RUSSIAN PIANO CONCERTOS (15CD)

RUSSIAN PIANO CONCERTOS
CD1
SERGEI LYAPUNOV 1859–1924
1 Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat Op.4 22’15
2 Piano Concerto No.2 in E Op.38 19’27
3 Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes Op.28 16’35
Shorena Tsintsabadze piano
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky
Total time 58’32
Recording: 2–6 March 2008, Studio 5, Russian State TV and Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow, Russia
CD2
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 9’01
4 Konzertstück Op.113 for piano and orchestra 24’29
Total time 53’43
Michael Ponti piano (1–3)
Philharmonia Hungarica / Othmar Maga (1–3)
Felicja Blumental piano (4)
Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Helmuth Froschauer (4)
Recordings: 1968 (1–3); 1969, Vienna (4)
CD3
NIKOLAI MEDTNER 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 –
III. Finale: Allegro molto 17’43
MILY BALAKIREV 1837–1910
Piano Concerto No.2 in E flat
3 I. Allegro non troppo 13’11
4 II. Adagio –
III. Allegro risoluto 18’28
SERGEI LYAPUNOV 1859–1924
5 Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes Op.28 16’23
Total time 78’24
Michael Ponti piano
Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao (1–2)
Westphalian Symphony Orchestra / Siegfried Landau (3–5)
Recordings: 1973 (1–2), 1975 (3–5), Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart
CD4
KABALEVSKY 1904–1987
Piano Concerto No.1 in A minor Op.9
1 I. Moderato quasi andantino 10’54
2 II. Moderato - Allegro assai 10’24
3 III. Vivace marcato 10’21
Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.23
4 I. Allegro moderato 9’33
5 II. Andantino semplice 7’55
6 III. Allegro molto 6’50
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV 1865–1936
7 Piano Concerto No.2 in B Op.100 21’02
Total time 77’12
In-Ju Bang (1–6) • Oxana Yablonskaya (7) piano
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra (1–6) • Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (7)
Dmitry Yablonsky
Recording: 18–23 June 1996, Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia (7); 24–28 December 2004, Studio 5, Russian State TV and Radio Company
KULTURA, Moscow, Russia (1–6)
CD5
DMITRY KABALEVSKY 1904–1987
Piano Concerto No.3 in D Op.50 ‘Youth’
1 I. Allegro molto 6’53
2 II. Andante con moto 5’51
3 III. Presto 5’56
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV 1844–1908
4 Piano Concerto in C sharp minor Op.30 13’58
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV 1865–1936
Piano Concerto No.1 in F minor Op.92
5 I. Allegro moderato 13’27
6 II. Theme with variations 20’52
Total time 67’19
Hsin-Ni Liu (1–4) • Oxana Yablonskaya (5–6) piano
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra (1–4) • Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (5–6)
Dmitry Yablonsky
Recordings: 18–23 June 1996, Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia (5–6); 10–15 June 2005 & 29 November 2006, Studio 5, Russian State TV and Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow, Russia (1–4)
CD6
ARAM KHACHATURIAN 1903–1978
Piano Concerto in D flat
1 I. Allegro ma non troppo e maestoso 14’21
2 II. Andante con anima 11’08
3 III. Allegro brilliante 9’28
4 Concert Rhapsody in D flat for piano and orchestra 24’20
Total time 59’23
Oxana Yablonskaya piano
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky
Recording: December 1995, Mosfilm Studios, Moscow, Russia
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
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
Total time 69’45
Michael Ponti piano
Philharmonia Hungarica / Hans Richard Stracke (1–4)
Hamburg Symphony Orchestra / Richard Kapp (5–7)
Recordings: 1969 (1–4), 1972 (5–7), Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart
CD8
ANTON ARENSKY 1861–1906
Piano Concerto in F minor Op.2
1 I. Allegro maestoso 12’42
2 II. Andante con moto 8’19
3 III. Finale: Allegro molto 6’08
IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI 1860–1941
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.17
4 I. Allegro 16’25
5 II. Romanza: Andante 8’00
