The Romantic Piano Concerto - 1991-2007 Edition - Box Set 50CDs

Label : Hyperion

Format : Flac (image + cue)

Cover : Yes

This first edition of a total of two boxes covers the beginnings of the series from 1991 to 2007. It comprises an impressive 130 works, 14 orchestras, 21 conductors, 19 pianists, and 59 different composers. The booklet contains introductory texts by Stephen Hough and Piers Lane, as well as newly commissioned essays by Andrew Keener, who produced half of the series, and Mike Spring, the initiator of this project, whose encyclopedic knowledge of the piano repertoire made the entire series possible in the first place. The individual sleeves are based on the original album covers. The booklet also contains an index to facilitate the search for composers, works, and performers.

CD 1

Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E major, Op. 59

Paderewski: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17

Piers Lane (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk

 

CD 2

Medtner: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 50

Medtner: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E minor, Op. 60 'Ballade'

Nikolai Demidenko (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk

 

CD 3

Mendelssohn: Concerto in A flat major for Two Pianos and Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Concerto in E major for Two Pianos and Orchestra

Stephen Coombs (piano), Ian Munro (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk

 

CD 4

Arensky: Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 2

Arensky: Fantasia on Russian folksongs, Op. 48

Bortkiewicz: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 16

Stephen Coombs (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk

 

CD 5

Rimsky Korsakov: Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op. 30

Balakirev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1

Balakirev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat major

Malcolm Binns (piano)

English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones

 

CD 6

Dohnányi: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 5

Dohnányi: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 42

Martin Roscoe (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Fedor Glushchenko

 

CD 7

Henselt: Piano Concerto in F minor Op. 16

Henselt: Variations de Concert, Op. 11, on 'Quand je quittai la Normandie' from Meyerbeer's 'Robert le Diable'

Alkan: Concerto da Camera in C sharp minor Op. 10 No. 2

Alkan: Concerto da Camera in A minor Op. 10 No. 1

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

 

CD 8

Medtner: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 33

Dmitri Alexeev (piano)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev

Medtner: Piano Quintet in C major Op. post

Dmitri Alexeev (piano), New Budapest Quartet

 

CD 9

Albert, E: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B minor, Op. 2

Albert, E: Piano Concerto No. 2 in E major, Op. 12

Piers Lane (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,Alun Francis

 

CD 10

Weber: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, J. 98, Op. 11

Weber: Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, J. 155, Op. 32

Weber: Konzertstück in F minor, Op. 79 for piano & orchestra

Nikolai Demidenko (piano)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

 

CD 11

Scharwenka, X: Piano Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 82

Sauer: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor

Stephen Hough (piano)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster

 

CD 12

Parry: Piano Concerto in F sharp major

Stanford: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G major Op. 59

Piers Lane (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

 

CD 13

Glazunov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 92

Glazunov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B major Op. 100

Goedicke: Concertstück in D major Op. 11

Stephen Coombs (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

 

CD 14

Litolff: Concerto Symphonique No. 2 in B minor, Op. 22

Litolff: Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102

Peter Donohoe (piano)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton

 

CD 15

Massenet: Piano Concerto in E flat major

Hahn, R: Piano Concerto in E major

Stephen Coombs (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce

 

CD 16

Huss: Piano Concerto in B major Op. 10

Schelling: Suite Fantastique for piano and orchestra Op. 7

Ian Hobson (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

 

CD 17

Mendelssohn: Capriccio Brillant in B minor Op. 22

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

Mendelssohn: Rondo brillant in E flat major, Op. 29

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40

Mendelssohn: Serenade and Allegro giocoso, Op. 43, for piano and orchestra

Stephen Hough (piano)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster

 

CD 18

Marx: Romantisches Klavierkonzert in E major

Korngold: Piano Concerto in C sharp (for the left hand), Op.17

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä

 

CD 19

Tovey, D: Piano Concerto in A major Op. 15

Mackenzie: Scottish Concerto Op. 55

Steven Osborne (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

 

CD 20

Brüll: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major Op. 10

Brüll: Andante and Allegro Op. 88

Brüll: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C major Op. 24

Martin Roscoe (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

 

CD 21

Kullak: Piano Concerto in C minor Op. 55

Dreyschock: Piano Concerto in D minor Op. 137

Piers Lane (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willén

 

CD 22

Busoni: Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 39

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mark Elder

 

CD 23

Holbrooke: Piano Concerto No. 1, 'The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd', Op. 52

Wood, Haydn: Concerto in D minor for piano and orchestra

Hamish Milne (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

 

CD 24

Vianna da Motta: Ballada, for solo piano, Op. 16 (1905)

