ROMANTIC PIANO CONCERTOS - DÁRKOVÁ EDICE (40CD)

CD1

Johann Baptist Cramer 1771–1858

Piano Concerto No.5 in C minor Op.48

1 I. Allegro maestoso                                                                                                                                                      14’25

2 II. Larghetto                                                                                                                                                                 6’46

3 III. Rondo à l’hongroise                                                                                                                                                8’48

Akiko Sagarapiano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao

Carl Czerny 1791–1857

4 Divertissement de concert Op.204                                                                                                                              14’44

Michael Pontipiano

Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim / Paul Angerer

Ferdinand Ries 1784–1838

Piano Concerto in C sharp minor Op.55

5 I. Allegro maestoso                                                                                                                                                      14’50

6 II. Larghetto                                                                                                                                                                 5’03

7 III. Rondo: Allegretto                                                                                                                                                   10’36

Maria Littauer piano

Hamburg Symphony Orchestra / Alois Springer

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       75’09

Recording: 1974 (1–3), 1978 (4), 1972 (5–7)

CD2

Muzio Clementi 1752–1832

Piano Concerto in C

1 I. Allegro con spirito                                                                                                                                                    9’44

2 II. Adagio e cantabile, con grande espressione                                                                                                            6’44

3 III. Presto                                                                                                                                                                     6’31

Felicja Blumentalpiano

Prague New Chamber Orchestra / Alberto Zedda

John Field 1782–1837

Piano Concerto No.2 in A flat H31

4 I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                                     16’50

5 II. Poco adagio                                                                                                                                                             3’30

6 III. Allegro moderato innocente                                                                                                                                  9’25

Johann Nepomuk Hummel 1778–1837

Piano Concertino in G Op.73

7 I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                                     8’51

8 II. Andante grazioso                                                                                                                                                     4’13

9 III. Rondo                                                                                                                                                                     4’40

Rena Kyriakoupiano (4–6) · Martin Galling piano (7–9)

Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Carl-August Bünte

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       70’34

Recordings: 1969 (1–3), 1968 (4–9)

CD3

Ignaz Moscheles 1794–1870

Piano Concerto in G minor Op.58

1 I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                                     11’55

2 II. Adagio                                                                                                                                                                     4’38

3 III. Allegro agitato                                                                                                                                                        8’59

Michael Pontipiano

Philharmonia Hungarica / Othmar Maga

Ferdinand Hiller 1811–1885

Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Op.69

4 I. Moderato, ma con energia e con fuoco                                                                                                                    6’48

5 II. Andante espressivo                                                                                                                                                  5’53

6 III. Finale: Allegro con fuoco                                                                                                                                        5’03

Michael Pontipiano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg /Louis de Froment

Henry Litolff 1818–1891

Concerto sinfonique in E flat Op.45

7 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      10’17

8 II. Scherzo                                                                                                                                                                    4’41

9 III. Andante                                                                                                                                                                  6’14

10 IV. Furioso                                                                                                                                                                 7’43

Michael Pontipiano

Berlin Symphony Orchestra /Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       72’19

Recordings: 1968 (1–3), 1974 (4–6), 1978 (7–10), Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart

CD4

Friedrich Kalkbrenner 1785–1849

Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.61

1 I. Allegro maestoso                                                                                                                                                      13’20

2 II. Adagio molto                                                                                                                                                           7’13

3 III. Rondo: Vivace                                                                                                                                                         9’25

Johann Nepomuk Hummel 1778–1837

Piano Concerto in E Op.110 ‘Les Adieux’

4 I. Allegro pomposo e spirituoso                                                                                                                                   14’11

5 II. Andante con moto                                                                                                                                                   6’45

6 III. Rondo: Allegro moderato ma con brio                                                                                                                    10’57

Hans Kann piano

Hamburg Symphony Orchestra / Heribert Beissel

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       61’56

Recording: 1973, Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart

CD5

Carl Maria von Weber 1786–1826

Piano Concerto No.1 in C Op.11

1 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      8’39

2 II. Adagio                                                                                                                                                                     4’08

3 III. Presto                                                                                                                                                                     6’43

Piano Concerto No.2 in E flat Op.32

4 I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                                     8’27

5 II. Adagio                                                                                                                                                                     4’57

6 III. Rondo: Presto                                                                                                                                                         6’57

7 Konzertstück for piano and orchestra in F minor Op.79                                                                                               16’19

