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Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No 2, Concert Fantasy | Naxos 8557824

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No 2, Concert Fantasy

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8557824

Barcode: 0747313282425

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 26th February 2007

Contents

Artists

Konstantin Scherbakov (piano)
Andrey Kudryavtsev (violin)
Dmitry Yablonsky (cello)
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Dmitry Yablonsky

Works

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Concert Fantasia in G major, op.56
Piano Concerto no.2 in G major, op.44

Artists

Konstantin Scherbakov (piano)
Andrey Kudryavtsev (violin)
Dmitry Yablonsky (cello)
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Dmitry Yablonsky

About

This disc completes Konstantin Scherbakov’s cycle of Tchaikovsky’s complete works for piano and orchestra.
 
Although Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (8.557257) has become the most popular of all Russian concertos, his Piano Concerto No. 2 is arguably the more cohesive. With a lyrical slow movement containing prominent solos for the violin and cello, effectively turning the work into a concerto for piano trio, and an explosive finale marked Allegro con fuoco, the concerto demands a pianist who can play with both unbridled virtuosity and intense poetry. 
 
The two movement Concert Fantasy, with its distinctive thematic ideas and colourful orchestration, including glockenspiel and tambourine, has been unaccountably neglected and provides a wonderful contrast to Piano Concerto No. 1. 

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