Artist: Xiayin Wang, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Peter Oundjian

Title: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 - Scriabin: Piano Concerto, Op. 20

Year Of Release: 2018

Label: Chandos

Genre: Classical, Piano

Quality: flac files 24 - 96 +booklet

Total Time: 01:15:09



Tracklist

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01. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso

02. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55: II. Andantino simplice-Allegro vivace assai

03. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55: III. Allegro con fuoco

04. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 75, TH 65

05. Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 20: I. Allegro

06. Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 20: II. Andante

07. Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 20: III. Allegro moderato



Following her acclaimed recording of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in 2016 (Editor’s Choice, Gramophone), Xiayin Wang here completes the trio with No. 1 and the posthumously published No. 3, alongside Scriabin’s only concerto. Whether Tchaikovsky gave his consent to the virtuoso Alexander Ziloti to revise his Piano Concerto No. 1 is unknown, but Wang here presents the lesser-recorded original version. Piano Concerto No. 3 was originally begun as a symphony, all of which except the first movement was ultimately abandoned; that surviving movement was later completed as a singlemovement concert work for piano and orchestra. Scriabin finished his piano concerto in only a few days, although it took months to orchestrate it before the 1897 premiere. Sensitively played by Wang, the concerto shows a naïve charm that even Scriabin, at his most translucent, would struggle to recapture once his career got underway.