Hans Pfitzner Piano Concerto

Hans PFITZNER
Piano Concerto in E-flat major op. 31
1. Pomphaft, mit Kraft und Schwung
2. Heiterer Satz. Ziemlich schnell, in einheitlich atemlosen Zeitmaß
3. Äusserst ruhig, versonnen, schwärmerisch
4. Rasch, ungeschlacht launig
Dorothea Braus, piano
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra / George Hurst
BBC studio recording, mono

Pfitzner in Britain might be as rare as a penguin in Greenland. So I would think this performance happened on a special occasion, Pfitzners 10th year of death. Dorothea Braus about whom one can't find much information, was born in 1901, probably in Cologne. She studied with Conrad Ansorge and played under Pfitzner's baton the piece in Dortmund in 1936. She seems to have moved to England right after the war. A concert leaflet for a recital at Wigmore Hall is from 1945. He who knows more is invited to tell us...