Walter Braunfels - Piano Concerto, Schottische Phantasie | Dutton - Epoch CDLX7304

Walter Braunfels - Piano Concerto, Schottische Phantasie

Label: Dutton - Epoch

Cat No: CDLX7304

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 6th December 2013

Contents

Artists

Victor Sangiorgio (piano)
Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola)
BBC Concert Orchestra

Conductor

Johannes Wildner

Works

Braunfels, Walter

Ariels Gesang, op.18 (after Shakespeare's 'The Tempest')
Piano Concerto, op.21
Schottische Phantasie for viola and orchestra, op.47

Artists

Victor Sangiorgio (piano)
Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola)
BBC Concert Orchestra

Conductor

Johannes Wildner

About

German composer Walter Braunfels built a considerable reputation before the 1930s as composer, pianist and teacher. Since his death in 1954 his operas have been heard again, and Dutton Epoch now presents world premiere recordings of two remarkable concertos, for piano and viola.

These are considerable discoveries: the Piano Concerto, Op.21, first performed in 1911, is notable for its sweeping cantilenas, vivid expression and orchestral colour. Victor Sangiorgio is authoritative in the demanding solo part. Over twenty years later came the Schottische Phantasie for Viola & Orchestra, Op.47, a large-scale viola concerto eloquently played here by Sarah-Jane Bradley.

The programme is completed by the Shakespeare-inspired miniature tone poem Ariels Gesang, Op.18.

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