Produced in close collaboration with The Rachmaninoff Society and its founding president Vladimir Ashkenazy, this recording couples the original versions of Sergei Rachmaninov’s First and Fourth Piano Concertos. The acclaimed young Russian pianist Alexander Ghindin is accompanied by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy. This album features the first-ever recording of the Fourth Concerto’s 1926 version, which has now been published by Boosey & Hawkes. The story of how this version has been revived starts, when the manuscript was handed to Alexander Rachmaninov, the composer’s grandson, by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Vladimir Ashkenazy subsequently informed Ondine and proposed a recording of the work, which eventually took place in Helsinki in March 2001. (Muziekbank)
"(...) Friedrich von Flotow embodied a type of artist whom contemporary scholars of the German-speaking world had a particularly hard time putting their fingers on. Despite his North German origins, he was educated in Paris and soon came into close contact with the masters of French oper(ett)a. (...) His Alessandro Stradella and even more so his Martha were two well received works that were the envy of many. Indeed, the enduring popularity of these two works has eclipsed many of his other pieces, such as the delightful one-act opera La veuve Grapin, the beautiful overtures to Rübezahl and Shakespeare's Winter's Tale, and even more so his two piano concertos. These were written at the age of 18 and 19 respectively. They show that Flotow was in line with the contemporary taste for virtuoso literature and elegant movement. They are pleasantly charming, tasteful and moving testaments to the talent of a young man who would soon become highly renowned." (chandos.net)
Deel 15 uit de geweldige serie "The Romantic Piano Concerto". In de BBC Record Review klinkt de loftrompet zo: "These really are very good performances of two mystifyingly neglected gems of the repertoire". En in Fanfare, USA: Hyperion is to be congratulated for adding this work to its growing series of Hahn compositions ? high spirits and joy aplenty ? another Romantic Piano Concerto winner from Hyperion; heartily recommended.
Sergej Ljapoenov (1859-1924) schreef zijn Rapsodie op Oekraïense thema's in 1907. Het is zijn opus 28. Het werk werd in 1908 gepubliceerd in Leipzig. Het is een eendelig werk (Andante pastorale) voor piano en orkest. Ljapoenov droeg het op aan Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924).|
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