The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 19

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Compact Disc CDA67023

£13.99

Two first recordings of concertos by a Scot (Mackenzie) who settled in England as Principal of the Royal Academy of Music and an Englishman (Tovey) who settled in Scotland as a Professor at Edinburgh University's Reid School of Music.

Mackenzie's Scottish Concerto, premiered by no less a man than Paderewski in 1897, is a colourful and entertaining work which uses several Scottish themes in a fundamentally Lisztian design.

As befits the academic and scholarly Tovey, his concerto of 1903 is in a much more serious and Brahmsian vein, indeed the first movement in particular sounds uncannily like Brahms from beginning to end. The work is characterized by great rhythmic energy and superb, rich orchestration. Not just another piano concerto, but a major and unaccountably neglected symphonic work.

Please note the carefully chosen Mackenzie tartan featured as part of the cover design!

Recorded in City Hall, Candleriggs, Glasgow, on 8. 9 January 1998

Recording Engineer: JOHN TIMPERLEY
Assistant Engineer: PHILIP ROWLANDS
Recording Producer: ANDREW KEENER
Piano: STEINWAY
Booklet Editor: NICK FLOWER
Executive Producers: EDWARD PERRY; SIMON PERRY; MIKE SPRING

Duration: 61'40
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The Romantic Piano Concerto - 19

Tovey and Mackenzie

STEVEN OSBORNE piano
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MARTYN BRABBINS conductor

Contents:

SIR DONALD FRANCIS TOVEY

(1875-1940)

Piano Concerto in A major

Energico [15'37]
Adagio ma non troppo [7'54]
Alla marcia, non presto – Presto [9'59]

SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL MACKENZIE

(1847-1935)

Scottish Concerto Op 55 [28'09]
Allegro maestoso [9'54]
Molto lento [9'20]
Allegro vivace (ma non presto all' principio) - Andante tranquillo, quasi doente - Tempo I - Molto più mosso - Più mosso ancora [8'55]

Sleeve Notes

BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE BEST OF THE YEAR
GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

'Another hugely enjoyable release of Scottish music from Hyperion' (The Scotsman)

'A super disc' (Gramophone)

'What a bonanza this Hyperion offering is! If you fancy piano concertos you'll find plenty in these two neglected specimens to challenge and enchant you' (Fanfare, USA)

'A marvellous and magnificent disc' (Hi Fi News)

'A fascinating release. The whole enterprise could hardly wish for a more eloquent or dashingly persuasive exponent than Steven Osborne, who clearly believes in every note' (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 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 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 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