Hamilton Harty: Piano Concerto

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Harty wrote his Piano Concerto in 1922 and gave the first performance the following year with Beecham at the helm of the Hallé Orchestra.
Unashamedly indebted to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov (the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 30th Jan 2006
Catalogue No: 8557731
Label: Naxos
Series: British Piano Concertos
Length: 55 minutes

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Harty: A Comedy Overture

Work length13:18

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Ulster Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa

Harty: Fantasy Scenes on an Eastern Romance

Work length11:52

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Ulster Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa

I. The Laughing Juggler

Track length3:42

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$1.30

II. A Dancer’s Reverie

Track length3:02

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III. Lonely in Moonlight

Track length2:33

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IV. In the Slave Market

Track length2:35

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Harty: Piano Concerto in B Minor

Work length29:52

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Peter Donohoe
Ulster Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa

I. Allegro risoluto

Track length10:54

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II. Tranquillo e calmo

Track length8:55

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III. Con brio e vivace

Track length10:03

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2010

Harty wrote his Piano Concerto in 1922 and gave the first performance the following year with Beecham at the helm of the Hallé Orchestra.
Unashamedly indebted to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov (the finale even boasts a near-crib from the latter's Second Concerto), it's a thoroughly endearing, red-blooded affair, but not without its occasional longueurs.
Or at least that's how it seemed up until now.
Peter Donohoe and Takuo Yuasa drive a truly propulsive (and, it must be said, purposeful) course through both outer movements. The piano sometimes sounds a little tired but Donohoe's bravura is frequently jaw-dropping and there's no lack of enthusiasm or sensitivity about the orchestral support. A refreshing and instructive display.
The Concerto is preceded by a similarly mobile, mostly spick-and-span account of Harty's delightful A Comedy Overture of 1906 and what is the first commercial recording of the Fantasy Scenes (from an Eastern Romance). These appeared in 1919 and comprise four fetching vignettes which nod appreciatively towards the likes of Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin and Balakirev; Yuasa and company do them proud. Nor can there be any major grumbles about the recording, which is commendably truthful.
Altogether a most enjoyable release and well worth its modest asking price.

May 2006

Harty wrote his Piano Concerto in 1922…thoroughly endearing, red-blooded affair, but Donohoe's bravura is frequently jaw-dropping and there's no lack of enthusiasm or sensitivity about the orchestral support. A refreshing and instructive display. The Concerto is preceded by a similarly mobile, mostly spick-and-span account of Harty's delightful A Comedy Overture of 1906... and... the Fantasy Scenes... These appeared in 1919 and comprise four fetching vignettes which non appreciatively towards the likes of Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin and Balakirev. ...Yuasa and company do them proud. Altogether a most enjoyable release...

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