Vianna da Motta: Fantasia Dramática, for piano and orchestra (1893)

Artur Pizarro (piano)

Gulbenkian Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

 

CD 25

MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 15

MacDowell: Second Modern Suite Op. 14

MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Op. 23

Seta Tanyel (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

 

CD 26

Litolff: Concerto Symphonique No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 45

Litolff: Concerto Symphonique No. 5 in C minor, Op. 123

Peter Donohoe (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton

 

CD 27

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major Op. 17

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major Op. 29

Saint-Saëns: Wedding Cake - Valse-Caprice, Op. 76

Stephen Hough (piano)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo

CD 28

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Op 44

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Op 103

Saint-Saëns: Rapsodie d'Auvergne for piano and orchestra Op 73

Saint-Saëns: Allegro appassionato for piano and orchestra Op 70

Saint-Saëns: Africa. Fantasie for piano and orchestra Op 89

Stephen Hough (piano)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo

 

CD 29

Stojowski: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 3

Stojowski: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A flat major (Prologue, Scherzo and Variations) Op. 32

Jonathan Plowright (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

 

CD 30

Moscheles: Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 56

Moscheles: Piano Concerto No. 3 in G minor, Op. 58

Moscheles: Anticipations of Scotland: A Grand Fantasia Op. 75

Howard Shelley (piano)

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

 

CD 31

Lyapunov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 4

Lyapunov: Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes, Op. 28

Lyapunov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in E major, Op. 38

Hamish Milne (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

CD 32

Fuchs, Robert: Piano Concerto in B flat minor, Op. 27

Kiel: Piano Concerto in B flat major Op. 30

Martin Roscoe (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

 

CD 33

Moscheles: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major, Op. 45

Moscheles: Piano Concerto No. 6 in B flat 'Fantastique', Op. 90

Moscheles: Piano Concerto No. 7 in C minor 'Pathétique', Op. 93

Howard Shelley (piano)

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

 

CD 34

Scharwenka, X: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 56

Scharwenka, X: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C sharp minor Op. 80

Seta Tanyel (piano)

Radio Philharmonie Hannover Des NDR, Tadeusz Strugala

 

CD 35

Pierné, G: Piano Concerto in C minor, Op. 12

Pierné, G: Poëme symphonique in D minor Op. 37

Pierné, G: Fantaisie-Ballet in B flat major Op. 6

Pierné, G: Scherzo-Caprice in D major Op. 25

Stephen Coombs (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ronald Corp

 

CD 36

Herz: Piano Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 34

Herz: Piano Concerto No. 7 in B minor, Op. 207

Herz: Piano Concerto No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 218

Howard Shelley (piano)

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

 

CD 37

Moscheles: Piano Concerto No. 4 in E major, Op. 64

Moscheles: Piano Concerto No. 5 in C major, Op. 87

Moscheles: Recollections of Ireland

Howard Shelley (piano)

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

 

CD 38

Nápravník: Concerto symphonique in A minor Op. 27

Blumenfeld: Allegro de concert in A major Op. 7

Nápravník: Fantaisie russe in B minor Op. 39

Evgeny Soifertis (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Titov

 

CD 39

Scharwenka, X: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 32

Rubinstein, A: Piano Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 70

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern

 

CD 40

Delius: Piano Concerto in C minor

Ireland: Legend

Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat major

Piers Lane (piano)

Ulster Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones

 

CD 41

Herz: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op. 87

Herz: Piano Concerto No. 4 in E major Op. 131

Herz: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F minor Op. 180

Howard Shelley (piano)

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

 

CD 42

Kalkbrenner: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op 61

Kalkbrenner: Piano Concerto No. 4 in A flat major, Op 127

Howard Shelley (piano)

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

 

CD 43

Alnaes: Piano Concerto in D major, Op. 27

Sinding: Piano Concerto in D flat major, Op. 6

Piers Lane (piano)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton

 

CD 44

Bennett, W S: Piano Concerto No 4 in F minor, Op. 19

Bache: Piano Concerto in E major, Op. 18

Bennett, W S: Caprice in E, Op. 22

Howard Shelley (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

 

CD 45

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

Nikolai Demidenko (piano)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Heinrich Schiff

 

CD 46

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20

Nikolai Demidenko (piano)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev

 

CD 47

Chopin: Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano' in B flat major, Op. 2

Chopin: Fantasia in A major on Polish Airs, Op. 13

Chopin: Krakowiak - Concert Rondo in F, Op. 14

Chopin: Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22

Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord

 

CD 48

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton

Brahms: Klavierstücke (4), Op. 119

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

 

CD 49

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40

Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

Stephen Hough (piano)

Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton

CD 50

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Stephen Hough (piano)

Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton