Greatest composer with still not-recorded works

[stormx]

Who is the greatest composer who still has some finished works (not necessarily published) that were never recorded?

I can imagine that every single bar written by say Bach, Handel, Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Mendelsohn, Tchaikovsky, etc.. has been recorded.

So, who is your candidate?

[BoliverAllmon]

not mendelssohn. I read an article that was talking about alot of unpublished works that have never been recorded. Apparently some pianist was working on a world -premiere cd. Even with that, there was still more music to be played.

boliver

[jre58591]

one that comes to mind is hummel. he wrote a large number of works, yet a lot of them still havent been recorded, or at least as far as i know. his best works are his 10 (?) sonatas and his 8 piano concertos, even though i havent heard all of each.

[elevateme]

lyapunov!!! i really want to know more about him

[prometheus]

Sorabji.

Plus about everybody else. Excluding those few which have been elevated to divine rank because of some twist of fate.

[stevie]

obviously alkan, not all of his music has been recorded yet.

[jre58591]

anotehr one is kapustin. he has written a ton of music, and is still writing, but not much of his music has been published, and even less has been recorded.

[elevateme]

i hate sorabji

[mikey6]

one that comes to mind is hummel. he wrote a large number of works, yet a lot of them still havent been recorded, or at least as far as i know.

That's becuase he wrote a lot of crap! (not my wording, it's from the reading the intro to a volume of his sonatas)

i hate sorabji

That invites hostility in this forum

[jre58591]

That invites hostility in this forum

youre inviting a lot of hostility from me by saying that hummel wrote a lot of crap. sure, not everything is perfect, but certain works are very well written and really make a nice impression.

@elevateme: you best keep your anti-sorabjian sentiments to yourself. there are a lot of sorabjiphiles here that wouldnt take too kindly to that.

[alejo_90]

youre inviting a lot of hostility from me by saying that hummel wrote a lot of crap. sure, not everything is perfect, but certain works are very well written and really make a nice impression.

@elevateme: you best keep your anti-sorabjian sentiments to yourself. there are a lot of sorabjiphiles here that wouldnt take too kindly to that.

Couldn't agree more.

Best
Alex

[stevie]

youre inviting a lot of hostility from me by saying that hummel wrote a lot of crap. sure, not everything is perfect, but certain works are very well written and really make a nice impression.

@elevateme: you best keep your anti-sorabjian sentiments to yourself. there are a lot of sorabjiphiles here that wouldnt take too kindly to that.

hes stating his opinion, he isnt saying sorabji is bad, just that he hates him.

+ i love hummel's rondo favori, cziffra, libetta, and friedman all play it wonderfully

[ahinton]

hes stating his opinion, he isnt saying sorabji is bad, just that he hates him.

Fair comment, really. Lots of people won't agree with him, but not only is he entitled to his opinion, the same kind of thing could be said by anyone whoever the composer was.

Best,

Alistair

[mikey6]

I'm confused! I didn't mention I hated Sorabji - in fact I have never heard his work and I'm not dumb enough to make a comment on it without listening to it.
As for my Hummel comment, I was merely quoting from a book and giving a possible reason for not recording all of his works! Read properly people!

@elevateme: you best keep your anti-sorabjian sentiments to yourself. there are a lot of sorabjiphiles here that wouldnt take too kindly to that.

That was the hostility I was talking about.

[sevencircles]

There are believe it or not a lot óf unfinished Beethoven works that havenīt been recorded.

He almost finished the first movement of his String Quintet in C before he dies and that movement may be his greatest composition ever.

Just listen to the midi below it arranged for quartet though

https://www.unheardbeethoven.org/search/search.pl?piece=woo62gp1.mid

Watch out for the fugato part between 5.30-6.00

 if that isnīt one of the best fugatoparts ever composed, nothing is!

[thorn]

youre inviting a lot of hostility from me by saying that hummel wrote a lot of crap. sure, not everything is perfect, but certain works are very well written and really make a nice impression.

@elevateme: you best keep your anti-sorabjian sentiments to yourself. there are a lot of sorabjiphiles here that wouldnt take too kindly to that.

people shouldn't have to be afraid to speak their opinions, just because there are people who disagree. i hate Sorabji too- there; burn us both at the stake

[stevie]

There are believe it or not a lot óf unfinished Beethoven works that havenīt been recorded.

He almost finished the first movement of his String Quintet in C before he dies and that movement may be his greatest composition ever.

Just listen to the midi below it arranged for quartet though

https://www.unheardbeethoven.org/search/search.pl?piece=woo62gp1.mid

Watch out for the fugato part between 5.30-6.00

 if that isnīt one of the best fugatoparts ever composed, nothing is!

hahaha awesome, ive seen that before, beethoven was just simply the greatest composer...ever.

[bearzinthehood]

hahaha awesome, ive seen that before, beethoven was just simply the greatest composer...ever.

QFT

[stevie]

hahaha, quite funking true?

there are some alkan works i have the sheets for, that look like they would sound awesome, can someone say exactly how many of his works have been recorded? i know about the symposium cd things

[jre58591]

hahaha, quite funking true?

there are some alkan works i have the sheets for, that look like they would sound awesome, can someone say exactly how many of his works have been recorded? i know about the symposium cd things

i actually have a CD called "rarities of alkan" that has a some works on it that i thpught were never recorded. i bet that there are more of these CDs out there, so it is almost impossible to say what hasn't been recorded.

[pianote]

athena adamopoulos is extremely talented for such a young composer...she should have a lot of success

here's a piece she composed at 15...

https://www.fromthetop.org/Programs/performers.cfm?pid=1566

[da jake]

Balakirev. Sonata (masterpiece) still has not received proper recording.

[sevencircles]

Stevie: I tried to arrange that Fugato for piano without success you have to have a duo to make it work.

The rest of the the C Quintet is also very good and you can hear what was composed by Beethoven and what wasnīt.

The part I linked is the only one that Beethoven almost finished himself.

Itīs so sad that Beethoven didnīt live for another 10 years.

[cfortunato]

Has all of Purcell been recorded?

[ahinton]

people shouldn't have to be afraid to speak their opinions, just because there are people who disagree. i hate Sorabji too- there; burn us both at the stake

Speaking for myself, I have no desire to burn you or anyone else at the stake or anywhere else for any reason - and certainly not for hating Sorabji! Sorabji isn't everyone's glass of nectar - nor should he be, nor need he be, nor did he expect to be!

Best,

Alistair

[klavierkonzerte]

well there's wolfl piano concertos

he was one of the greatest and most respected pianists of his time even beethoven admired him.

[antonino]

athena adamopoulos is extremely talented for such a young composer...she should have a lot of success

here's a piece she composed at 15...

https://www.fromthetop.org/Programs/performers.cfm?pid=1566

Just listened to that.  Pretty incredible stuff hey!

[thierry13]

Stevie: I tried to arrange that Fugato for piano without success you have to have a duo to make it work.

Or liszt.

[jehangircama]

beethoven's violin concerto op. 61 transcribed by beethoven himself for the piano. i finally managed to find the sheet music but the only recording i have heard of is one by barenboim and when i asked the hmv store for it i was told they hadn't stocked it for 5 yrs.

[tompilk]

Sorabji.

Plus about everybody else. Excluding those few which have been elevated to divine rank because of some twist of fate.

you beat me to it....

obviously alkan, not all of his music has been recorded yet.

So did you...
 
Tom