6 III. Finale: Allegro molto vivace 9’19
Total time 61’07
Maria Littauer piano (1–3)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Jörg Faerber (1–3)
Felicja Blumental piano (4–6)
Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Helmuth Froschauer (4–6)
Recordings: 1964 (1–3); 1969, Vienna (4–6)
CD9
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN 1872–1915
Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor Op.20
1 I. Allegro 6’56
2 II. Andante 7’29
3 III. Allegro Moderato 10’12
TIKHON KHRENNIKOV 1913–2007
Piano Concerto No.2 Op.21
4 I. Introduction: Moderato 4’15
5 II. Sonata: Allegro con fuoco 5’23
6 III. Rondo: Giocoso – Andantino 6’46
Total time 41’13
Michael Ponti piano (1–3)
Hamburg Symphony Orchestra / Hans Drewanz (1–3)
Evgeny Kissin piano (4–6)
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio / Vladimir Fedoseyev (4–6)
Recordings: 1969 (1–3); 1988, Moscow, Russia LIVE (4–6)
CD10
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 1840–1893
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23
1 I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito 19’23
2 II. Andante semplice – Prestissimo 6’25
3 III. Allegro con fuoco 6’53
Piano Concerto No.2 in G Op.44
4 I. Allegro brilliante 20’18
5 II. Andante non troppo 8’56
6 III. Allegro con fuoco 7’56
Total time 69’56
Derek Han piano
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Freeman
CD11
SERGEI RACHMANINOV 1873–1943
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18
1 I. Moderato 10’08
2 II. Adagio sostenuto 11’06
3 III. Allegro scherzando 11’31
Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor Op.30
4 I. Allegro ma non tanto 17’33
5 II. Intermezzo 11’43
6 III. Finale: Alla breve 14’28
Total time 76’44
National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine / Vladimir Sirenko (1–3)
Bernd Glemser piano (4–6)
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk (4–6)
Recordings: December 1992, National Concert Hall, Dublin (4–6);
1 February 2003, Chassé Theatre, Breda, The Netherlands (1–3)
CD12
SERGEI PROKOFIEV 1891–1953
Piano Concerto No.3 in C Op.26
1 I. Andante – Allegro 9’24
2 II. Tema con variazioni 9’27
3 III. Allegro ma non troppo 9’34
Piano Concerto No.4 in B flat Op.53
4 I. Vivace 4’31
5 II. Andante 12’13
6 III. Moderato 8’23
7 IV. Vivace 1’31
8 Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat Op.10 15’58
Total time 71’39
Kun-Woo Paik piano
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit
Recording: 13–18 May 1991, Concert Hall of the Polish Radio, Katowice
CD13
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH 1906–1975
Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor Op.35
1 I. Allegro moderato 6’06
2 II. Lento 8’15
3 III. Moderato 1’54
4 IV. Allegro con brio 6’58
Piano Concerto No.2 in F Op.102
5 I. Allegro 7’26
6 II. Andante 6’53
7 III. Allegro 5’31
Total time 43’18
Boris Giltburg piano
Rhys Owens trumpet (1–4)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko
Recording: January 2016, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UK
CD14
BORIS TCHAIKOVSKY 1925–1996
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
1 I. 5’43
2 II. 8’48
3 III. 6’39
4 IV. 6’56
5 V. 6’29
ALEXANDER MOSOLOV 1900–1973
Piano Concerto No.1 Op.14
6 I. Andante lugubre (lento) 9’00
7 II. Tema con concertini:
Lento sostenuto 11’22
8 III. Allegro – Molto marcato 4’23
Total time 59’43
Olga Solovieva piano (1–5)
Pavel Alfyorov double bass (2)
Russian Academy of Music Chamber Orchestra / Timur Mynbaev (1–5)
Steffen Schleiermacher piano (6–8)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Johannes Kalitzke (6–8)
Recordings: 12 May 2005, Mosfilm Studios (1–5);
February 2014, Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin (6–8)
CD15
SERGEI BORTKIEWICZ 1877–1952
Piano Concerto No.2 for the left hand Op.28
1 I. Allegro dramatico 6’14
2 II. Allegretto 11’51
3 III. Allegro dramatico 4’12
4 IV. Allegro vivo 6’59
Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.32
5 I. Grave 4’18
6 II. Cadenza 1’54
7 III. Andante 10’54
8 IV. Lento – Maestoso – Solenne 9’59
9 V. Moderato 5’57