Composer: Alberto Ginastera
Performer: Xiayin Wang
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Juanjo Mena
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHAN10949
Release: 2018
Size: 1.09 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 28
01. I. Cadenza e varianti
02. II. Scherzo allucinante
03. III. Adagissimo
04. IV. Toccata concertata
Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23
05. I. Tema per Violoncello ed Arpa
06. II. Interludio per Corde
07. III. Variazione giocosa per Flauto
08. IV. Variazione in modo di Scherzo per Clarinetto
09. V. Variazione drammatica per Viola
10. VI. Variazione canonica per Oboe e Fagotto
11. VII. Variazione ritmica per Tromba e Trombone
12. VIII. Variazione in modo di Moto perpetuo per Violino
13. IX. Variazione pastorale per Corno
14. X. Interludio per Fiati
15. XI. Ripresa dal Tema per Contrabasso
16. XII. Variazsione finale in modo di Rondo per Orchestra
Concierto argentino
17. I. Allegretto cantabile
18. II. Adagietto poético
19. III. Allegro rústico
In his final year as BBC Philharmonic’s Chief Conductor, Juanjo Mena completes a highly acclaimed Ginastera series with this third volume.
Like in his previous series ‘La Musica de España’, Mena brings the composer’s creative genius to a more deserved fame, showcasing here three works that belonged to three different period of his compositional life.
While the Concierto Argentino is the most significant score of his early years, drawing directly on Argentinian folk music and full of youthful exuberance, the Variaciones Concertantes (more a concerto for orchestra than a set of variations) assumes a more personal and abstract form in accordance with the development of his harmonic ideas in the later stage of his life.
The rhythmic energy and magic scoring of the ‘neo-expressionist’ piano concerto (as Ginastera defined the third phase of his life) is faithfully expressed by the highly technical and virtuosic playing of Xiayin Wang, widely praised for her recent solo recording of piano works by Enrique Granados.