Carl Reinecke: Cello Concerto in D minor, Op. 82

[@ThomasTVP]

I simply cannot understand why nobody plays this lovely concerto. The main theme of the opening movement is IMHO unforgettable. Believe it or not, this is the ONLY recording of the concerto.

[@andrewpetersen5272]

It's a money thing.

[@SuperArkleo]

Golden music

[@Mike60F]

All Reinecke's music that I've heard is highly attractive, this work too. I don't understand why he's neglected.

[@tflnc]

Because he's not Brahms. Unless you're an A-list composer or part of the accepted classical music canon, most music directors will not put you on their programs or the wealthy blue-hairs won't subscribe as season ticketholders. The same goes for classical FM station program directors. In the city where I live, Beethoven, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky literally make up 40% of the local symphony's 2019-2020 season. One bone was thrown toward a contemporary American composer, whose piece is the token "radical" work the entire season. It's incredibly myopic.

[@MarcosPabloDalmacio]

Both violin and cello concertos composed by Reinecke are masterpieces as well as his concertos for flute and for harp, better received because the small output of these instruments.

[@ulrichalbrecht9723]

because humanity is totally mad and sick

[@FlorianUlrich]

@@tflnc Also, because the classical "avantgarde" of composers has put out pieces in the 20th century that are utterly unlistenable. So "battle lines" get drawn, and people coalesce around the best known works from the Romantic and Classical era, distrustful of anything unusual.

[@bowerdw]

As majestic as the cello is, I find finding a good cello concerto is hard to do. This one is pretty good.

[@jqueryscripter6827]

Volkmann, Vieuxtemps 2nd, Popper 2nd, Klengel