Roland Kellerpiano

Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Siegfried Kohler

Robert Volkmann 1815–1883

8 Konzertstück for piano and orchestra Op.42                                                                                                                18’11

Jerome Rose piano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       74’26

First released: 1979 (1–7), 1975 (8)

CD6

Adolf von Henselt 1814–1889

Piano Concerto in F minor Op.16

1 I. Allegro patetico                                                                                                                                                        13’18

2 II. Larghetto                                                                                                                                                                 7’24

3 III. Allegro agitato                                                                                                                                                        9’03

Michael Pontipiano

Philharmonia Hungarica / Othmar Maga

Ferdinand Hiller 1811–1885

4 Konzertstück for piano and orchestra Op.113                                                                                                              20’46

Jerome Rosepiano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao

Frédéric Chopin 1810–1849

5 Allegro de concert in A Op.46 12’15

Michael Pontipiano

Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       62’51

Recording: 1968 (1–3), 1973 (4), 1978 (5), Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart

CD7

Moritz Moszkowski 1854–1925

Piano Concerto in E Op.59

1 I. Moderato                                                                                                                                                                 11’36

2 II. Andante                                                                                                                                                                   8’06

3 III. Scherzo: Vivace                                                                                                                                                       7’04

4 IV. Allegro deciso                                                                                                                                                         9’14

Michael Ponti piano

Philharmonia Hungarica / Hans Richard Stracke

Xaver Scharwenka 1850–1924

Piano Concerto in C minor Op.56

5 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      17’13

6 II. Adagio                                                                                                                                                                     8’35

7 III. Allegro non troppo                                                                                                                                                 7’53

Michael Pontipiano

Hamburg Symphony Orchestra / Richard Kapp

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       69’45

Recording: 1969 (1–4), 1972 (5–7), Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart

CD8

Joachim Raff 1822–1882

Piano Concerto in C minor Op.185

1 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      10’53

2 II. Andante quasi larghetto                                                                                                                                          7’57

3 III. Finale: Allegro                                                                                                                                                        8’36

Michael Ponti piano

Hamburg Symphony Orchestra / Richard Kapp

Mihály Mosonyi 1815–1870

Piano Concerto in E minor

4 I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                                     19’10

1. Adagio con moto

III. Allegro

Jerome Rosepiano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao

Bernhard Stavenhagen 1862–1914

Piano Concerto in B minor Op.4

5 I. Sehr energisch und lebhaft                                                                                                                                       10’11

6 II. Adagio                                                                                                                                                                     9’08

7 III. Erstes Zeitmaß: Sehr leidenschaftlich                                                                                                                     5’45

Roland Keller piano

Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Jörg Faerber

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       72’03

CD9

Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847

Concerto for piano, violin and strings in D minor

1 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      18’33

2 II. Adagio                                                                                                                                                                     9’11

3 III. Allegro molto                                                                                                                                                         8’30

Bart van Oortpiano · Gil Sharon violin

Amati Chamber Orchestra / Gil Sharon

Piano Concerto in A minor

4 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      14’05

5 II. Adagio                                                                                                                                                                     9’53

6 III. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo                                                                                                                                10’31

Siegfried Stöckigtpiano

MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra / Herbert Kegel

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       70’57

CD10

Franz Liszt 1811–1886

1 Malédiction for piano and strings                                                                                                                                14’11

Michael Pontipiano

Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim / Paul Angerer

Eugen d’Albert 1864–1932

2 Piano Concerto No.2 in E Op.12                                                                                                                                  15’34

Michael Pontipiano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao

Hans von Bronsart 1830–1913

Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Op.10

3 I. Allegro maestoso                                                                                                                                                      12’52

4 II. Adagio ma non troppo                                                                                                                                             7’28

5 III. Allegro con fuoco                                                                                                                                                   6’52

Michael Pontipiano

Westphalian Symphony Orchestra / Richard Kapp

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       57’02

CD11

Franz Berwald 1796–1868

Piano Concerto No.1 in D

1 I. Allegro con brio                                                                                                                                                        18’04

1. Andantino

III. Allegro molto

Charles-Henri Alkan 1813–1888

2 Concerto da camera No.2 in C sharp minor                                                                                                                 6’44

Michael Pontipiano

Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim / Paul Angerer

Robert Schumann 1810–1856

3 Introduction and Allegro                                                                                                                                             13’57

appassionato in G Op.92

Michael Pontipiano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg /Louis de Froment

