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Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concerto No. 4; Caprice in E major; Bache: Piano Concerto

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Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concerto No. 4; Caprice in E major; Bache: Piano Concerto
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StudioHyperion UK
Release DateOctober 9, 2007
UPC Code034571175959
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Tracks

  1. Allegro con maesta
  2. Barcarole: Andante cantabile e con moto
  3. Presto: Agitato
  4. Allegro non troppo
  5. Andante
  6. Allegro non assai

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User Reviews

Average user review: 5.0 (3 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteDelightfulQuote
As this wonderful CD demonstrates, there was much going on in the middle of the 19th Century that is not reflected in today's standard repertoire. The two works by William Sterndale Bennett are tuneful, beautifully constructed, and full of bravura passages for the soloist. Howard Shelley demonstrates once again that he is one of our more treasurable artists. Not only is his piano playing vivid and exciting, but somehow he manages to direct the orchestra at the same time in elegant but full-bodied accompaniments. Leader Elizabeth Layton probably deserves some of the credit for the latter. As for the Bache concerto, it is really wonderful, inventive and exciting with soaring melodies. Since Bache died of tuberculosis at age 25, he is one of the tantalizing "what ifs" of music history. It is hard to believe that the Bache is a first recording. The sound engineering of this CD is full-bodied and well-balanced, if perhaps lacking the last word in presence. One only can hope, forlornly, that other pianists will take up these pieces. April 2, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteWilliam Sterndale Bennet and Francis Edward BacheQuote
The latest addition to Hyperion's collection of Romantic Piano Concertos, and as usual it is an interesting recording of rather unknown works, with excellent sound. It also has the merit of including a first world recording of the Piano Concerto in E major op. 18 of Francis Edward Bache. December 2, 2007

rating: 5 QuoteMAGNIFICENT MUSIC!Quote
I MUST GIVE THANKS TO HYPERION FOR THEIR EXCELLENT SERIES OF ROMANTIC PIANO, VIOLIN AND CELLO CONCERTOS, OF WHICH I OWN EVERY RECORDING THAT HAS SO FAR APPEARED. THE SERIES AS A WHOLE, AND EACH INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE, MERITS FIVE STARS. November 27, 2007

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