Eyvind Alnaes: Klavierkonzert D-Dur op.27 auf CD

Auf seiner Reise durch die Welt der romantischen Klavierkonzerte hat sich Hyperion für die Folge 42 in den hohen Norden begeben, genauer gesagt nach Norwegen. Auf dem Programm steht dabei nicht das berühmte Klavierkonzert von Edvard Grieg, sondern Klavierkonzerte zweier seiner Nachfolger. Christian Sinding ist stark von der deutschen Romantik beeinflusst – er studierte von 1874 bis 1878 in Leipzig und verbrachte die Hälfte seines Lebens in Deutschland –, sein Klavierkonzert steht in der Tradition von Liszt, ist hoch virtuos und an manchen Stellen geradezu bombastisch.

Das prachtvolle spätromantische Klavierkonzert von Eyvind Alnæs dagegen erinnert stark an Rachmaninoff. Manche Passagen klingen wie Zitate aus dessen viertem Klavierkonzert – was Anlass zu Spekulationen geben könnte, denn Alnæs schrieb sein Konzert tatsächlich vor Rachmaninoff!

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Hyperion's record of the month of April is the forty-second release in our prestigious Romantic Piano Concerto series. We went to Norway for this one—and rightly so as the recording reveals that there's more to Norwegian Radio Orchestramantic Piano Concertos than Grieg in A minor. While Sinding is at least a name to most people (if only for The Rustle of Spring) Alnæs is almost completely unknown outside his native land, yet it is perhaps this latter's Concerto which makes the bigger impression. This is a glorious late romantic work in an idiom akin to Rachmaninov; indeed there are passages which seem to quote the Russian's fourth concerto—except that the Alnæs was written first. Did Rachmaninov perhaps hear an early performance? The Sinding is a monolithic three-movement work where all the material is based on one theme which undergoes many Lisztian transformations. The piece is hugely virtuosic, some may say bombastic—but some may also say that's what this series is about—and it's all good fun! We're delighted to continue our relationship with Andrew Litton as the new principal conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic and here he is joined by RPC stalwart Piers Lane in his sixth contribution to the series.

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»The performances, with Piers Lane as soloist and the Bergen Philharmonic conducted by Andrew Litton, are jaw-droppingly good – so much so that any qualms you may have about the works themselves are swept aside by the sheer excitement of it all« (The Guardian)

»Piers Lane is tremendous, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is splendid and both Lane and Andrew Litton find the perfect tone of delivery … The best of this work is very fine indeed. Lane is again excellent … and all the performers make excellent advocates for a work thoroughly deserving of them« (International Record Review)

»Despite the obscurity of this music, Piers Lane plays it with confidence and insight. The Bergen Philharmonic, under its music director Andrew Litton, provides solid, stylish support and the recording is spacious and ideally balanced« (Daily Telegraph)

»[Alnaes] This gorgeously romantic
Concerto is rich with the idiom which inspired Grieg. It's well realised by Piers Lane and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under Andrew Litton« (Liverpool Daily Post)

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