Kreutzer VCs and d'Albert Symphony from cpo

[Alan Howe]

New from cpo are Kreutzer's VCs 15, 18 and 19...

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/Rodolphe-Kreutzer-Violinkonzerte-Nr-15-18-19/hnum/8391731

...and d'Albert's Symphony, Op.4 (a big, post-Brahmsian statement with some magnificent writing - better IMHO than the Thuille Symphony or the early pair by Richard Strauss)...

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/Eugene-d-Albert-Symphonie-op-4/hnum/9600247

[jonfrohnen]

The Kreutzer concertos are charming but there are just soooo many of them and so many other pieces I would rather hear. J

[Alan Howe]

Quite. Let's get on with recording the far superior mid-to-late Romantic repertoire - Gernsheim, Becker, Brüll, etc.

[Pengelli]

The only thing I've ever wanted to hear by D'Albert is 'Tiefland'.

[Alan Howe]

The Symphony is early - from his Brahms-inspired younger days. But it's a lovely listen. I would say that, if you like the later d'Albert, his opera Die toten Augen (on cpo) would be worth a try.

[Pengelli]

Born in Glasgow,apparently!

[edurban]

Also a fine cello concerto...most cellists know of it, even if it is seldom played.  Piano concerto No.2 is also somewhere around the frrrringes of the repertoire...

I agree about Tiefland.  Wonderful piece.  As good or better than Cav/Pag.

David

[Gareth Vaughan]

Die Toten Augen is IMHO a minor masterpiece.

[Alan Howe]

Absolutely, Gareth. Superior to Tiefland, IMHO.