Heimkehr aus der Fremde Overture & Concerto on E
Victor Sangiorgio / Royal Northern Sinfonia / Martin Yates
CDLX 7312 - 0765387731229
Dutton Epoch’s first recording with Royal Northern Sinfonia features pianist Victor Sangiorgio, brilliant in two romantic concertos of the mid-nineteenth century but given a modern twist: Martin Yates’ realisation of the surviving fragments of Mendelssohn’s unfinished Piano Concerto in E and Balakirev’s very Russian orchestration of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1. With this realisation of the Mendelssohn Piano Concerto, Martin Yates has produced another compelling performing edition that stands alongside other similar projects for Dutton Epoch such as his realisation of E. J. Moeran’s Sketches for Symphony No. 2. Balakirev scored Chopin’s Concerto at the very end of his life. He viewed it as a “Grand Concerto,” and with its use of modern brass and the cor anglais, he brings a Russian flavour to Chopin’s sound-world that has to be heard
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1Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde, Op. 89: Overture07:30
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2Concerto in E Major for Piano and Orchestra, MWV O 5: I. Allegro molto vivace12:05
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3Concerto in E Major for Piano and Orchestra, MWV O 5: II. Andante08:19
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4Concerto in E Major for Piano and Orchestra, MWV O 5: III. Finale. Andante - Allegro vivace - Presto07:31
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5Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro maestoso19:19
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6Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romanza. Larghetto09:26
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7Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: III. Rondo. Vivace10:35