Joachim Raff 1822–1882

4 Ode to Spring Op.76                                                                                                                                                    12’58

Michael Pontipiano

Hamburg Symphony Orchestra /Richard Kapp

Franz Liszt 1811–1886

5 Totentanz                                                                                                                                                                    15’12

Michael Pontipiano

Berlin Symphony Orchestra /Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       67’01

First released: 1979 (1–2), 1973 (3), 1972 (4), 1980 (5)

CD12

Simon Mayr 1763–1845

Piano Concerto No.1 in C

1 I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                                     8’20

2 II. Andante grazioso                                                                                                                                                     5’42

3 III. Rondo                                                                                                                                                                     3’19

Albert Roussel 1869–1937

Piano Concerto in G Op.36

4 I. Allegro molto                                                                                                                                                           3’53

5 II. Adagio                                                                                                                                                                     8’30

6 III. Allegro con spirito                                                                                                                                                  4’34

Maria Littauerpiano

Hamburg Symphony Orchestra / Alois Springer

Gabriel Pierné 1863–1937

Piano Concerto in C minor Op.12

7 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      8’13

8 II. Scherzando                                                                                                                                                              4’50

9 III. Final: Allegro un poco agitato                                                                                                                                 6’55

Marylène Dosse piano

Stuttgarter Philharmoniker / Matthias Kuntzsch

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       54’42

Recordings: April 1972, Fr.-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg (1–3); January 1970, Musikhalle, Hamburg (4–6); December 1976, Stuttgart Botnang (7–9)

CD13

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840–1893

Piano Concerto No.3 in E flat Op.75/79

1 I. Allegro brillante                                                                                                                                                       14’21

2 II. Andante                                                                                                                                                                   9’30

3 III. Finale: Allegro maestoso                                                                                                                                         7’52

Michael Pontipiano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Louis de Froment

Concert Fantasy Op.56

4 I. Quasi rondo: Andante mosso                                                                                                                                    14’47

5 II. Contrastes: Andante cantabile                                                                                                                                 13’15

Michael Pontipiano

Prague Symphony Orchestra / Richard Kapp

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       59’57

CD14

Christian Sinding 1856–1941

Piano Concerto in D flat Op.6

1 I. Allegro non troppo                                                                                                                                                   9’22

2 II. Andante                                                                                                                                                                   8’20

3 III. Allegro non assai                                                                                                                                                     8’37

Roland Kellerpiano

Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Jörg Faerber

Hermann Goetz 1840–1876

Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.18

4 I. Mäßig bewegt                                                                                                                                                           20’49

1. Mäßig langsam

5 III. Langsam                                                                                                                                                                  8’38

1. Lebhaft

Michael Pontipiano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       55’51

Recordings: 1978 (1–3), 1973 (4–5), Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart

CD15

Carl Reinecke 1824–1910

Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor Op.72

1 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      10’56

2 II. Adagio, ma non troppo                                                                                                                                            5’58

3 III. Finale: Allegro con brio                                                                                                                                          7’17

Michael Pontipiano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao

Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847

4 Capriccio brillant Op.22                                                                                                                                               10’59

Josef Rheinberger 1839–1901

Piano Concerto in A flat Op.94

5 I. Moderato                                                                                                                                                                 11’54

6 II. Adagio pathetico                                                                                                                                                     6’59

7 III. Finale: Allegro energico                                                                                                                                          9’11

Michael Pontipiano

Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       63’20

Recordings: 1973 (1–3), 1978 (4–7), Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart

CD16

Anton Rubinstein 1829–1894

Piano Concerto No.4 in D minor Op.70

1 I. Moderato assai                                                                                                                                                         11’20

2 II. Andante                                                                                                                                                                   8’40

3 III. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                    8’59

Michael Pontipiano

Philharmonia Hungarica / Othmar Maga

Sigismond Thalberg 1812–1871

Piano Concerto in F minor Op.5

4 I. Allegro maestoso                                                                                                                                                      11’21

5 II. Adagio                                                                                                                                                                     3’35

6 III. Rondo: Allegro                                                                                                                                                        9’22

Michael Pontipiano

Westphalian Symphony Orchestra / Richard Kapp

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       53’31

Recordings: 1968 (1–3), 1973 (4–6), Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart

CD17

Nikolai Medtner c.1880–1951

Piano Concerto No.3 in E minor Op.60

1 I. Con moto, largamente                                                                                                                                              12’35

