Alexander Markovich, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Scharwenka: Complete Piano Concertos (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Alexander Markovich, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Scharwenka: Complete Piano Concertos (2014)
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The Polish-born German composer Franz Xaver Scharwenka was a much lauded and beloved figure of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century music. His four piano concertos are central works among his small output. They have here been recorded together for the first time.

Piano Concerto No. 1 was dedicated to Liszt and brought Scharwenka great renown. Originally conceived as a solo piano Fantasy, it was reworked as a piano concerto which in its content, despite a seemingly conventional three-movement structure, reflects its origin as a fantasia. The Second Piano Concerto seems to represent a step back stylistically, echoing the conservative style of Brahms. However, the influence of his native Poland can also be heard in allusions to Chopin as well as in Polish dance elements in the finale. The Third Concerto, in C sharp minor, opens with impressively powerful music reflective of this key signature, but in its highly romantic way it also introduces delicate and lyrical passages. Perhaps the finest of the concertos, the Fourth was met with astonishing enthusiasm at its premiere in 1908. It is an enormously varied work, a quality typified in the ‘roller-coaster’ first movement which moves rapidly from one expressive world to another.

Tracklist:
01. Alexander Markovich, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op. 32, Scharw. 125 – I. Allegro patetico – Più animato – Tempo I – Più animato – Largamente – Adagio – Allegro animato – Tempo I (10:42)
02. Alexander Markovich, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op. 32, Scharw. 125 – II. [Scherzo.] Allegro assai (07:09)
03. Alexander Markovich, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op. 32, Scharw. 125 – III. Allegro non tanto – Molto più vivo – Molto più lento – Quasi adagio – Allegro molto e passionato – Meno mosso (ma un poco) – Cadenza. Maestoso. Senza tempo – Allegro patetico (come primo) (12:24)
04. Alexander Markovich, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op. 56, Scharw. 126 – I. Allegro – Un poco meno mosso – Cadenza – Tempo I – Più lento – Poco più animato – Un poco più lento – Poco più animato – Cadenza – Tempo I (un poco moderato) (18:58)
05. Alexander Markovich, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op. 56, Scharw. 126 – II. Adagio (10:25)
06. Alexander Markovich, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op. 56, Scharw. 126 – III. Allegro non troppo – Più mosso (08:55)
07. Alexander Markovich, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Concerto No.3 in C sharp minor, Op. 80, Scharw. 127 – I. Maestoso – Cadenza. Poco più animato – Poco meno mosso – Meno mosso – Poco più lento – Tempo I – Più mosso (14:08)
08. Alexander Markovich, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Concerto No.3 in C sharp minor, Op. 80, Scharw. 127 – II. Adagio – (06:43)
09. Alexander Markovich, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Concerto No.3 in C sharp minor, Op. 80, Scharw. 127 – II. Allegro non troppo – Meno mosso – Poco più lento, quasi Andante – Allegro non troppo – Meno mosso – Poco più lento, quasi Andante – Maestoso (10:45)
10. Alexander Markovich, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Concerto No.4 in F minor, Op. 82, Scharw. 128 – I. Allegro patetico – Molto più lento – Poco meno mosso – Più lento – Tempo I. Anfangs etwas breit – Tempo I, poco sostenuto – Molto più lento – Tempo I ma tranquillo – Tempo I. Anfangs etwas breit (19:47)
11. Alexander Markovich, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Concerto No.4 in F minor, Op. 82, Scharw. 128 – II. Intermezzo. Allegretto molto tranquillo – Un poco più animato – Cadenza. Un poco più mosso – Schnell, heftig – Quasi Andante – Tempo I (06:53)
12. Alexander Markovich, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Concerto No.4 in F minor, Op. 82, Scharw. 128 – III. Lento, mesto [Lento maestoso] – (06:41)
13. Alexander Markovich, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Concerto No.4 in F minor, Op. 82, Scharw. 128 – III. Allegro con fuoco [Allegro non troppo] – Un poco più animato – Poco più mosso [Vivace] (06:32)

Personnel:
Alexander Markovich piano
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor

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