Hamish Milne, Martyn Brabbins - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 23: Holbrooke & Wood: Piano Concertos (2000)
Hamish Milne, Martyn Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 23: Holbrooke & Wood: Piano Concertos (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 307 Mb | Total time: 69:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67127 | Recorded: 1999
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 307 Mb | Total time: 69:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67127 | Recorded: 1999
These two English piano concertos in the grand romantic tradition were written at almost the same time (Holbrooke 1908, Wood 1909) and were undoubtedly inspired by the great concertos of the previous few decades such as those of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.
The Holbrooke piece, like so much of his music, has a literary inspiration, in the form of the poem 'The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd' which the score follows closely. Indeed the composer originally described the work as a symphonic poem though he later changed his mind and settled on Piano Concerto No 1 when he revised the work in 1923—the version recorded here. (Incidentally, we have it on good Welsh authority that 'Nudd' is pronounced 'Neeth').
Though Haydn Wood later made his name writing shorter pieces of light music his early concerto is in full blown romantic style complete with first movement cadenza and 'big tune' grand finale. Its emotional heart, though, is in the simple but moving slow movement. This is the work's first recording and it appears not to have been played since 1951.
Performer:
Hamish Milne, piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Track List:
Joseph Holbrooke (1878-1958)
Piano Concerto No 1 'The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd' Op 52
First Movement
01. Maestoso Allegro 'Open the gates of mirrored horn!'
02. Animato 'Ye guards of my hold whom wanderers fear'
03. A tempo 'Harness a steed from the gnomes dark fields'
04. A tempo 'Vapour of night be thou my shield'
05. 'Swift through the dell where the young bats wake'
06. A tempo 'The armies of night are abroad'
07. Tempo primo 'Here lies the field that was laid to our hand'
08. 'Deep in the mould lies the golden helmed all'
09. Più mosso al fine 'No spectre of them will answer my call'
Second Movement
10. Poco adagio con sentimento 'Faint as the faith of our people long dying'
11. Tempo poco Allegretto Poco Scherzando 'Clotted of shadows he comes to my hest'
12. Tempo I 'Daughter of Lear'
13. 'O God of our torment lean down and decide that we shall never meet again'
Third Movement
14. Allegro, molto fuoco 'Blade that meets blade with never a sound'
15. 'Face me afresh though the night hour fails'
16. Tempo poco Larghetto 'Back to your grave'
17. Tempo primo 'Break back from the battle'
18. 'Away from this land, Fairy folk all'
19. Poco lento 'Flit ye away while the shadows mate Branch and blest earth'
20. L'istesso tempo (Doppio) 'For scorn follows fast on the Fairy King's fate'
21. Cadenza
22. Grandioso – brillante 'She was the most splendid maiden'
Haydn Wood (1882-1959)
Piano Concerto in D minor
23. Maestoso e moderato – Tranquillo – cadenza – Allegro
24. Andante
25. Finale: Vivace
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Hamish Milne, Martyn Brabbins - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 23: Holbrooke & Wood: Piano Concertos (2000)
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