2 II. Interludium: Allegro molto sostenuto, misterioso                                                                                                   17’43

III. Finale: Allegro molto

Michael Pontipiano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao

Mily Balakirev 1837–1910

Piano Concerto No.2 in E flat

3 I. Allegro non troppo                                                                                                                                                   13’11

4 II. Adagio                                                                                                                                                                     18’28

III. Allegro risoluto

Sergei Lyapunov 1859–1924

5 Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes Op.28                                                                                                                         16’23

Michael Ponti piano

Westphalian Symphony Orchestra / Siegfried Landau

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       78’24

Recordings: 1973 (1–2), 1975 (3–5), Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart

CD18

Édouard Lalo 1823–1892

Piano Concerto in F minor

1 I. Lento – Allegro                                                                                                                                                         11’54

2 II. Lento                                                                                                                                                                       6’51

3 III. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                    6’13

Marylène Dossepiano

Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra / Matthias Kuntzsch

Alexander Glazunov 1865–1936

4 Piano Concerto No.2 in B Op.100                                                                                                                                19’24

Michael Pontipiano

Westphalian Symphony Orchestra / Siegfried Landau

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       44’39

Recording: December 1976, Stuttgart Botnang (1–3); April 1975, Lünen Stadttheater (4)

CD19

George Gershwin 1898–1937

Concerto in F for piano and orchestra

1 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      12’45

2 II. Andante con moto                                                                                                                                                   11’13

3 III. Allegro agitato                                                                                                                                                        7’05

Eugene Listpiano

Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Samuel Adler

Samuel Barber 1910–1981

Piano Concerto Op.38

4 I. Allegro appassionato                                                                                                                                                 14’29

5 II. Canzone: Moderato                                                                                                                                                 7’48

6 III. Allegro molto                                                                                                                                                         6’18

Abbott Ruskinpiano

M.I.T. Symphony Orchestra / David Epstein

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       59’43

CD20

Edward MacDowell 1860–1908

Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor Op.23

1 I. Larghetto calmato                                                                                                                                                    12’06

2 II. Presto giocoso                                                                                                                                                         4’53

3 III. Largo – Molto allegro                                                                                                                                             7’31

Amy Beach 1867–1944

Piano Concerto in C sharp minor Op.45

4 I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                                     17’16

5 II. Scherzo: Vivace                                                                                                                                                        5’28

6 III. Largo                                                                                                                                                                      4’18

7 IV. Allegro con scioltezza                                                                                                                                             7’10

Eugene Listpiano (1–3) · Mary Louise Boehm piano (4–7)

Westphalian Symphony Orchestra / Siegfried Landau

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       58’47

Recordings: 1972 (1–3), 1976 (4–7)

CD21

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827

Piano Concerto in E flat WoO4

1 I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                                     11’22

2 II. Larghetto                                                                                                                                                                 10’18

3 III. Rondo: Allegretto                                                                                                                                                   9’30

Johann Nepomuk Hummel 1778–1837

4 Rondeau ‘La Galante’ Op.120 for solo piano                                                                                                                8’17

Martin Gallingpiano

Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Carl-August Bünte

Piano Concerto in A minor Op.85

5 I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                                     13’37

6 II. Larghetto –                                                                                                                                                              13’17

III. Rondo: Allegro moderato

Martin Gallingpiano

Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra / Alexander Paulmüller

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       66’53

CD22

Anton Arensky 1861–1906

Piano Concerto in F minor Op.2

1 I. Allegro maestoso                                                                                                                                                      12’37

2 II. Andante con moto                                                                                                                                                   8’12

3 III. Finale: Allegro molto                                                                                                                                              6’08

Maria Littauer piano

Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Jörg Faerber

Ignacy Paderewski 1860–1941

Piano Concerto in A minor Op.17

4 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      16’19

5 II. Romanza: Andante                                                                                                                                                   7’54

6 III. Finale: Allegro molto vivace                                                                                                                                   9’17

Felicja Blumentalpiano

Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Helmuth Froschauer

Franz Liszt 1811–1886

Rhapsodie espagnole for piano and orchestra (arr. Busoni)

7 Folies d’Espagne –                                                                                                                                                       5’54

8 Jota aragonesa –                                                                                                                                                          2’37

9 Un poco meno allegro – Non troppo allegro                                                                                                               7’37

