Moszkowski: Piano Concerto, Op. 3 (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 68)

Featuring

Vladimir Kiradjiev
Ludmil Angelov
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Moritz Moszkowski
Adolf Schulz-Evler

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Notable Performances

Moszkowski's Piano Concerto in B minor, Op. 3, received its second public performance on January 9, 2014, 139 years after its premiere, in Warsaw.

Composition History

The manuscript for Moszkowski's Piano Concerto in B minor was discovered in the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris by Bojan Assenov, a pianist and composer, during research for his musicological dissertation.

Compositional Technique

Despite being a student work, Moszkowski's Piano Concerto in B minor is one of the longest piano concertos composed up to its time, even surpassing Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2.

Composer Biography

Moritz Moszkowski, the composer, was known for his lively sense of humor, once joking that his 400-page concerto was useful for raising his piano stool when studying better works.

Composition History

Moritz Moszkowski's Piano Concerto in B minor, Op. 3, was unearthed in 2008 after its score had vanished, despite some knowing of its existence.

Composer Biography

Adolf Schulz-Evler, a composer featured on this album, is primarily known for a single work, the 'Arabesques de concert sur des thèmes de Johann Strauss II 'An der schönen blauen Donau''.

Performer Biography

Ludmil Angelov, the pianist on this recording, performed the complete solo piano works by Chopin in a cycle of twelve recitals during the 1987-88 season, an event for which he received the 'Young Musician of the Year in Bulgaria' prize.