Tchaikovsky / Wang: Piano Concertos – SUPER-AUDIO CD

Title: Piano Concertos
Artist: Tchaikovsky / Wang
Label: Chandos
Product Type: SUPER-AUDIO CD
UPC: 095115521625
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2018-11-16
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: HYBRID SACD

Following her acclaimed recording of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in 2016, 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 single-movement 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.

Tracks:
1.1 Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat minor, Op. 23 (1879 Version) Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il’yich – Classical Composer
1.2 I. Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso 00:19:34
1.3 II. Andantino Simplice 00:07:13
1.4 III. Allegro Con Fuoco 00:06:46
1.5 Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 75 00:15:10
1.6 Piano Concerto in F-Sharp minor, Op. 20 Scriabin, Alexander – Classical Composer
1.7 I. Allegro 00:07:21
1.8 II. Andante 00:07:40
1.9 III. Allegro Moderato 00:10:44