Felicja Blumentalpiano

Prague Symphony Orchestra / Helmuth Froschauer

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       77’23

CD23

Georg Joseph Vogler 1749–1814

1 Variations on ‘Marlbrough s’en va t’en guerre’                                                                                                            22’15

Felicja Blumentalpiano

Prague New Chamber Orchestra / Alberto Zedda

Giovanni Battista Viotti 1755–1824

Double Concerto in A for violin, piano and strings

2 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      9’55

3 II. Rondo: Allegro                                                                                                                                                         6’59

Suzanne Lautenbacher violin

Martin Gallingpiano

Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Carl-August Bünte

Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek 1744–1850

Piano Concerto in C Op.18 No.1

4 I. Allegro con brio                                                                                                                                                        10’53

5 II. Lento                                                                                                                                                                       7’28

6 III. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                    8’03

Peter Toperczer piano

Prague Symphony Orchestra / Jindřich Rohan

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       66’12

CD24

Giovanni Battista Viotti 1755–1824

Piano Concerto in G minor

1 I. Allegro maestoso                                                                                                                                                      18’06

2 II. Adagio non troppo                                                                                                                                                   8’22

3 III. Rondo                                                                                                                                                                     12’00

Felicja Blumentalpiano

RAI National Symphony Orchestra / Alberto Zedda

Carl Czerny 1791–1857

Piano Concerto in A minor Op.214

4 I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                                     16’01

5 II. Adagio con moto, cantabile –                                                                                                                                  15’04

III. Rondo: Allegro con anima

Felicja Blumental piano

Vienna Chamber Orchestra / Helmuth Froschauer

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       70’03

CD25

Claude Debussy 1862–1918

Fantaisie for piano and orchestra

1 I. Andante ma non troppo –                                                                                                                                        8’41

2 II. Lento e molto espressivo – Allegro molto                                                                                                               16’31

Marylène Dossepiano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Louis de Froment

Jean Françaix 1912–1997

Piano Concerto

3 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      5’25

4 II. Andante                                                                                                                                                                   4’13

5 III. Scherzo                                                                                                                                                                   3’38

6 IV. Finale: Allegro                                                                                                                                                        4’08

Claude Paillard-Françaixpiano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Jean Françaix

Ernő Dohnányi 1877–1960

7 Variations on a Nursery Rhyme Op.25                                                                                                                         25’19

Béla Síki piano

Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Milton Katims

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       68’54

CD26

Isaac Albéniz 1860–1909

Piano Concerto No.1 in A minor Op.78 ‘Concierto fantástico’

1 I. Allegro ma non troppo                                                                                                                                             11’17

2 II. Rêverie et Scherzo: Andante – Presto                                                                                                                     7’24

3 III. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                    7’09

Felicja Blumentalpiano

RAI National Symphony Orchestra / Alberto Zedda

Anton Rubinstein 1829–1894

4 Konzertstück Op.113 for piano and orchestra                                                                                                              24’27

Felicja Blumentalpiano

Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Helmuth Froschauer

Camille Saint-Saëns 1835–1921

5 Africa Op.89                                                                                                                                                                11’58

Fantasy for piano and orchestra

Marylène Dossepiano

Westphalian Symphony Orchestra / Siegfried Landau

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       62’46

CD27

Leopold Kozeluch 1747–1818

Piano Concerto in D

1 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      12’50

2 II. Andante                                                                                                                                                                   9’01

3 III. Andantino                                                                                                                                                               8’38

Felicja Blumentalpiano

Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg / Leopold Hager

Giovanni Benedetto Platti before 1692–1763

Piano Concerto No.1 in G

4 I. Allegro assai                                                                                                                                                              5’08

5 II. Largo                                                                                                                                                                       5’41

6 III. Allegro assai                                                                                                                                                            5’05

Friedrich Kuhlau 1786–1832

Piano Concerto in C Op.7

7 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      15’33

8 II. Adagio                                                                                                                                                                     8’06

9 III. Rondo: Allegro                                                                                                                                                        7’50

Felicja Blumentalpiano

Salzburg Symphony Orchestra / Theodor Guschlbauer

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       79’02

CD28

César Franck 1822–1890

1 Symphonic Variations                                                                                                                                                  16’08

Ilse von Alpenheimpiano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Antal Doráti

Ferruccio Busoni 1866–1924

2 Konzertstück Op.31a                                                                                                                                                    17’25

Frank Glazerpiano

Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Carl-August Bünte

Germaine Tailleferre 1892–1983

3 Ballade                                                                                                                                                                        14’20

