The Hyperion label's "Romantic Piano Concerto" series reaches its 82nd
item with this release, featuring, as in most of the series, pianist
Howard Shelley leading the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra from the
keyboard. It's worth pausing to acknowledge the high quality of the
series; Shelley, in particular, has adapted to a wide variety of musical
idioms and generally represented them effectively. This release offers
the first two concertos of composer Stéphan Elmas (1862-1937). Elmas had
an eventful life that included going deaf after a bout with typhoid,
marrying an armless artist who painted with her feet, and spiriting his
family out of Turkey during the Armenian genocide. He was trained in
Vienna and spent most of his adult life in Geneva; from the works heard
here, there is little that's Armenian about his music. (There is a third
piano concerto, which perhaps will surface later in Hyperion's series.)
Elmas was a formidable virtuoso, more in the Anton Rubinstein mold than
in that of Liszt, although Elmas' career was aided by Liszt in Europe.
The strongest feature of these concertos is their elegant integration of
the virtuoso element into classical forms. At the local level, though,
the influence is Chopin, artfully imitated but without the thrill of
discovery. Shelley's slimmed-down Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra is highly
idiomatic, and the recording at the Federation Concert Hall in Hobart,
Tasmania, is clear and transparent. James Manheim
Tracklist :
Piano Concerto No. 1 In G Minor (1882) (38:53)
Piano Concerto No. 2 In D Minor (1887) (34:59)
Credits :
Concertmaster – Emma McGrath
Orchestra – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Piano, Conductor – Howard Shelley
terça-feira, 2 de janeiro de 2024
ELMAS : Piano Concerto No. 1 In G Minor • Piano Concerto No. 2 In D Minor (Howard Shelley • Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra) (2021) Serie The Romantic Piano Concerto – 82 | FLAC (tracks), lossless
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