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Alkan/Henselt: Piano Concertos

~ Valentin Alkan (Composer), Adolf Henselt (Composer), Martyn Brabbins (Conductor), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Marc-André Hamelin (Performer)
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  • Performer: Marc-André Hamelin
  • Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Martyn Brabbins
  • Composer: Valentin Alkan, Adolf Henselt
  • Audio CD (1 Jan 2000)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Hyperion
  • ASIN: B000002ZUA
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 168,165 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Piano Concerto In F Minor, Op. 16: Allegro Patetico - Religioso - Reprise
2. Piano Concerto in F Minor Op.16: Larghetto
3. Piano Concerto in F Minor Op.16: Allegro Agitato
4. Variations De Concert Op.11: Introduzione (Larghetto ma non troppo)
5. Variations De Concert Op.11: Theme (Moderato)
6. Variations De Concert Op.11: Variation 1 (Grazioso assai)
7. Variations De Concert Op.11: Variation 2 (Un pocco Più lento e sostenuto)
8. Variations De Concert Op.11: Variation 3 (Scherzando)
9. Variations De Concert Op.11: Variation 4 (Con fuoco e pomposo)
10. Variations De Concert Op.11: Variation 5 (Vivace ma non troppo)
11. Variations De Concert Op.11: Adagio - Cadenza
12. Variations De Concert Op.11: Finale (Allegro vivace)
13. Concerto Da Camera in C Sharp Minor Op.10 No.2: Allegro moderato
14. Concerto Da Camera in C Sharp Minor Op.10 No.2: Adagio
15. Concerto Da Camera in C Sharp Minor Op.10 No.2: Tempo 1
16. Concerto Da Camera In A Minor Op.10 No.1: Allegro moderato
17. Concerto Da Camera In A Minor Op.10 No.1: Adagio
18. Concerto Da Camera In A Minor Op.10 No.1: Rondo: Allegro
On this CD:
  1. Concerto da camera No. 1 in A minor
    Composed by Valentin Alkan
    Performed by BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
    with Marc-André Hamelin
    Conducted by Martyn Brabbins

  2. Concerto da camera No. 2 in C sharp minor
    Composed by Valentin Alkan
    Performed by BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
    with Marc-André Hamelin
    Conducted by Martyn Brabbins

  3. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F minor
    Composed by Adolf Henselt
    Performed by BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
    with Marc-André Hamelin
    Conducted by Martyn Brabbins

  4. Variations de concert on 'Quand je quittai la Normandie' from Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable'
    Composed by Adolf Henselt
    Performed by BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
    with Marc-André Hamelin
    Conducted by Martyn Brabbins

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3.0 out of 5 stars Well worth getting as the works are unusual and well played, 14 Nov 2001
Neither Henselt nor Alkan are particularly well known, but both were excellent pianists, wrote exceptionally difficult music and had the misfortune to be overshadowed by their more illustrious contemporaries, namely Chopin and Liszt. The two works by Alkan are more like concertinos than concertos and tend towards the style of Mendelssohn and Weber. They are technically difficult, but Marc-Andre Hamelin is more than up to the task. Henselt's concerto is a real 'hum-dinger' of a piece and is the complete antithesis of (say) a Mozart concerto in that the piano is not playing 'in concert' with the orchestra. This is an out-and-out battle, a fight to the death, with the forces of the orchestra on one side opposing the piano on the other. It is a very exciting, dramatic and full-blooded romantic work with dynamics ranging from ppp to ffff. Here, I think Hamelin's playing style is not quite appropriate. Although he is technically excellent, he is just too refined and too accurate. This piece needs a 'dirty' player that brings out the blood and guts, something that is captured in recordings by the pianist Raymond Lewenthal. In summary it is well worth getting this recording as the works are unusual and well performed but the Henselt is let down by playing that is 'too good'.
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