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Reger & Strauss (R): Piano Concertos

Marc-Andre Hamelin; Ilan Volkov: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67635

Release Date:  01 April 2011

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571176352

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    The Reger concerto has a formidable reputation—dense, harmonically complex and with far too many notes for the average pianist. Who better then to decipher it than Marc-Andre Hamelin? In his hands this rarely recorded behemoth reveals both passion and a lyricism so often lost in lesser performances. He is wonderfully partnered by Ilan Volkov and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester who share the pianist’s desire to elucidate an often misunderstood work.
    While the Reger concerto comes from the end of his career, the Strauss Burleske is a product of that composer’s prodigious youth. This ebullient work has long been a Hamelin ‘party-piece’, and he plays it with an unmatched brilliance which surely captures the essence of this humorous music and will have the listener on the edge of his seat.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 35
      • 2. Largo Con Gran Espressione
      • 3. Allegretto Con Spirito
      • 4. Burleske in D Minor