The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 3 - Mendelssohn Double Concertos

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Compact Disc CDA66567

£13.99

Recorded in City Hall, Glasgow, on 31 August, 1 September 1991

Recording Engineer: PHILIP HOBBS
Recording Producer: ANDREW KEENER
Design: GD GRAPHICS
Executive Producers: JOANNA GAMBLE; HUGH MACDONALD; MICHAEL SPRING

Š Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCII

Duration: 72'27
DDD

The Romantic Piano Concerto - 3

Mendelssohn Double Concertos

STEPHEN COOMBS, IAN MUNRO pianos
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JERZY MAKSYMIUK conductor

Contents:

Concerto in A flat major for two pianos

Allegro vivace [17'16]
Andante [10'10]
Allegro vivace [14'02]
Concerto in E major for two pianos
Allegro vivace - Poco piu allegro [13'09]
Adagio non troppo [8'55]
Allegro [8'14]

'Coombs and Munro prove ideal advocates, playing with delectable point and imagination' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'Fine talent is on display here ... this programme makes ideal listening as well as offering welcome insight into Mendelssohn's great genius' (CDReview)

'The sheer joy of playing this music bubbles over in every measure' (American Record Guide)

'Sensitive and enchanting' (Piano International)

See also:: The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 1 - Moszkowski and Paderewski; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 2 - Medtner; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 4 - Arensky and Bortkiewiez; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 5 - Balakirev and Rimsky-Korsakov; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 6 - Dohnányi; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 7 - Alkan and Henselt; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 8 - Medtner; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 9 - Eugen d'Albert; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 10 - Weber; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 11 - Scharwenka and Sauer; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 12 - Parry and Stanford; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 13 - Glazunov and Goedicke; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 14 - Litolff; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 15 - Hahn and Massenet; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 16 - Huss and Schelling; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 17 - Mendelssohn; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 18 - Korngold and Marx; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 19 - Tovey and Mackenzie; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 20 - Brüll; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 21 - Kullak and Dreyschock; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 22 - Busoni; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 23 - Holbrooke and Wood; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 24 - Vianna da Motta; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 25 - Edward MacDowell; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 26 - Litolff; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 27 - Saint-Saëns; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 28 - Stojowski; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 29 - Moscheles; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 30 - Lyapunov; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 31 - Fuchs and Kiel; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 32 - Moscheles; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 33 - Scharwenka; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 34 - Pierné; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 35 - Herz; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 36 - Moscheles; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 37 - Nápravník & Blumenfeld; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 38 - Rubinstein & Scharwenka; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 39 - Delius and Ireland; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 40 - Henri Herz; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 41 - Friedrich Kalkbrenner; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 42 - Alnćs & Sinding; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 43 - Sterndale Bennett & Bache; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 44 - Melcer; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 45 - Hiller

The Romantic Piano Concerto - 3

Mendelssohn Double Concertos

STEPHEN COOMBS, IAN MUNRO pianos BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JERZY MAKSYMIUK conductor

STEPHEN COOMBS, IAN MUNRO pianos
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JERZY MAKSYMIUK conductor