From: lampson@software.pulse.com (Dave Lampson)
Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
Subject: Re:  Kalkbrenner
Date: 15 Oct 92 14:47:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: software.9210151447.AA14156


In Article: 40029 of rec.music.classical, Pawel Penczek 
(pawel@tethys.ph.albany.edu) writes:
>  Yesterday I heard on the radio one part of piano concerto by
>French composer Kalkbrenner.  He was Beethoven's contemporary and music 
>was quite nice - kind of "easy LvB" style.
>
>  I checked Schwann catalog and to my surprise didn't find any
>entries of Kalkbrenner's music.  Does anybody know about CD's with
>Kalkbrenner's piano concertos ?  Did anybody hear more of his music ?

Kalkbrenner was a little younger than LvB, and was German by birth.
There only one recording currently available, that I know of, and
here's the info:

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. I
     Henselt: Concerto in F minor, Op. 16
     Hiller: Konzertstuck Op. 113
     Chopin: Allegro de concert in A Major, Op. 46
     Kalkbrenner: Concerto #1 in D minor, Op. 61
     Hummel: Concerto "Les Adieux" Op. 110
          Michael Ponti, Jerome Rose & Hans Kann, Pianists
          Philharmonia Hungarica
          Othmar Maga, Conductor
          Orchestra of Radio Luxemburg
          Pierre Cao, Conductor
          Berlin Symphony Orchestra
          Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach, Conductor
          Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
          Heribert Beissel, Conductor
     CDX 5064

This was just released in August, so it probably won't show up in
Opus until the Winter or Spring 1993 editions.  This "Romantic Piano 
Concerto" series by Vox is really tremendous.  The double CD sets
are bargain priced ($9-11).  Hopefully they will continue and bring
us more of these neglected composers.  Volumes 1-3 were released in
August, volujmes 4 & 6 in September, and I have yet to see the 5th
in the set.  I typically get the press releases in advance from 
Moss Music Group (Vox), so I'll post the new catalog when it comes 
(probably early 1993).  Let me know if you would like the whole
catalog.  Here are the other 5 volumes in the set:

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. II
     Moscheles: Concerto in G minor, Op. 58
     Hiller: Concerto in F Sharp minor, Op. 69
     Litloff: Concerto Sinfonique in E Flat Major, Op. 45
     Reinecke: Concerto #1 in F Sharp minor, Op. 72
     Mendelssohn: Capriccio brillant Op. 22
     Rheinberger: Concerto Op. 94
          Michael Ponti, Piano
          Philharmonia Hungarica
          Othmar Maga, Conductor
          Orchestra of Radio Luxemburg
          Pierre Cao & Louis de Froment, Conductors
          Berlin Symphony Orchestra
          Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach, Conductor
     CDX 5065

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. III
     Moszkowski: Concerto in E Major, Op. 59
     Scharwenka: Concerto in C minor, Op. 56
     Rubinstein: Concerto #4 in D minor, Op. 70
     Thalberg: Concerto in F minor, Op. 5
          Michael Ponti, Piano
          Philharmonia Hungarica
          Hans Richard Stracke & Othmar Maga, Conductors
          Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
          Richard Kapp, Conductor
          Westphalian Symphony Orchestra
          Richard Kapp, Conductor
     CDX 5066

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. IV "The Franz Liszt School"
     Raff: Concerto in C Major, Op. 185
     Monsonyi: Concerto
     Stavenhagen: Concerto Op. 4
     Liszt: Malediction
     D'Albert: Concerto #2, Op. 12
     Bonsart: Concerto in F Sharp Major, Op. 10
          Michael Ponti, Jerome Rose & Roland Keller, Pianists
          Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
          Richard Kapp, Conductor
          Orchestra of Radio Luxemburg
          Pierre Cao, Conductor
          Berlin Symphony Orchestra
          Jorg Faerber, Conductor
          Southwest German Chamber Orchestra, Pforzheim
          Paul Angerer, Conductor
          Westphalian Symphony Orchestra
          Richard Kapp, Conductor
     CDX 5067

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. V
     Medtner: Concerto #3, Op. 60
     Balakirev: Concerto in E Flat Major
     Liapunov: Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes Op. 28
     Sinding: Concerto in D Flat Major
     Goetz: Concerto in B Falt Major, Op. 18
          Michael Ponti & Roland Keller, Pianists
          Orchestra of Radio Luxemburg
          Pierre Cao, Conductor
          Westphalian Symphony Orchestra
          Siegfried Landau, Conductor
          Berlin Symphony Orchestra
          Jorg Faerber, Conductor
     CDX 5068

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. VI
     MacDowell: Concerto #2 in D Major, Op. 23
     Beach: Concerto Op. 45
     Gershwin: Concerto in F Major
     Barber: Concerto Op. 38
          Eugene List, Mary-Louise Boehm & Abbott Ruskin, Pianists
          Westphalian Symphony Orchestra
          Siegfried Landau, Conductor
          Berlin Symphony Orchestra
          Samuel Alder, Conductor
          M.I.T. Symphony Orchestra
          David Epstein, Conductor
     CDX 5069


Dave
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