Composer: Nikolai Kapustin
Performer: Frank Dupree, Adrian Brendle
Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Conductor: Dominik Beykirch
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Capriccio
Catalogue: C5495
Release: 2023
Size: 573 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 72
Concerto for two pianos & percussion, op. 104
02. I. Allegro moderato
03. II. Largo
04. III. Allegro impetuoso
Sinfonietta, Op. 49
05. I. Overture. Allegro
06. II. Slow Waltz. Larghetto
07. III. Intermezzo. Allegretto
08. IV. Rondo. Presto
When western audiences discovered the music of Nikolai Kapustin, they were truly shocked: Who was this Soviet (!) composer, whose music sounded more like an Oscar Peterson improvisation than anything else – but who wrote detailed scores, black with notes? As we discover more and more of his music (and there’s so much more yet to discover), a very distinct, always wholly charming voice emerges, whether in a freewheeling outright-jazzy work like his Concerto for 2 Pianos and Percussion, the more symphonic Fifth Piano Concerto, or the frisky Sinfonietta which transports us into a smoky 1940s bar in Manhattan.