Composer: Alexander Scriabin, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Xiayin Wang
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor: Peter Oundjian
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHSA5216
Release: 2018
Size: 1.22 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
01. I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
02. II. Andantino simplice – Allegro vivace assai
03. III. Allegro con fuoco
04. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 75
Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Andante
07. 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.