The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.57: Adolf Wiklund | Hyperion - Romantic Piano Concertos CDA67828

The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.57: Adolf Wiklund

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Label: Hyperion - Romantic Piano Concertos

Cat No: CDA67828

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th May 2012

Contents

Artists

Martin Sturfalt (piano)
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Andrew Manze

Works

Wiklund, Adolf

Konsertstycke in C major, op.1
Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, op.10
Piano Concerto no.2 in B minor, op.17

Artists

Martin Sturfalt (piano)
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Andrew Manze

About

Volume 57 in Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series turns up another ‘discovery’: the music of Swedish composer Adolf Wiklund. These little-known but lusciously tuneful works are characterized by big-boned, symphonic gestures reminiscent of Rachmaninov, yet tempered with the Nordic clarity of Grieg.

Wiklund’s two piano concertos are central to his output, and in fact they enjoyed considerable popularity in Sweden until as recently as fifty years ago, when modernist sensibilities deemed them unfashionable.

This glittering performance from Martin Sturfält and the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, directed by brilliant violinist-turned-conductor Andrew Manze, is bound to bring this unfairly neglected music back into general currency.
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