GREAT PIANO CONCERTOS (10-CD Box Set) At the very heart of a concerto is the interplay and contrast of a solo instrument within a larger instrumental ensemble. The natural progression from the Baroque concerto grosso, the concerto as we know it was fully established as a concert staple in the eighteenth century, and many works dating from this period are still a key part of the repertoire today. The opportunity for dazzling virtuosic display from the soloist has resulted in the concerto becoming a vital musical force both on the concert platform and in the audience arena. The most important composer in the development of the early piano concerto was Mozart, whose masterly compositions for the instrument paved the way for expansion of the form by composers such as Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Grieg. In the Romantic era, composers such as Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky lent a distinctly Russian fluency and passion to the idiom, whilst no pianistic survey would be complete without the transcendent concertos of those great piano masters, Chopin and Liszt. The twentieth century transformed the piano concerto yet further with splendid offerings from a delicate Ravel, fiery Prokofiev and jazzy Gershwin to name but a few. Disc 1 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [Hide Details] Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 Jando, Jeno, piano Concentus Hungaricus Ligeti, Andras, Conductor 1. I. Allegro 00:14:09 2. II. Romance 00:09:02 3. III. Rondo: Allegro assai 00:07:45 [Hide Details] Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, "Elvira Madigan” Jando, Jeno, piano Concentus Hungaricus Ligeti, Andras, Conductor 4. I. Allegro maestoso 00:13:30 5. II. Andante 00:06:44 6. III. Allegro vivace assai 00:06:11 Disc 2 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [Hide Details] Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 Jando, Jeno, piano Concentus Hungaricus Antal, Matyas, Conductor 1. I. Allegro 00:10:31 2. II. Adagio 00:06:25 3. III. Allegro assai 00:07:52 [Hide Details] Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503 Jando, Jeno, piano Concentus Hungaricus Antal, Matyas, Conductor 4. I. Allegro maestoso 00:14:07 5. II. Andante 00:07:20 6. III. Allegretto 00:08:51 Disc 3 Beethoven, Ludwig van [Hide Details] Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Vladar, Stefan, piano Capella Istropolitana Wordsworth, Barry, Conductor 1. I. Allegro con brio 00:16:33 2. II. Largo 00:09:53 3. III. Rondo: Allegro 00:08:49 [Show Details] Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 4. I. Allegro moderato 00:19:07 5. II. Andante con moto 00:05:36 6. III. Rondo: Vivace 00:09:56 Disc 4 Beethoven, Ludwig van [Hide Details] Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor" Vladar, Stefan, piano Capella Istropolitana Wordsworth, Barry, Conductor 1. I. Allegro 00:20:14 2. II. Adagio un poco mosso 00:08:01 3. III. Rondo: allegro 00:10:13 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [Hide Details] Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595 Jando, Jeno, piano Concentus Hungaricus Ligeti, Andras, Conductor 4. I. Allegro 00:12:54 5. II. Larghetto 00:07:30 6. III. Allegro 00:08:23 Disc 5 Brahms, Johannes [Hide Details] Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Biret, Idil, piano Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Wit, Antoni, Conductor 1. I. Maestoso 00:23:46 2. II. Adagio 00:15:01 3. III. Rondo: Allegro non troppo 00:12:36 Liszt, Franz [Hide Details] Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124/R455 Nebolsin, Eldar, piano Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Petrenko, Vasily, Conductor 4. Allegro maestoso - Tempo giusto - 00:05:09 5. Quasi adagio - 00:04:44 6. Allegretto vivace - 00:04:04 7. Allegro marziale animato 00:04:14 Disc 6 Brahms, Johannes [Hide Details] Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 Biret, Idil, piano Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Wit, Antoni, Conductor 1. I. Allegro non troppo 00:18:33 2. II. Allegro appassionato 00:09:11 3. III. Andante 00:13:29 4. IV. Allegretto grazioso 00:09:37 Liszt, Franz [Hide Details] Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S125/R456 Nebolsin, Eldar, piano Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Petrenko, Vasily, Conductor 5. Adagio sostenuto assai - 00:07:04 6. Allegro moderato - 00:05:09 7. Allegro deciso - 00:06:48 8. Allegro animato 00:01:44 Disc 7 Schumann, Robert [Hide Details] Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Costa, Sequeira, piano Gulbenkian Orchestra Gunzenhauser, Stephen, Conductor 1. I. Allegro affettuoso 00:13:55 2. II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso 00:04:58 3. III. Allegro vivace 00:10:40 [Show Details] Introduction and Allegro appassionato, Op. 92 4. Introduction and Allegro appassionato, Op. 92 00:14:56 [Show Details] Introduction and Concert-Allegro, Op. 134 5. Introduction and Concert - Allegro, Op. 134 00:13:43 Disc 8 Chopin, Fryderyk [Hide Details] Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Biret, Idil, piano Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Stankovsky, Robert, Conductor 1. I. Allegro maestoso 00:21:28 2. II. Romance: Larghetto 00:11:40 3. III. Rondo: Vivace 00:10:24 [Show Details] Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 4. I. Maestoso 00:14:14 5. II. Larghetto 00:09:23 6. III. Allegretto vivace 00:08:29 Disc 9 Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich [Hide Details] Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 Glemser, Bernd, piano Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Wit, Antoni, Conductor 1. I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito 00:21:03 2. II. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I 00:07:41 3. III. Allegro con fuoco 00:07:06 Rachmaninov, Sergei [Hide Details] Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Jando, Jeno, piano Budapest Symphony Orchestra Lehel, Gyorgy, Conductor 4. I. Moderato 00:11:11 5. II. Adagio sostenuto 00:11:19 6. III. Allegro scherzando 00:11:32 Disc 10 Ravel, Maurice [Hide Details] Piano Concerto in G major Thiollier, Francois-Joel, piano Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Wit, Antoni, Conductor 1. I. Allegramente 00:08:10 2. II. Adagio assai 00:08:27 3. III. Presto 00:04:08 Prokofiev, Sergey [Show Details] Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 4. I. Andante - Allegro 00:09:29 5. II. Tema con variazioni 00:09:31 6. III. Allegro ma non troppo 00:09:44 Gershwin, George [Hide Details] Rhapsody in Blue Selby, Kathryn, piano Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Hayman, Richard, Conductor Kopernicky, Karol, Producer Place of Recording: Studio 1 of Slovak Radio, Bratislava Date of Recording: 21-24 June 1989 Geschwandtner, Hubert, Producer Place of Recording: Studio 1 of Slovak Radio, Bratislava Date of Recording: 21-24 June 1989 7. Rhapsody in Blue 00:16:57 Total Playing Time: 11:00:53