Goetz Piano Concerto No 2; Wieniawski Piano Concerto
Two more largely forgotten treasures and a high-point of this fantastic series
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Composer or Director: Hermann (Gustav) Goetz, Józef Wieniawski
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Hyperion
Magazine Review Date: 1/2011
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 70
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CDA67791

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 |
Hermann (Gustav) Goetz, Composer
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Hamish Milne, Piano Hermann (Gustav) Goetz, Composer Michal Dworzynski, Conductor |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra |
Józef Wieniawski, Composer
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Hamish Milne, Piano Józef Wieniawski, Composer Michal Dworzynski, Conductor |
Author: Jeremy Nicholas
The Józef Wieniawski, as a friend of mine would say, is an autre kettle of poisson: pure fun, high jinks and scintillating bravura. Christopher Fifield notes in his entertaining booklet that “the music is peppered with instructions such as risoluto, furioso and grandioso…the piano plays for most of the time, no distractions [from the orchestra] wanted by its attention-seeking composer” (who was, by the way, the younger brother of the more famous Henryk). Milne plays it up to the hilt (try the spectacular rondo-finale with its “wrong note” chordal motif), relegating Setrak’s 1987 Le Chant du Monde recording to silver-medal position.
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