"Composed in 1882/3, Rimsky-Korsakovs Piano Concerto was the last of a series of works written in the very happy middle period of his life. Dedicated to the memory of Liszt, it is indebted to that composer in its single-movement structure (akin to Liszts Second Concerto in A major) and in its virtuosic decorative pianism. Unlike the Liszt Concerto, however, Rimsky-Korsakovs is based on only one themeNo 18 from Balakirevs seminal folksong collection. (...) Balakirevs Concerto does not deserve the neglect into which it has fallen. In spite of the half century or so it took to compose, it holds together well. And the heroic nature of the first movement, the solemn and intense beauty of the second and the scintillation of the third, ensure that the listener is treated to a wide variety of aural experience which adds up, in the end, to a satisfactory whole." (Edward Garden in de hoestekst) "These three works make an excellent programme; an admirably conceived and executed disc." (Gramophone)
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