Composer: Julius Röntgen
Performer: Matthias Kirschnereit
Orchestra: NDR Radiophilharmonie
Conductor: David Porcelijn
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 777398-2
Release: 2011
Size: 226 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Op. 18
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Larghetto espressivo
03. III. Finale – Allegro con brio
Piano Concerto No. 4 in F major
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Larghetto espressivo
06. III. Finale – Allegro con brio
This disc marks the first in a series dedicated to Julius Röntgen’s Piano Concertos. Röntgen’s second piano concerto is clearly obliged to German romanticism and combines the lighter form of a Mendelssohn Concerto with the somewhat weightier form akin to Schumann or Brahms. In contrast, reminiscences of Brahms or Beethoven are hardly heard at all in his fourth piano concerto. Both concertos appear here in their world première recordings.
CPO is proud to present the much sought after and bravura German pianist Matthias Kirschnereit playing alongside the NDR Radiophilharmonie of Hannover under the Dutch conductor David Porcelijn.
