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Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op.30 - Rimsky-Korsakov |
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 Rimsky-Korsakoff's piano concerto must surely be among the shortest to claim the title, particularly
in the Romantic era. Yet it is full of delight and deserves to be better
known. Written in the middle of his life, it seems to have had little
impact on him - "I cannot clearly recall exactly when I first
conceived the thought of setting to work on the Piano Concerto, nor when
the concert was finally ready and orchestrated." (It dates from
1882-3.)
The
music is based on a Russian theme, and can be considered a fantasy that
has been divided into three tempi, corresponding to the three movements
of the concerto. It is written after the style of Liszt, as the composer
happily admits, and one may well hear echoes of Liszt's E flat Concerto
in this piece.
Here
we find one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century, Paul
Badura-Skoda (left), in one of his earliest LP recordings,
made for Westminster in 1950 and then paired with Scriabin's concerto
(PASC031). Despite some rather dubious original
recorded sound, Peter Harrison at disk2disc has done wonders to
make this once again worth hearing!
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Second
Movement:
Andante mosso |
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