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11/11/10 at 6:46pm

That's quite the collection, what a tribute. I have Trancendental Etudes and Other Works for Piano on the turntable at the moment, by Lazar Berman.

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post #92 of 92
11/12/10 at 2:26pm

I have purchased every The Romantic Piano Concerto Release Hyperion Records (of London) has released. Of considerable notes are these concertos:

 

Litolff's Piano Concerto No.3 in E-Flat Major "National Hollandais"

 

Marx's "Romantic" Piano Concerto in E Major

 

Holbrooke's Piano Concerto No.1 'The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd'

 

Medtner's Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor

 

Arensky's Piano Concerto in F Minor

 

D'Albert's Piano Concerto No.2 in E Major

 

Moscheles's Piano Concerto No.4 in E Major

 

Some of these names might sound familiar to those who study music history, but ALL of these works should be played more. They are just as good, if not better, than than those written by the major composers (Brahms, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, and Tchaikovsky).

 

I am slowly understading that history, not the audience, get's to choose the best composer.

 

Missing from this set are the concerto's of Sigismond Thalberg, of which I await a high quality release. 

 

As far as solo piano recordings are concerned, look no further than Marc-Andre Hamelin's release of Godowsky's arrangements of Chopin's etudes (both sets). This set of etudes is simply the most impressive piano music ever written. 

 


Edited by Creibold - 11/12/10 at 2:29pm
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