Aus Odysseus Fahrten op.6
Cimarosa, Domenico - Sinfonia D - Dur, Sinfonia B - Dur
Flotow, Friedrich von - Klavierkonzert Nr.2 in a - Moll
Franckenstein, Clemens von  - Gesänge für Singstimme und Orchester op.34
Grosz, Wilhelm - Rondels
Haydn, Michael - Sechs Menuette für Orchester, Divertimenti in G - Dur und B - Dur
Henriques, Fini - Suite pour Hautbois op.12
Hofmann, Heinrich - "Frithjof" Symphonie
Juon, Paul - Anmut und Würde op.94
Kopylow, Alexander - Symphonie Ut mineur
Leoncavallo, Ruggero - Tarantella pour Orchestre
Lyapunov, Sergey - Klavierkonzert op.4
Massenet, Jules - Scènes dramatiques
Moór, Emanuel - Symphonie für Orchester op.65
Muffat, Georg - Florilegium Primum & Secundum
Muffat, Georg - Sechs Concerti Grossi
Myslivecek, Josef - Ezio (Ouvertüre)
Myslivecek, Josef - Tre otteti per due oboi, due clarinetti, due corni e due fagotti
Ostrcil, Otakar - Impromptu
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista - Concerto in Sol maggiore
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista - Salve regina per contralto e archi
Rachmaninow, Sergej - Felsen
Reicha, Joseph - Konzert für zwei Hörner und Orchester op.5
Respighi, Ottorino / Bach - Passacaglia in Do minore
Reuss, August - Sommeridylle op.39
Ritter, Alexander - Hochzeitsreigen für Orchester
Romberg, Andreas - Die Glocke
Rossini, Gioacchino - Tema con Variazioni per quattro strumenti a fiato
Saint-Saens, Camille - Rhapsodie d'auvergne für Klavier und Orchester op.73
Schillings, Max von - Tanz der Blumen
Schulhoff, Erwin - Stücke für zwei Violinen Viola und Violoncello
Sinding, Christian - Rondo Infinito
Suter, Hermann - Sextett op. 18
Szymanowski, Karol  - Penthesiliea
Szymanowski, Karol - Litany to the Virgin Mary
Thieriot, Ferdinand - Serenade für Orchester F - Dur op.44
Weingartner, Felix - Symphonie Nr.3 op.49
Woyrsch, Felix - Zweite Symphonie C- Dur op.60
Zach, Jan - Konzert für Klavier und Orchester As - Dur op.17

The series is dedicated to unjustly neglected works, which are no longer available or were never available before. It is a direct and idealistic response to  the fact, that the repertoire of classical music is shrinking every day and many little known pieces are vanishing into oblivion. We hope that our scores will help this music revive and survive. If you want to know more about our activity, please visit our website www.musikmph.de. There you find the catalogue of our study scores which will allow a survey of the fundamental idea of our publication work.

Just finished listening to the new Isserlis recording of the Dvorak Cello Concerto (excellent), including a track of the original third-movement ending (awful!). The liner notes mention that Hanus Wihan composed two cadenzas for Dvorak's Concerto. Does anyone know if these cadenzas are published or if they have been recorded? Thanks!

I haven't yet seen what the specific pieces are, but this upcoming CD of live Oistrakh performances includes Aulin and Stenhammar. Looking forward to it...

http://www.amazon.com/Oistrakh-Collection-14-David/dp/B00FB7MQZ4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1382780604&sr=8-4&keywords=oistrakh+doremi

Last year I read an article on classical CD sales. Due to various factors such as digital downloads, piracy, disinterest, etc., a CD could easily end up on Billboard's Classical Top 10 list having sold less than 100 copies in a week. So, out of curiosity, how many copies of the average unsung CD (actual CDs, not digital downloads) get sold within the first few years of release? I know "average" is a difficult thing to measure, because some recordings will be more popular than others. Thus, for instance, take Hyperion's recording of the Brull Piano Concertos--how many copies do you think it sold? Or does anyone know the actual number? Thanks!

"Today, in a confirmation email of my purchase of their CD of Brüll's Symphony, David Kant-Watson of Cameo Classics advises that in June they will record the Brüll Violin Concerto.  It should be available in August, coupled with Serenades by Jadassohn."

Anyone know if/when this CD will be released? Thanks!

I'd enjoy hearing the Violin Concerto no. 1
Thanks!

Could someone point me toward unsung viola concertos (which aside from Bartok and a few others is probably most of them!). Thanks very much!

A very good piece! Take a listen if you haven't heard it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GnCeMxPchc

Brilliant Classic's Golden Age of the Romantic Piano

http://brilliantclassics.com/release.aspx?id=FM00000347

Are these recordings worth getting, or am I better off paying more for CDs from Hyperion's Piano Concerto series?

Machavariani, Violin Concerto, mvt. 2

Any thoughts or recommendations on the Russian choral composer Kastalsky? Never heard of him until I was listening to Tchaikovsky's Sacred Choruses tonight and Kastalsky was mentioned in the liner notes.

I also wondered if the Jenner reference to a violin concerto might be a mistake. It reminds me of a passage from either the Emery or Toskey violin encyclopedias in which it claims Massenet wrote a violin concerto. Tantalizing, but unfortunately untrue. Massenet planned to write a violin concerto, but it never ended up happening.

Anyone familiar with the music of Jenner? Is it worth a listen?

The only thing I can tell you about a possible Jenner Violin Concerto comes from this link

http://books.google.com/books?id=FNJ6Ua9iaUoC&pg=PA262-IA12&lpg=PA262-IA12&dq=gustav+jenner+violin+concerto&source=bl&ots=v1WptKZsWX&sig=X9KYZ1J_4DvtJhn9a7jPruM9Gyk&hl=en&ei=1dt0TPGpFYy3ngf3ttDGBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=gustav%20jenner%20violin%20concerto&f=false

Read the first paragraph of the Vienna, March 15, 1906 report, and it mentions a Jenner Violin Concerto in E-flat. I haven't looked any further on the topic yet.

Can anyone please recommend some good Rheinberger choral recordings? Thanks!