034571179155

Pixis & Thalberg: Piano Concertos

Howard Shelley; Howard Shelley: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67915

Release Date:  01 November 2012

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571179155

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    This 58th volume of the Romantic Piano Concerto series presents two composer-pianists who contributed to Liszt’s piano extravaganza Hexameron (1837).
    Thalberg (who would be celebrating his 200th birthday in 2012) famously took part in a pianistic ‘duel’ with Liszt, and was popularly acclaimed as the greatest pianist in the world during his lifetime. He only wrote one piano concerto, and that in his teens, but it is a brilliantly effective showpiece for virtuosity and stamina, the pianist’s hands barely leaving the piano. Johann Peter Pixis has now been consigned—perhaps unfairly—to the oblivion where so many early 19th-century composers dwell. These are world premiere recordings of his charming Piano Concerto and Piano Concertino.
    Howard Shelley, undisputed master of the music of the early Romantic period, directs the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra from the keyboard with his usual insouciance and poise.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. <b>Piano Concerto in C major Op 100</b> Allegro moderato <b> (JOHANN PETER PIXIS)&
      • 2. <b>Piano Concerto in C major Op 100</b> Adagio cantabile <b> (JOHANN PETER PIXIS)&
      • 3. <b>Piano Concerto in C major Op 100</b> Rondo, Allegretto scherzando<b>(JOHANN PET
      • 4. <b>Piano Concertino in E flat major Op 68</b> Allegro moderato <b>(JOHANN PETER PI
      • 5. <b>Piano Concertino in E flat major Op 68</b> Adagio sostenuto <b>(JOHANN PETER PI
      • 6. <b>Piano Concertino in E flat major Op 68</b> Rondo, Allegretto <b>(JOHANN PETER P
      • 7. <b>Piano Concerto in F minor Op 5</b> Allegro maestoso <b>(SIGISMOND THALBERG)<
      • 8. <b>Piano Concerto in F minor Op 5</b> Adagio <b>(SIGISMOND THALBERG)</b> [3'
      • 9. <b>Piano Concerto in F minor Op 5</b> Rondo, Allegro <b>(SIGISMOND THALBERG)</b