Achim Breiling wrote:

>Petrassi (Geoffredo!) wrote 8 concerti for orchestra.  The first is from
>1932, then he wrote 5 in the 5Os, another one in the 6ties and a final one
>in 1972.  Warner/Fonit just re-released 3 CD set (maybe only here in Italy)
>with all the concerti!

There is an earlier recording of the 1st concerto.  The complete set was
originally issued on LP.

>Very impressive music!  A wide range of styles, from a sort of
>Hindemith/Strawinski first up to the serial 7th and 8th concerto.
>Another famous (?) Italian composer whose music is hardly heard outside
>this country!

Speaking of other Italians...there is wonderful Concerto for Orchestra by
Casella.

>Is it now confirmed that Hindemith wrote the *first* concerto for orchestra?

Nope, I am still looking.

Karl