Rosario Marcianopiano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Louis de Froment

Daniel Gregory Mason 1873–1953

4 Prelude and Fugue Op.12 for piano and orchestra                                                                                                       11’03

Mary Louise Boehmpiano

Westphalian Symphony Orchestra / Siegfried Landau

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       54’29

CD29

Franz Anton Hoffmeister 1754–1812

Piano Concerto in D Op.24

1 I. Allegro brioso                                                                                                                                                           14’55

2 II. Adagio                                                                                                                                                                     7’41

3 III. Allegretto                                                                                                                                                               9’27

Felicja Blumentalpiano

Prague Chamber Orchestra / Alberto Zedda

Carl Stamitz 1745–1801

Piano Concerto in F

4 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      10’13

5 II. Andante moderato                                                                                                                                                  5’54

6 III. Rondo: Allegro                                                                                                                                                        5’22

Giovanni Paisiello 1740–1816

Piano Concerto in C

7 I. Allegro                                                                                                                                                                      8’10

8 II. Largo                                                                                                                                                                       5’51

9 III. Rondo                                                                                                                                                                     6’02

Felicja Blumentalpiano

Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn / Jörg Faerber

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       74’38

CD30

John Field 1782–1837

Piano Concerto No.3 in E flat H32

1 I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                                     18’31

2 II. Nocturne No.2 in C minor H25: Moderato e molto espressivo                                                                                5’04

3 III. Rondo: Tempo di polacca                                                                                                                                       14’09

Piano Concerto No.4 in E flat H28

4 I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                                     18’34

5 II. Siciliano: Un pocio adagio                                                                                                                                        3’19

6 III. Rondo: Allegretto                                                                                                                                                   12’55

Paolo Restanipiano

Nice Philharmonic Orchestra / Marco Guidarini

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       72’58

Recording: September 2007, March, May & June 2008, Conservatoire de Nice (H32 & H28); La Diacosmie, Nice (H25)

CD31

John Field 1782–1837

Piano Concerto No.5 in C H39 ‘L’Incendie par l’orage’

1 I. Allegro [moderato]                                                                                                                                                   18’36

2 II. Adagio                                                                                                                                                                     2’07

3 III. Rondo: Allegro                                                                                                                                                        8’23

Piano Concerto No.6 in C H49

4 I. Tempo di marcia: Allegro moderato                                                                                                                         20’34

5 II. Larghetto                                                                                                                                                                 6’16

6 III. Rondo: Moderato                                                                                                                                                   6’28

Paolo Restani piano

Nice Philharmonic Orchestra / Marco Guidarini

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       62’38

Recording: September 2007, March, May & June 2008, Conservatoire de Nice

CD32

Antonín Dvorˇák 1841–1904

Piano Concerto in G minor Op.33

1 I. Allegro agitato                                                                                                                                                          18’04

2 II. Andante sostenuto                                                                                                                                                  8’12

3 III. Finale: Allegro con fuoco                                                                                                                                        10’35

Rudolf Firkušnýpiano

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra / Walter Susskind

Robert Schumann 1810–1856

4 Introduction and Concert-Allegro in D minor Op.134                                                                                                  12’59

for piano and orchestra

Peter Franklpiano

Bamberg Symphony / János Fürst

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       50’00

CD33

Camille Saint-Saëns 1835–1921

Piano Concerto No.1 in D Op.17

1 I. Andante – Allegro assai                                                                                                                                             11’55

2 II. Andante sostenuto quasi adagio                                                                                                                              8’01

3 III. Allegro con fuoco                                                                                                                                                   6’50

Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.22

4 I. Andante sostenuto                                                                                                                                                   10’59

5 II. Allegro scherzando                                                                                                                                                  5’34

6 III. Presto                                                                                                                                                                     6’45

Piano Concerto No.4 in C minor Op.44

7 I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                                     12’20

8 II. Allegro vivace                                                                                                                                                          14’26

Gabriel Tacchinopiano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Louis de Froment

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       77’00

CD34

Camille Saint-Saëns 1835–1921

Piano Concerto No.3 in E flat Op.29

1 I. Moderato assai                                                                                                                                                         13’31

2 II. Andante –                                                                                                                                                                15’08

III. Allegro non troppo

Piano Concerto No.5 in F Op.103 ‘Egyptian’

3 I. Allegro animato                                                                                                                                                        10’53

