This new album is the third in cpo’s survey of Kabalevsky’s orchestral works. The NDR RadioPhilharmonie has performed on each, and its the second conducted by Japanese conductor Eiji Oue. On this recording, we hear Kabalevsky’s Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, magnificently...
Le Piano Français - Virtuoso Piano Concertos...
Guild Records has been proving their pudding of late by releasing exceptionally fine yet little known repertoire in quintessential performances. They do so again with ‘Le Piano Français’. Pianist Timon Altwegg with conductor Gilles Colliard and the Chamber Orchestra of Toulouse...
Reynaldo Hahn: Concerto for Violin; Concerto for P...
While the early 20th century produced plenty of music that will scatter most randomly selected gatherings, there’s none of that in Reynaldo Hahn’s music. Hahn wrote beautiful music; his desire was clearly to charm his listeners. This CD is the latest in a series from Maguelone...
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Concertos 1 & 2; Solo P...
This recent release on the Capriccio label offers some rarely heard music for piano by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, including three world-premiere recordings. The two-CD set includes both of the composer’s piano concertos as well as an entire disc of solo piano works. The concerto recordings...
Poul Rovsing Olsen: Piano Concerto; Symphonic Vari...
Of currently available titles, this release makes three on the Dacapo label which include music of Poul Rovsing Olsen. It is the first of his orchestral oeuvre, which is considered his finest area of output. There are three significant works here, Olsen’s Variations Symphoniques, Op....
Mexican Piano Concertos - works by Samuel Zy...
Recordings from the German record label TYXart began appearing on U.S. websites early in 2013. With their most recent releases, this small label has maintained a focus on less common music. This new album of Mexican Piano Concertos performed by pianist Claudia Corona is a perfect example of...