MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liebermann: Piano Concertos
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LOWELL LIEBERMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liebermann: Piano Concertos
Stephen Hough (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lowell Liebermann
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 1 March 2016
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Lowell Liebermann was born in New York City in 1961 and has swiftly risen to become one of the most prolific and performed American composers of his generation. Many awards and prizes have accompanied him through the first thirty-six years of life and his first fifty-six completed works, and he has written for virtually every instrument and in most forms.
His works are at once accessible and challenging-for performer and listener alike-and these two piano concertos are works of great stature. Stephen Hough, dedicatee of the Second Concerto, gives performances which fully rise to the virtuosic demands of the score.
The First Concerto has 'plague' music as its underlying motif, and includes references to the Scottish explorer Maccaber, originator of the Danse macabre in Paris. Six miniatures from Liebermann's Album for the Young are included by way of an encore.
'This music makes heavy demands on the soloist, and Stephen Hough proves himself equal to the task in every respect … his playing has the sort of consummate ease and supreme conviction that few can match, and he gives the impression that he thoroughly enjoys the many challenges of Liebermann's athletic piano writing … his playing is both rich in poetic insight and alive to the tonal allure of the score … an outstanding release that can be warmly recommended' (Hi-Fi News)
'An assurance of authenticity in the most meaningful sense, involving wholehearted commitment and the most thorough preparation on everyone's part … absolutely glorious performances' (Stereo Review)
'[Liebermann]'s two piano concertos get performances of upmost virtuosity from Stephen Hough … Hough is commanding in both (concertos), and the six simple solo miniatures … yield wonders in Hough's hands' (Birmingham Evening Mail)
'If you like big tunes and lush neo-romanticism, opulently scored, you will love it' (Yorkshire Post)
Tracks:
Concerto for piano and orchestra No 1 Op 12
Concerto for piano and orchestra No 2 Op 36
Album for the Young Op 43
