034571179186

Romantic Piano Concerto 6

Albeniz & Granados

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67918

Release Date:  01 May 2015

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571179186

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    Volume 65 (have you got them all?) of Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series journeys to Spain and the heart-on-sleeve world there to be found. The Albeniz Concierto fantastico owes much to Schumann and Chopin, albeit with an added drizzle of the Iberian peninsula; the perennially popular Rapsodia espanola, on the other hand, throws all such classical models to the wind.
    Granados never actually got round to writing his piano concerto, so our pianist here—Hyperion debutant Melani Mestre—has done it for him. And it’s a romp. The first movement is pretty much ‘echt’, from Granados’ sketches for a putative piano concerto, but thereafter it’s a hugely enjoyable what-if …

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
      • 2. Rêverie Et Scherzo: Andante - Presto
      • 3. Allegro
      • 4. Rapsodia Española, Op. 70
      • 5. Lento Grave E Quasi Recitativo - Allegro Grave Non Molto Lento
      • 6. Allegretto
      • 7. Molto Allegro