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Godard: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 63)

1/12/2024, 10 Tracks, 1:10:09

Featuring

  • Howard Shelley
  • Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
  • Benjamin Godard

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Performer Biography

Howard Shelley, the pianist and conductor on this album, has a distinguished career and is known for his complete recordings of Rachmaninov's solo piano works, concertos, and songs.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in the Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, Tasmania, in April 2013.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Benjamin Godard, a child prodigy violinist, trained at the Paris Conservatoire, studying composition and harmony with Napoléon Henri Reber and violin with Henry Vieuxtemps.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Godard's musical style followed the tradition of Mendelssohn and Schumann, and he disliked the 'rhetorical excesses' of Wagner, partly due to Wagner's antisemitism.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

Only one of Godard's pieces, the 'Berceuse' from his 1888 opera Jocelyn, remains widely remembered and has been recorded by famous artists like Bing Crosby and Jascha Heifetz.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Godard died from tuberculosis at the age of forty-five, having produced a vast amount of music including eight operas, five symphonies, and over one hundred songs.

Source: Booklet

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