Xaver Scharwenka : Piano Concerto No. 2 and Piano Concerto No. 3 [Import]

Xaver Scharwenka (Composer), Tadeusz Strugala (Conductor), Radio Philharmonie Hannover des NDR (Orchestra), Seta Tanyel (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Seta Tanyel
• Orchestra: Radio Philharmonie Hannover des NDR
• Conductor: Tadeusz Strugala
• Composer: Xaver Scharwenka
• Audio CD (September 9, 2003)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B00009WQV0
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,318 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Allegro

2. Adagio

3. Allegro Non Troppo

4. Maestoso

5. Adagio

6. Allegro Non Troppo

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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 9-SEP-2003

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some of the greatest romantic piano concertos on offer, November 11, 2005

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I. J. J. Nieuwland "Ilja Nieuwland" (Den Haag) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Xaver Scharwenka : Piano Concerto No. 2 and Piano Concerto No. 3 (Audio CD)

If this recording proves anything, it is the randomness of the piano canon. For here we have two largely forgotten piano concertos that can hold their own against almost anything you throw at them - and are preferable to much that is recycled every season in many a concert hall.
Yet both of these Scharwenka concertos are very different. The second concerto is a fiery affair, a proper vehicle for the soloist to show her skills. Number three, on the other hand, is perhaps the most contemplative of the Scharwenka concertos, with an uncharacteristically laid-back, but truly moving adagio.
Both are very demanding on the soloist, but Tanyel, so obviously at home with this repertoire, pulls off a splendid performance, as do Strugala and his orchestra. The second concerto has also been recorded by Laurence Jeanningros with Paul Freeman conducting the Czech National Orchestra, but the results are comparable and this is probably the more attractive coupling (Jeanningros' is with the more immature first concerto). Highly recommended.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Recording-Tanyel's Best!!!, February 1, 2008

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Darin Tysdal (Bloomington, MN 55420) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Xaver Scharwenka : Piano Concerto No. 2 and Piano Concerto No. 3 (Audio CD)

I reviewed this CD under it's first incarnation on the Collins Classics label. That disc had a small blemish on it, so I was overjoyed that Hyperion was able to get the rights to rerelease this disc. It was even lost in my extensive CD collection and it took me about 2 weeks to find it in another CD case! I would have rebought it if I hadn't found it, because I really love this recording. Because of it, I want to learn the 2nd concerto and perform it someday. It is really influenced by the Beethoven 3rd concerto, but romanticized. The last movement was made famous by Raymond Lewenthal on an old Sony LP, but he also revised the ending because of the reference in the coda to the first movement. I much prefer the original version, as performed here. The 3rd concerto also has much to recommend it, and this is it's only recording to date. Scharwenka makes much out of the opening theme but somehow making it fresh. This work is more of a fantasia than anything else, but it is very strong thanks to Tanyel, Strugala and company. Heartily recommended!!!

10 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, If Not Great Music, January 24, 2004

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Alan Beggerow (Sterling, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Xaver Scharwenka : Piano Concerto No. 2 and Piano Concerto No. 3 (Audio CD)

With colorful orchestration and a piano part naturally brilliant, these concerti are most interesting. As with all the recordings in this series by Hyperion, the works are at the very least enjoyable to listen to. Not all of them are classics, but many of them deserve a listen now and then.

The real value of this series is that now there is a comparison available. The standard 'war horses' of the concert stage deserve their fame, but these concerti also deserve a listen to. There are some real gems in this series, and if nothing else it underlines why the 'war horses' are perhaps of greater musical value.

Not every novel that is written is equal to War And Peace, or The Old Man And The Sea, but it sure is refreshing to read something different by a different author once in a while. The same applies to these unknown concerti.

Recommended, along with the other discs in the series.