Hindemith: The Complete Piano Concertos

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Biret is not noted, perhaps, as a Hindemith specialist but she turns in polished performances throughout. Tempi are on the slow side...But this is good value, the performances by Biret and the... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2013 More…

Release Date: 30th Sep 2013
Catalogue No: 8573201-02
Label: Naxos
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

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Hindemith: Concert Music, Op. 49

Work length28:15

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Idil Biret, Olivia Coates, Chelsea Lane
Yale Symphony Orchestra
Toshiyuki Shimada

I. Ruhig gehende Viertel

Track length6:47

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II. Lebhaft

Track length6:00

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III. Variationen. Sehr ruhig

Track length7:32

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IV. Mäßig schnell, kraftvoll

Track length7:56

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Hindemith: Die vier Temperamente

Work length31:15

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Idil Biret
Yale Symphony Orchestra
Toshiyuki Shimada

Theme

Track length6:34

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Var. 1, Melancholisch

Track length6:18

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Var. 2, Sanguinisch

Track length6:19

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Var. 3, Phlegmatisch

Track length5:38

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Var. 4, Cholerisch

Track length6:26

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Hindemith: Piano Music with Orchestra, Op. 29

Work length19:15

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Idil Biret
Yale Symphony Orchestra
Toshiyuki Shimada

I. Einleitung. Mäßige schnelle Halbe

Track length2:30

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II. Sehr lebhafte Halbe

Track length3:14

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III. Trio. Basso ostinato - Langsame Viertel, nur sehr wenig Ausdruck

Track length7:22

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IV. Finale. Bewegte Halbe

Track length6:09

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Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 2 Op. 36 No. 1 Klavierkonzert

Work length23:11

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Idil Biret
Yale Symphony Orchestra
Toshiyuki Shimada

I. Sehr lebhafte Achtel

Track length3:20

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II. Sehr langsame Achtel

Track length11:56

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III. Kleines Potpourri. Sehr lebhafte Viertel

Track length1:43

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IV. Finale. Schnelle Viertel

Track length6:12

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Hindemith: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Work length32:34

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Idil Biret
Yale Symphony Orchestra
Toshiyuki Shimada

I. Maßig schnell

Track length10:09

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II. Langsam

Track length10:38

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III. Medley "Tre Fontane"

Track length11:47

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Hindemith wrote many varied pieces of music for piano with orchestral accompaniment. He intended his Theme with Four Variations (The Four Temperaments) as an experimental ballet, and it was first performed in this way in 1946 with choreography by George Balanchine. The manuscript of the Piano Music with Orchestra was found amongst pianist Paul Wittgenstein’s papers after his wife’s death in 2001. The Concerto for Piano and Orchestra is astutely conceived, whilst the Concert Music for Piano, Brass and Two Harps reveals Hindemith’s constant search for varied sound colour in his instrumentation.

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December 2013

Biret is not noted, perhaps, as a Hindemith specialist but she turns in polished performances throughout. Tempi are on the slow side...But this is good value, the performances by Biret and the accompanying Yale Symphony Orchestra very competent, one or two minor blemishes aside.

6th January 2014

Biret, who has dispelled the murmurs of the doubters and is now correctly recognised as a great artist, does sterling service to the memory of Paul Hindemith, as do both orchestra and conductor. This set should be explored by anybody who has not heard these works before. They will be pleasantly surprised by the wealth of enjoyment that is to be had in them.

Hindemith: The Complete Piano Concertos

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