The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 13 - Glazunov and Goedicke

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Compact Disc CDA66877

£13.99

The disc is the thirteenth volume in the famous Hyperion 'Romantic Piano Concerto' series; it also follows on from Stephen Coombs's four-volume set of Glazunov's music for solo piano (CDH55221, 222, 223, 224), meaning that Coombs has now recorded all of Glazunov's music for piano soloist.

The two piano concertos date from relatively late in the composer's career and are lyrical works, betraying the characteristically lush orchestral textures familiar from Glazunov's symphonies and ballets.

Alexander Goedicke (Medtner's cousin!) wrote his Concertstück earlier than Glazunov's two concertos despite being the younger man. The work was published in 1900 and won the composer the Rubinstein Prize for Composition, bringing him early fame hardly matched by any subsequent successes. The Concertstück is rhapsodic, with much brilliant piano writing and a distinctly Russian flavour to its themes.

Recorded on 11, 12 January 1996

Recording Engineer: MIKE HATCH
Recording Producer: ANDREW KEENER
Piano: STEINWAY; prepared by; ULRICH GERHARTZ
Executive Producers: MIKE SPRING; JOANNA GAMBLE; NICK FLOWER

© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCVI

Duration: 65'37
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The Romantic Piano Concerto - 13

Glazunov and Goedicke

STEPHEN COOMBS piano
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MARTYN BRABBINS conductor

Contents:

ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV

Piano Concerto No 1 in F minor Op 92 [31'23]

Allegro moderato [13'15]
Tema con variazioni [18'08]
Tema (Andantino tranquillo) [1'31]
Variation I [1'17]
Variation II (chromatica) Andantino [1'05]
Variation III (Eroica) Allegro moderato [1'05]
Variation IV (lyrica) Adagio [3'07]
Variation V (Intermezzo) Allegro [0'52]
Variation VI (quasi una fantasia) Lento [2'04]
Variation VII Mazurka: Allegretto [1'35]
Variation VIII Scherzo: Allegro ma non troppo [1'47]
Variation IX Finale: Allegro moderato [3'40]
Piano Concerto No 2 in B major Op 100 [20'24]
Andante sostenuto - Allegro - Più moderato [6'39]
Andante - Moderato tranquillo [3'13]
Allegro - Allegretto scherzando - Allegro moderato - Con moto [10'29]

ALEXANDER GOEDICKE
Concertstück in D major Op 11 [13'50]
Andante sostenuto - Allegro molto sostenuto e maestoso - Moderato quasi andante - Allegro agitato - Allegro molto - Patetico - Sostenuto e maestoso - Andante tranquillo - Allegro animato - Maestoso

Sleeve Notes

'Stephen Coombs is on scintillating form throughout, turning even the most standardised of virtuoso gestures into remarkable utterances' (Piano International)

'As in his four-disc set of Glazunov's complete solo piano music, Stephen Coombs is poetic and powerful. The rare Goedicke concertante makes a charming filler' (The Guardian)

'Sparkling performances ... his playing is by turns gloriously extrovert and affectionately intimate ... superbly recorded orchestral colours' (BBC Music Magazine)

See also:: The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 1 - Moszkowski and Paderewski; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 2 - Medtner; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 3 - Mendelssohn Double Concertos; 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 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 - Alnæs & Sinding; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 43 - Sterndale Bennett & Bache; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 44 - Melcer; The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 45 - Hiller

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