Concerto no. 1, op. 32

Album by Xaver Scharwenka & Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev & Nikolai Karlovich Medtner & Eugen d’ Albert & Earl Wild & Erich Leinsdorf & Boston Symphony Orchestra

Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 32 is a piano concerto by Polish–German composer Xaver Scharwenka, composed in 1876. The work exemplifies late-Romantic pianistic writing with virtuosic, lyrical piano passages set against rich orchestral textures, and it represents an early, career-defining large-scale concerto that helped establish Scharwenka's reputation as a pianist-composer in the Romantic tradition.
First released: November 2016

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 32: I Allegro patetico - Adagio - Allegro animato
    10:29
  2. 2.
    Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 32: II Allegro assai
    7:03
  3. 3.
    Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 32: III Allegro non tanto - Allegro molto e passionato - Cadenza. Maestoso - Allegro patetico (come primo)
    10:43
  4. 4.
    Réminiscences de l’opéra Une vie pour le tsar de Glinka
    12:06
  5. 5.
    Improvisation, op. 31/1
    7:19
  6. 6.
    Scherzo in F-sharp major, op. 16/2
    4:56

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