Just discovered Stephen Elmasyan and he is already one of my favorits. Love him

Very nice for listening!😊 Thanks ❤

гениальный композитор.такое богатство муз палитры. не просто в исполнении.получаю огромное счастье слушая его музыку. жаль что его жизни и творчестве нельзя узнать.

Elmas was born into a family of wealthy entrepreneurs in Smyrna (now İzmir), a city in the Ottoman Empire. It was soon discovered that the little boy was a child prodigy: he began taking piano lessons and writing short piano pieces under the tutelage of a local music teacher, Mr. Moseer, and already at the age of thirteen, the young virtuoso performed an all-Liszt piano recital.

Another unknown composer to add to my list thank you so much for sharing him with those of us who appreciate such good music

Great discovery for me !

All these comments about how he sounds like other composers of his day. How can any of us not be influenced by the milleu in which we are born ! Just enjoy the music !

Une belle surprise pour ce compositeur qui m’était inconnu. Merci de me l’avoir fait découvert.

Շատ գեղեցիկ է, տաղանդավոր կոմպոզիտոր 👏👏

Very very NOYCE!

This is an awesome Concerto so well performed and executed! This Composer who I have never heard before is plain and simple astonishing!

Music is astounding when it arouses an emotion or a mood within you. it's not necessarily about being melodic, religious or overtly musical, but about carrying the listener somewhere where he was not before. In this case, I feel like sitting on a dense park bench by a warm evening. the wind gently caresses my face, and everything is silent except for the nature around me. It is interesting that I mention that it evokes the silence when I speak of this kind of music

Great find thank you! How delicate and precious this is.

The orchestra is pretty atrocious but damn this piece is amazing. It's such a pity how many phenomenal works exist but are unheard. This as well as Elmas' other piano concerti and also Moszkowski's and Schawenka's, Scriabin's and Medtner's (Number one) all need to be played. I hope to play all of these works soon enough.

Concerto da antologia. Elmas è un Autore da diffondere , come altri grandi geni poco conosciuti e, in Italia, del tutto sconosciuti. Grazie ancora al nostro Kuhlau

A phantastic unknown composer. His music is full-romantic with nice clear themes! A real discovery!! Listen also to his 2° pianoconcerto another phantastic work!!!

As soon as I heard the piano opening, I realized this is much to my liking. Thank you for uploading.

A la cama no te irás sin descubrir un compositor estupendo más. Que suerte poder encontrar tan estupendos músicos en esta fuente inagotable, KZfaq.

bravo! not heard this one before, some nice passages of music

performed by two of my friends who made Elmas music known .

Cada día se enriquece mi vida. Un desconocido que llega para quedarse.

I'm an Armenian (American) pianist and never heard of him!! Thank you very much for posting this concerto!!!

Prunkvoll, voller Enthusiasmus, tiefe Melodien einerseits und auf der anderen Seite sanfte, gefühlvolle Passagen beleben die gesamte musikalisches Gewebe !!! Tepper Michael.

Stephen Elmas can sound rather 'worthy' in places, but when he is himself then he is so worth listening to. His other concertos will certainly get a hearing.

Just discovered this composer, can't believe that I have never heard of him till now. Stephan Elman, an Armenian composer that lost his hearing at 35, was married to Aimee, a painter with no arms! They lived together for 26 years, until the death of Stephan. What a remarkable story of two remarkable talented artists

Une pure merveille 🙏🎶❤️🎶

A wonderful piece.

Un très beau concerto dans le style romantique. Merci à KukhauDilfeng4 pour cette diffusion.

Superbe! Quel souffle !!!

Intense drama. Love it

Hermoso! El Larghetto es simplemente hermoso. Dejarse llevar por cada nota del piano y las entradas de la orquesta es mágico.

Très belle oeuvre et malheureusement assez peu connue. Une notable influence du style de Chopin, en particulier dans le dernier mouvement.

Simply beautiful.

A good dose of Chopin, a sprinkling of Schumann , add some maniacal Liztian finger-acrobatics - pour some nice melodies over it all - et voila! But that is not to diminish this gem - it´s worth listening to - and would merit an upload in better sound quality! Excellent pianist in this recording by the way! Bravo to the artists and thank you for the upload!

I love how some suits in the era had such tiny lapel, very cute.

Many thanks for this rarest of treasures! To read that Elmas was European-trained did not surprise me, though I guessed (incorrectly) that some of his training was in France. The Wikipedia article is thankfully informative; as of August 2014 Grove's "Dictionary of Music and Musicians" has no article on him. Ted Wilks

Incredible!

Great Music! Thanks for shaming

Very romantic. Solidly entrenched in the late Romantic period of Dohnányi and Moszkowski. Interesting how these concertos were top of the concert program at one time before sinking into obscurity--the graveyard of forgotten piano concertos as I like to refer to it.

Excelente ¡

Extraordinary....Thanks for sharing 🌹

Стефан Эльмас-армянин,родом из Смирны!!!

The last movement is borderline - but the first two are nothing short of great.

Great!

Surprisingly full and rich work both in content and form. Thank you.

Бесподобно

Hace tiempo que no me emocionaba tanto con una canción...¡Cuánta belleza!

Magnifique !

It's beautiful .

EXPLENDIDA OBRA COM UM ALEGRO E ALEGRETO PERFEITO E A AGILIDADE SEM ERROS DO PIANISTA ENTAO NEM SI FALA,PARABENS BELAS OBRAS ESCONDAS MAS ENCONTRADAS POR MIM ASSIM NA SORTE AMEI,MUSICAS PARA SE OUVIR EDORMIR APRECIAR ESUSPIRAR

The Larghetto is interesting, very lyrical.

It is said to be dedicated to Anton Rubinstein. No wonder the pounding chords and bold style sound so much like Rubinstein's piano concertos.

This has just come up on auto cue.....crumbs, Elmas is certainly giving it some ! Forthright material

Grossartig! Great!

The key is G minor.

voir aussi le n 2 et le 3 extra

La orquestacion es muy flojita. No es un concierto. Pero el piano es muy agradable de oir mas bien como una Rapsodia.

Was eine Entdeckung:ein unbekannter Komponist der die herrlichste Klavierkonzerte schreibt. Nur Hochromantik mit phantastischen Themen. Wieder ein vergessener Komponist! Schade! Entdecken Sie auch sein 2° Klavierkonzert, ebenfalls ein Meisterstück!

THEY ARE STUCK TO CHOPINS INFLUENCE .DONT THEY HERE THE COMPLETE DIFFERENCE SPECIALLY HOW MELODIOUS HE IS ON HIIS OWN.DO WE ALL HAVE TO BE EXPERTS AND NOT ENJOY THIS LOVELY MUSIC

All I can say is the composer must have listened to Chopin's 2nd concerto...a lot. Not to disparage his talent, his effort is noteworthy plus the melodies he devised aren't insignificant nor trivial either. My contention however is that it will take me sometime to connect to this emotionally, notwithstanding the prejudice that will arise soon as I hear "Chopinesque" episodes on the piano solo parts and on the tutti sections. But I promise to be unprejudiced as much as I could : )

Composed in Chopin/Liszt style but 70 years post Chopin's death. Let's be honest: Easy to listen, flashy music but with little depth and value.