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Alnæs & Sinding: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 42)

10/27/2023, 6 Tracks, 1:05:10

Featuring

  • Piers Lane
  • Andrew Litton
  • Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
  • Eyvind Alnæs
  • Christian Sinding

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Interpretation

Piers Lane, the pianist on this recording, used the revised 1901 edition of Sinding's Piano Concerto but retained some elements from the original 1890 version where streamlining might have led to a loss of pianistic intricacies.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album features the first recording of Eyvind Alnæs's Piano Concerto in D major, Op 27.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Alnæs's Piano Concerto in D major, Op 27, and his two symphonies are composed in Classical forms with a late-Romantic harmonic style, placing him in the tradition of Rubinstein and Rachmaninov.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Eyvind Alnæs played an important role in Oslo's musical life, serving as an organist for 37 years and becoming chairman of the Norwegian Composers' Association.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Christian Sinding, whose Piano Concerto in D flat major, Op 6 is featured, came from a family of talented artists, with his brothers Otto being a famous painter and Stephan a well-known sculptor.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Alnæs aimed to compose marketable music, with twenty-four of his forty-five opuses being song collections and his piano music consisting mostly of poetic miniatures.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Sinding's Piano Concerto in D flat major, Op 6, was revised in 1901, with significant alterations to the last movement and much of the piano-writing.

Source: Booklet

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