{"id":10111,"date":"2016-08-29T17:01:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T09:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=10111"},"modified":"2016-08-29T17:01:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T09:01:21","slug":"unknown-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=10111","title":{"rendered":"Unknown gems"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like listening to (classical) music.\u00a0When I was still living in Amsterdam, I was a regular visitor of the Concertgebouw<\/a>\u00a0. Here in Malaysia I have visited several times the Petronas Filharmonik Hall<\/a>. Nowadays I am mostly listening to YouTube…:-)<\/p>\n

At YouTube\u00a0you will find not only recordings of compositions\u00a0by the “great”\u00a0names \u00a0(Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, etc), but also works\u00a0of lesser well known composers. Recently\u00a0I have collected many of these recordings, limiting myself to piano concertos<\/span> composed between 1805<\/span> and 1830<\/span>. Why piano concertos and why these dates?<\/p>\n

The piano developed and became accepted in the late 18th century (successor to the harpsichord).\u00a0Not surprisingly many composers wanted to explore the possibilities of this “new” instrument, in combination\u00a0with an orchestra. What I like in piano concertos is the contrast between the sound of the \u00a0piano and that of\u00a0\u00a0the orchestral instruments, because the piano is not represented in the orchestra already (in contrast with concertos for violin, flute, hobo, cello, etc)<\/p>\n

The dates are of course rather arbitrary. In 1805<\/span>–1806<\/span> Beethoven wrote his Piano Concerto no. 4<\/a>, here performed by Mautizio Pollini. It is my favourite Beethoven concerto. And in 1830<\/span> Chopin composed his Piano Concerto nr 2<\/a>\u00a0 (when he was only 20 year old!). Another favourite of mine. The recording is by\u00a0Rosal\u00eda G\u00f3mez Lasheras (19 year old!). You might\u00a0say that the dates mark the transition from Classical to (Early) Romantic<\/p>\n

Before I started searching YouTube and Wikipedia, I was not really aware of any other piano concerto\u00a0composed between those dates.<\/p>\n

Here is what I found. I have ordered them according to the birth date of the composer. The first link refers to a\u00a0Wikipedia article about the composer. All concertos are worth listening to, but of course I have my favourites. They are marked with *****<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"cramer\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Johann Baptist Cramer<\/a> (1771 \u2013 1858), English musician, from German origin, a renowned pianist, highly appreciated by Beethoven.<\/p>\n

Piano Concerto No.7<\/a>\u00a0(1816<\/span>)<\/p>\n

Piano Concerto No 8<\/a> \u00a0(1825<\/span>)<\/p>\n

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\"ries2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ferdinand Ries<\/a> (1778 \u2013 1837), German, friend, pupil and secretary of Beethoven. He wrote eight piano concertos<\/p>\n

Piano Concerto No. 3<\/a> (1812<\/span>)<\/p>\n

Piano Concerto No. 8<\/a> (1826<\/span>)\u00a0\u00a0 *****<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"hummel\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Johann Nepomuk Hummel<\/a> \u00a0(1778 \u2013 1837) , Austrian, pupil of Haydn and Salieri in Vienna. \u00a0After his death, he was quickly forgotten. Only recently interest has revived, and rightly so!<\/p>\n

Piano Concerto No 2<\/a>\u00a0(1816<\/span>) \u00a0\u00a0 *****<\/span><\/p>\n

Piano Concerto No\u00a03<\/a>\u00a0(1821<\/span>) \u00a0\u00a0 *****<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"lessel\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Franciszek \u00a0Lessel<\/a> \u00a0(1780 – 1838), Polish, pupil of Haydn. He wrote only one piano concerto. Worked as a court musician. Not much info available<\/p>\n

Piano Concerto in C-major<\/a> (1814<\/span>) \u00a0Mozartian style. In this recording it is played on a pianoforte<\/p>\n

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\"Field\"<\/a><\/p>\n

John Field<\/a>\u00a0 (1782 \u2013 1837),\u00a0Irish, influential composer of the Early Romantic period, admired by Chopin and Liszt<\/p>\n

Piano Concerto No. 2<\/a> (1816<\/span>) \u00a0\u00a0 *****<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"220px-Friedrich_Kalkbrenner_by_Charles_Vogt\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Friedrich Kalkbrenner<\/a>\u00a01785-1849, French of German origin,\u00a0pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer. A vain \u00a0man, thinking that after Bach, Mozart Beethoven, he was the only classical composer left.<\/p>\n

Piano concerto No. 1<\/a> (1823<\/span>)\u00a0\u00a0 *****<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Carl-Maria-Von-Weber\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Carl Maria von Weber <\/a>\u00a0(1786 \u2013 1826), German, considered one of the first\u00a0Romantic composers. Of course I knew his name (opera’s), but not that he had written piano concertos.\u00a0He wrote two:<\/p>\n

Piano Concerto No.1<\/a> (1810<\/span>)<\/p>\n

Piano Concerto No 2<\/a> (1812<\/span>)<\/p>\n

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\"Franz_Xaver_Mozart_(Wolfgang_Jr)_1825small\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart <\/a>(1791 \u2013 1844), youngest son\u00a0of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, pupil of Salieri and Hummel.<\/p>\n

Piano Concerto No. 2<\/a>\u00a0(1818<\/span>)<\/p>\n

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\"Ignaz_Moscheles_1860\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ignaz Moscheles<\/a> \u00a0(1794 \u2013 1870), Bohemian, lived in London and later in Leipzig. Long time neglected, now more interest, but not much of his work has been recorded.<\/p>\n

Piano Concerto No. 3<\/a> (1820<\/span>)\u00a0\u00a0 *****<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"DobrzynskiWikipedia_nn719\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski<\/a>\u00a0 (1807 \u2013 1867), Polish,\u00a0a classmate of Chopin at the Warsaw conservatory. He wrote this concerto when he was 17 year old.<\/p>\n

Piano Concerto in As-major<\/a>\u00a01824<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0 *****<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"burgmullersmall\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Norbert Burgm\u00fcller<\/a>\u00a0 (1810 \u2013 1836), German. Friend of Mendelssohn and Schumann. Died young by drowning after an epileptic seizure. Wrote the piano concerto when he was 19 year old.<\/p>\n

Piano Concerto in F\u266f<\/span>-minor<\/a> (1829<\/span>) \u00a0\u00a0 *****<\/span><\/p>\n

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