Tchaikovsky - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.50
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Label: Hyperion - Romantic Piano Concertos
Cat No: CDA677112
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Release Date: 29th March 2010
Contents
Works
Concert Fantasia in G major, op.56Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23
Piano Concerto no.2 in G major, op.44
Piano Concerto no.3 in E flat major, op.75
Romances (6), op.6
Artists
Stephen Hough (piano)Minnesota Orchestra
Conductor
Osmo VanskaWorks
Concert Fantasia in G major, op.56Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23
Piano Concerto no.2 in G major, op.44
Piano Concerto no.3 in E flat major, op.75
Romances (6), op.6
Artists
Stephen Hough (piano)Minnesota Orchestra
Conductor
Osmo VanskaAbout
For Volume 50, a stellar cast has been assembled for a two-disc set that includes, unusually, one of the most famous concertos in the repertoire. Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 has certainly achieved warhorse status – but in the expert hands of Stephen Hough it is a new creature. With the rest of this fascinating two-disc set we are in more usual RPC territory, with music which is actually not widely known. This is a complete survey of Tchaikovsky’s music for piano and orchestra and includes alternative versions (by Alexander Siloti and Stephen Hough) of the second movement of Piano Concerto No.2, as well as some delicious extras.
Stephen Hough performed all four concertos at the BBC Proms in 2009 and was described as ‘the epitome of a “golden age” virtuoso with his balletic elegance and dazzling rhythmic reflexes’ (The Independent). Armed with this inestimably important experience, he travelled to Minnesota to record the set live with the Minnesota Orchestra under their acclaimed conductor Osmo Vänskä. The result is a set of unique importance: a winning combination of a pianist at the zenith of his artistry, a world-class orchestra and director, a pre-eminent producer and engineer, repertoire both familiar and unknown, and packaged with even more than the usual care that customers have come to expect from Hyperion.
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