Pianophilia

alfor wrote:Nobody willing or able to comment on the Goltz Preludes??
Yes, I confess that I am also a bit of a "download junky" and yes, I also do not always have the time to print and play the downloaded music instantly. Nevertheles, I would like to have a little statistics how many people are actually playing my scores.

Hi Alfor

Well I do for a start [time permitting] of everything you post [albeit badly in some cases]!!! Although must admit I already had a copy of the Goltz, you just beat me posting them on PP. Interesting set of preludes reflecting a hint of late romanic ala Rachmaninov with a more modern approach [and of course that Soviet influence behind them as well]. I've also got the CD and can highly recommend.

I think the interesting question to poll may be....are any of the works you and I have posted ever been played in a concert or for a future recording ?

I for one - and I know there are many others - really appreciate the works you are posting.

Malc

A late
Walter NIEMANN
Ilsenburger Sonate op. 150 (easy-flowing as always, with a lot of Grieg influence in the 2nd movement)nd movement)

A pre-GDR-

Max BUTTING
Fantasie op. 28

Special thanks for the Butting, alfor.
Copyrighted scores, which are out-of-print and not obtainable commercially will always be welcome here.

Matvei Akimovich GOZENPUD
24 Preludes op. 53 (vol.I Nos. 1-12; hope you have vol. II, Malc!!)

Waiting for the score archive...

Igor SHAMO
Ukrainian Suite

Alfor:

Thank you! here is his site:

http://www.igorshamo.de/eng/biogr.htm

alfor wrote:Nobody willing or able to comment on the Goltz Preludes??
Yes, I confess that I am also a bit of a "download junky" and yes, I also do not always have the time to print and play the downloaded music instantly. Nevertheles, I would like to have a little statistics how many people are actually playing my scores.

I like these preludes and agree they have a post-Rachmaninoff flavor to them. I get frustrated by many pieces, though due to my small hands--can't span a 10th, but these preludes are very pianistic and I especially like nr 23. Thanks for posting, Alfor.

kh0815 wrote:

alfor wrote:You are welcome, Biljana and Ferrucio! Next will be an obscure violin and piano sonata by a certain Benjamin Dale (sure, you never heard that name, Ferruccio ).

Seta Tanyel played Dale's piano sonata 2003 in Husum - hard work for her, IMHO not really worth the effort.

Actually, Dale is relatively well-known among the Brits, mainly thanks to his D minor piano sonata (began in 1902), which is a pretty ambitious work and was quite often played once, parts of the work being heard under such well-known names as York Bowen, Benno Moiseiwitsch and Myra Hess. It's also been recorded at least once on CD (by Peter Jacobs, my piano teacher!).

alfor wrote:You are welcome, Biljana and Ferrucio! Next will be an obscure violin and piano sonata by a certain Benjamin Dale (sure, you never heard that name, Ferruccio ).

Alfor i would love to see the obscure violin sonata u mention from Dale. Is he a late romantic? I am very interested in this. And about 4 hands. I see so many unknown russians u post, i just cant manage to think which one would be great. I get mind blasted thinking of so many russians. Perhaps a 4 piano work by Roslavets or Protopopov, if they ever wrote?
There is just to much of them... From Arapov to Zhukovsky ,i just dont know which rare russian wrote a work for 4 hands haha. Others, besides the russians, perhaps german or austrian composers?
Last time i was playing the sonata eroica from waldermar baussnern, it was a great work. The 2nd movement is so romantic. Playing this sonata is like hearing or playing a late romantic symphonic work, but played on the piano. Felt like a little symphony transcribed for the piano. I suggest members here to play it

Tony