4 II. Andante                                                                                                                                                                   10’56

5 III. Molto allegro                                                                                                                                                          6’02

6 Africa Op.89                                                                                                                                                                11’01

Fantasy for piano and orchestra

Gabriel Tacchinopiano

Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Louis de Froment

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       67’53

CD35

Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847

Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.25

1 I. Molto allegro con fuoco                                                                                                                                           7’03

2 II. Andante                                                                                                                                                                   5’40

3 III. Presto – Molto allegro e vivace                                                                                                                              6’05

Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor Op.40

4 I. Allegro appassionato                                                                                                                                                 8’47

5 II. Adagio                                                                                                                                                                     6’14

6 III. Finale: Presto scherzando                                                                                                                                       6’32

7 Capriccio brillant in B minor Op.22 for piano and orchestra                                                                                        11’00

Derek Han piano

Israel Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Gunzenhauser

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       51’35

CD36

Frédéric Chopin 1810–1849

1 Variations on ‘Là ci darem la mano’ in B flat Op.2                                                                                                        15’19

2 Fantasy on Polish Airs in A Op.13                                                                                                                                 13’18

3 Rondo à la krakowiak in F Op.14                                                                                                                                  14’11

4 Andante spianato and Grande polonaise in E flat Op.22                                                                                               13’28

Abbey Simonpiano

Hamburg Symphony Orchestra / Heribert Beissel

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       56’49

Recording: 1972, Hamburg, Germany

CD37

Alfredo Casella 1883–1947

Scarlattiana Op.44 for piano and chamber orchestra

Divertimento on the music of Domenico Scarlatti

1 I. Sinfonia: Lento, grave – Allegro molto vivace                                                                                                           5’23

2 II. Minuetto: Allegretto ben moderato e grazioso                                                                                                        6’19

3 III. Capriccio: Allegro vivacissimo ed impetuoso                                                                                                          3’55

4 IV. Pastorale: Andantino dolcemente mosso                                                                                                                5’47

5 V. Finale: Lento molto e grave – Presto vivacissimo                                                                                                    5’40

Triple Concerto Op.56* for piano, violin, cello and orchestra

6 I. Largo, ampio, solenne – Allegro molto vivace                                                                                                          10’33

7 II. Adagio non troppo, alquanto solenne e assai tranquillo                                                                                          12’22

8 III. Rondò, tempo di giga: Allegro vivace ma non troppo                                                                                             6’52

9 A notte alta (transcr. Casella from Op.30)                                                                                                                    18’27

Poem for piano and orchestra

Paolo Restanipiano

Stefano Vagnarelliviolin* · Relja Lukiccello*

Philharmonic Teatro Regio Torino / Marzio Conti                                                                                                          

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       75’33

Recording: 2005, Ivrea

CD38

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827

Piano Concerto in D Op.61a

(arr. Beethoven from his Violin Concerto in D Op.61)

1 I. Allegro ma non troppo                                                                                                                                             25’18

2 II. Larghetto                                                                                                                                                                 10’57

3 III. Rondo: Allegro                                                                                                                                                        11’13

Shoko Sugitanipiano

Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Oskamp

4 Rondo in B flat WoO6 for piano and orchestra                                                                                                            9’29

Walter Klienpiano

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra / Jerzy Semkow

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       57’15

Recording: 1970, Sofiensaal, Vienna (1–3); 1979 (4)

CD39

Max Reger 1873–1916

Piano Concerto Op.114

1 I. Allegro moderato                                                                                                                                                     19’50

2 II. Largo con gran espressione                                                                                                                                      10’30

3 III. Allegretto con spirito                                                                                                                                             11’23

Amadeus Webersinkepiano

Dresden Philharmonic / Günther Herbig

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       41’43

CD40

Ottorino Respighi 1879–1936

Toccata

1 I. Grave                                                                                                                                                                        11’26

2 II. Andante lento                                                                                                                                                         7’55

3 III. Allegro vivo                                                                                                                                                            7’48

Concerto in modo misolidio

4 I. Moderato                                                                                                                                                                 19’26

5 II. Lento                                                                                                                                                                       9’37

6 III. Passacaglia                                                                                                                                                              12’36

Sandro Ivo Bartoli piano

Saxon State Theatre Orchestra / Michele Carulli

Total time                                                                                                                                                                       68’42

Recording: Kammermusiksaal der Hochschule für Musik Carl-Maria von Weber, Dresden