Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky: Klavierkonzert Nr.2 on CD
Klavierkonzert Nr.2
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
+Konzert-Fantasie op. 56
- Artists:
- Konstantin Scherbakov, Andrey Kudryavtsev, Dmitry Yablonsky, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky
- Label:
- Naxos
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2005
- Item number:
- 1000724
- UPC/EAN:
- 0747313282425
- Release date:
- 19.3.2007
Although Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 (Naxos 8.557257) has become the most popular of all Russian concertos, his Piano Concerto No. 2 is arguably the more cohesive. With a lyrical slow movement containing prominent solos for the violin and cello, effectively turning the work into a concerto for piano trio, and an explosive finale marked Allegro con fuoco, the concerto demands a pianist who can play with both unbridled virtuosity and intense poetry. The two-movement Concert Fantasy, with its distinctive thematic ideas and colourful orchestration, including glockenspiel and tambourine, has been unaccountably neglected. This disc completes Konstantin Scherbakov's cycle of Tchaikovsky's complete works for piano and orchestra.
Reviews
Stereoplay 07/07: "Angesichts der wenigen Aufnahmen kommt Schwerbakovs fulminanter neuer Einspielung fast der Status einer 'Entdeckung' zu. Auf jeden Fall gilt dies für die Konzertfantasie op.56, die in ihrer ausladenden zweisätzigen Gestalt den Konzerten an Virtuosität und Brillanz in nichts nachsteht."Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44: I. Allegro brillante
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2 Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44: II. Andante non troppo
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3 Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44: III. Allegro con fuoco
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4 Concert Fantasia in G major, Op. 56: I. Quasi Rondo: Andante mosso
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5 Concert Fantasia in G major, Op. 56: II. Contrastes: Andante cantabile
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