Oscar Raif; Piano Concerto in G minor, Op.1

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2024
  • Oscar (often Oskar) Raif (1847-1899) was a German/Dutch composer. This concerto is evidently one of his most well known works, along with a violin sonata, though to my knowledge it has never been recorded. He was highly regarded by Johannes Brahms, whose influence can certainly be heard in the piece.
    Wikipedia (German): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Raif
    IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/Category:Raif,...
    Movements:
    0:00 - Allegro moderato
    13:41 - Romanze. Cantabile quasi Adagio (E♭ major) - Lento - attacca
    19:09 - Vivace (G major) - Presto
    This could almost be considered a double concerto, given the rather prominent parts on the cello in the first and third movements. Were I conducting this live (I am not, nor will likely ever be a conductor), I might consider separating the first cello from the rest of the orchestra to give more focus to the performance.
    Once again, the conductor's score was the only one available to me, so you get to see all of it. I put 2 pages per screen to better fit the landscape format. I hope it's easy enough to read. I recommend going full-screen if you want to follow along. Apologies again to anyone watching this on a phone.
    Disclaimer: Yes, it's synthesized. Obviously real musicians with real instruments would be vastly superior, but this simulated performance is better than nothing at all, which is what existed previously. My greatest wish is that these videos will inspire someone with the means to arrange a real performance and hopefully record and publish it so we can hear them in their full glory. If that someone is you, or you know of an existing recording of this, please let me know and I may add a link to this description.
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  • @tuomaspalojarvi3300
    @tuomaspalojarvi3300 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's always wonderful to come across and hear a completely new piano concerto! While the string section tones are still very rough, I think you've succeeded very well with this reproduction. To the composer's credit, the music is very fine and well written. Though one could have hoped for a more substantial final movement, as it is, a slightly unbalanced work on the whole. Thank you for the huge effort you've made with this!

    • @Darrel_Hoffman
      @Darrel_Hoffman  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks. Yes, I agree that the third movement was somewhat lacking, and like the second, far too short. The first movement is well over half of the piece. As always, I would love to hear this played on real instruments. The strings are the always hardest to reproduce well on the computer, and given how much prominence is given to the cello part, that hurt this one a bit.