Montsalvatge & Surinach - Piano Concertos - Alicia De Larrocha (DECCA Eloquence)

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Montsalvatge & Surinach - Piano Concertos - Alicia De Larrocha (DECCA Eloquence)
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Genre: Classical - 20th Century | Label: Decca Australian Eloquence

This is not going to be an "objective" review, because I specifically asked that Australian Eloquence issue this compilation for the express purpose of bringing back into the catalog the Surinach Piano Concerto, a dazzling, hell-for-leather contemporary Spanish romp that would bring the house down in a live setting, and that has never been released on CD until now. The truth is, I heard it on my car radio in 1984 and sat transfixed in a parking lot, engine running, late for work, until it was done. Then I ran to my local Tower Records to buy it, only to find that it was out of print (it was recorded in 1977). I couldn't find it used, and never heard it again. I was extremely annoyed that Decca Legends released the equally gorgeous and little-known Montsalvatge Concerto Breve (which isn't so "breve" after all, lasting about 25 minutes) in tandem with a miscellany of solo works, when the Surinach would have made the perfect coupling. All of the material included here is vintage Larrocha. The Albéniz and Turina performances are famous and highly regarded anyway, making this CD the ultimate 20th-century Spanish piano concerto collection that does not include the ubiquitous Nights in the Gardens of Spain. So aside from saying that the performances are spectacular, the sonics are terrific, and coming clean about my complicity in this enterprise, I'm just going to limit myself to a heartfelt "Thank you!" I hope that you agree.

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Isaac Albéniz

Rapsodia española (arr. Cristóbal Halffter)*

Joaquín Turina

Rapsodia sinfónica*

Xavier Montsalvatge

Concierto Breve for Piano & Orchestra

Carlos Suriñach

Piano Concerto

Alicia de Larrocha, piano

London Philharmonic Orchestra*

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos


CD - Decca Australian Eloquence - 476 2971 - 2004

Recorded: VII - 1983 - Walthamstow Assembly Hall, (Albéniz,Turina) and X - 1976, Kingsway Hall, London

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