Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor (Melcer)
from Melcer: Piano Concertos (CDA67630)
1 Allegro moderato [14'42]
2 Andante non troppo lento [12'19]
3 Allegro con fuoco [10'15]
37 minutes 16 seconds 3 tracks
‘The Second Concerto from 1898, also in three movements, is crowned by a hair-raising final Allegro con fuoco, a remarkable tour de force which, were it ever to be heard in a concert hall, would have ...
‘Melcer's own abundant originality shines out frequently, notable in the marvellously poetic latter portions of the first movement of the C minor Concerto … Jonathan Plowright and Christoph König ...
‘Jonathan Plowright explores more of the Polish keyboard repertoire with these technically unforgiving but hugely enjoyable late 19th-century works by Henryk Melcer. The first bursts with melodic inve ...