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The Golden Age of the Romantic Piano Concerto | Brilliant Classics 9021

The Golden Age of the Romantic Piano Concerto

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 9021

Barcode: 5029365902120

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 20

Release Date: 14th December 2009

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Artists

Felicja Blumental (piano)
Michael Ponti (piano)
Jerome Rose (piano)
Marylene Dosse (piano)
Eugene List (piano)

Artists

Felicja Blumental (piano)
Michael Ponti (piano)
Jerome Rose (piano)
Marylene Dosse (piano)
Eugene List (piano)

About

For many of the works in this collection, these recordings were the world premieres. In the 1960s and 70s, the Vox Candide and Turnabout labels did much to enrich the collector’s knowledge and appreciation of the bywaters of the repertoire. Many of the composers who were recorded by Vox have since fared well as a result of these recordings, and many labels have continued in the pioneering spirit of Vox.

In the 1960s, the thought of all the Reinecke, Moscheles and Reis concertos being available would be a pipe dream. Happily, the collector now has more choice than ever before. These Vox recordings were in the vanguard of the movement to reassess unusual and neglected works and bring them to a wider public. Any survey of the genre cannot hope to embrace every work, and the collector won’t find Beethoven, Brahms, Grieg, Mozart or Saint-Saens here. They will find, however, an extraordinary collection of concertos by some of the big names, and also by composers who played significant roles in the development of the piano and piano playing, and who influenced greater composers. From the charming work, brilliant and effective in the Mozartian mould, of Cramer and Czerny, to the barnstorming virtuosity of Scharwenka, little here is revolutionary, but all of it is bursting with attractive melody and spectacular piano playing.

Volkmann’s Konzertstuck is a wonderfully crafted work of great skill, and typical of many produced by composers of huge talent that operated at just below the level of genius, and who have therefore been overshadowed by the big names. Adolf von Henselt was one of the major rivals to Liszt – in fact he was the rival Liszt shied away from competing with, as his technique was truly amazing. If ever there was an example of the 19th century romantic virtuoso concerto, the F minor by Henselt is it. It is a work of eye watering difficulty to play, and is also great fun to listen to – a real high point of this collection.

As this collection shows, around the big mountains are some very interesting foothills that are rewarding to explore for the curious listeners eager to widen their knowledge of the repertoire. Comprehensive booklet notes on each work are included on a bonus CD-ROM.

Contents:
CD 1
Cramer: Piano Concerto No.5
Czerny: Divertissement de concert
Ries: Piano Concerto in C sharp minor
 
CD 2
Clementi: Piano Concerto in C
Field: Piano Concerto No.2
Hummel: Piano Concertino in G
 
CD 3
Moscheles: Piano Concerto in G minor
Hiller: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor
Litolff: Concerto sinfonique in E flat
 
CD 4
Kalkbrenner: Piano Concerto No.1
Hummel: Piano Concerto in E Op.110
 
CD 5
Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Weber: Konzertstück
Volkmann: Konzertstück
 
CD 6
Henselt: Piano Concerto in F minor
Hiller: Konzertstück
Chopin: Allegro de concert
 
CD 7
Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E
Scharwenka: Piano Concerto in C minor
 
CD 8
Raff: Piano Concerto in C minor
Mosonyi: Piano Concerto in E minor
Stavenhagen: Piano Concerto in B minor
 
CD 9
Liszt: Fantasy on ‘The Ruins of Athens’
Liszt: Concerto pathétique
Liszt: Hungarian Fantasy
Weber/Liszt: Polonaise brillante
Schubert/Liszt: Wanderer Fantasy
 
CD 10
Liszt: Malédiction
d’Albert: Concerto No.2
Bronsart: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor
 
CD 11
Berwald: Piano Concerto No.1
Alkan: Concerto da camera No.2
Schumann: Introduction and Allegro appassionato
Raff: Ode to Spring
Liszt: Totentanz
 
CD 12
Mayr: Piano Concerto No.1
Roussel: Piano Concerto in G
Pierné: Piano Concerto in C minor
 
CD 13
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.3
Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasy
 
CD 14
Sinding: Piano Concerto in D flat
Goetz: Piano Concerto No.2
 
CD 15
Reinecke: Piano Concerto No.1
Mendelssohn: Capriccio brillant
Rheinberger: Piano Concerto in A flat
 
CD 16
Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No.4
Thalberg: Piano Concerto in F minor
 
CD 17
Medtner: Piano Concerto No.3
Balakirev: Piano Concerto No.2
Lyapunov: Rhapsody on Ukranian Themes
 
CD 18
Lalo: Piano Concerto in F minor
Glazunov: Piano Concerto No.2
 
CD 19
Gershwin: Concerto in F
Barber: Piano Concerto
 
CD 20
MacDowell Piano Concerto No.2
Beach: Piano Concerto in C sharp minor
+ CD-ROM Booklet notes

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