The Romantic Piano Concerto 37 - Nápravník & Blumenfeld - Hyperion: CDA67511 - CD or download

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There is plenty of bravura writing in the Lisztian Allegro de concert and Evgeny Soifertis throws it all off in great style and musical intelligence. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2005

Release Date: 27th Jun 2005
Catalogue No: CDA67511
Label: Hyperion
Series: The Romantic Piano Concerto
Length: 57 minutes

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Nápravník: Concerto symphonique in A minor Op. 27

Work length31:20

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Evgeny Soifertis (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Titov

I. Allegro energico

Track length12:58

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II. Larghetto

Track length7:15

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III. Allegro vivace

Track length11:07

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Blumenfeld: Allegro de concert in A major Op. 7

Work length14:01

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Evgeny Soifertis (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Titov

Nápravník: Fantaisie russe in B minor Op. 39

Work length12:22

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Evgeny Soifertis (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Titov

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Eduard Napravnk is hardly a household name, but he was one of the most important figures in nineteenth-century Russian music. As conductor of the Mariinsky Theatreone of the finest opera houses in Europe, which became the Kirov Theatrehe worked with many of the most important composers of the day, including Tchaikovsky and The Five. He composed four operas, and many works in a range of genres, including four symphonies and the two works for piano and orchestra on this disc. His A minor Piano Concerto (1877) begins with a striking reference to the Dies irae of Verdis Requiem, and is a work of tremendous energy and lyricism, with a nocturne-like slow movement and a dance-like finale. The Fantaisie russe (1881) is based on three Russian folk tunes, and is infectious in its melodic richness and thrilling in its virtuosity. Felix Blumenfeld is probably best known as the piano teacher of Vladimir Horowitz and Simon Barere, but he too was a key figure in Russian music, as pianist, conductor, editor, teacher and composer. His Allegro de concert (1889) combines an oriental flavour reminiscent of Glinka, Rubinstein and Balakirev with piano-writing that owes much to Liszt. Evgeny Soifertis, who was born in Kiev but has settled in London, breathes life into these neglected scores and plays with zestful energy and poetic repose. He is superbly supported by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Titov, and this is another distinguished addition to Hyperions exploratory Romantic Piano Concerto series.

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October 2005

There is plenty of bravura writing in the Lisztian Allegro de concert and Evgeny Soifertis throws it all off in great style and musical intelligence.

The Romantic Piano Concerto 37 - Nápravník & Blumenfeld

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