Piano Concertos
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DOHLER / DREYSCHOCK
Piano Concertos
Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
[ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 61 / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 10 September 2013
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The Romantic Piano Concerto series reaches Volume 61, and continues to probe into the obscurest depths of the nineteenth-century piano world. Döhler's Piano Concerto in A major and Dreyschock's Salut à Vienne are both first recordings. The two composer-pianists were contemporaries, both child prodigies and both hugely admired in their day. Today their names are not even faintly familiar to concert-goers.
Döhler's Concerto is pure entertainment: a lavishly ornamented virtuoso confection that requires a high-wire act from the soloist from start to finish. Dreyschock's Morceau de concert, Op 27, is dedicated to the Philharmonic Society of London. It opens with a Beethovenian declamation-and indeed throughout the piece there are allusions to several Beethoven works, notably the 'Appassionata' Sonata. Salut à Vienne is a lighthearted but highly effective showpiece.
These all-but-forgotten works live again through the stylish artistry and technical brilliance of Howard Shelley, who is both soloist and conductor of his long-term collaborators, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
"[Shelley's] panache is remarkable and it's a feat to keep the orchestra on track, even if that area is hardly of Brahmsian depth. For all the occasional superficialities of some of the writing, there's no doubting the performers' commitment and Shelley's splendid pianism." MusicWeb International, 8th November 2013
"Howard Shelley seems to have a great deal of fun playing it and is a wonderful advocate for this early Romantic music that he understands so well. I can't imagine anyone who could better serve a composer writing music along the Hummel-Chopin axis. The Tasmanian Symphony, with which Shelley has worked before, gives him their all and sounds impressive in Dreyschock's more densely scored Morceau. In sum, very enjoyable even if Shelley and his band unearth no undying classics here." (AudAud.com Nov 2013)
Tracks:
Piano Concerto in A major Op 7 Theodor Döhler (1814-1856)
Maestoso [13'44]
Adagio [4'09]
Allegretto [10'35]
Morceau de concert in C minor Op 27 [16'42] Alexander Dreyschock (1818-1869)
Salut à Vienne 'Rondo brillant' Op 32 Alexander Dreyschock (1818-1869)
Introduzione - Tempo di marcia - [4'17]
Rondo: Allegro con moto [6'38]
