Rheinberger & Scholz: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 76)

Featuring

Simon Callaghan
Ben Gernon
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
Bernhard Scholz

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Performer Biography

Ben Gernon, the conductor on this album, won the Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductor's Award in 2013 and became the Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic in Autumn 2017.

Performer Biography

Simon Callaghan, the pianist on this album, is a Steinway Artist who performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician.

Composer Biography

Joseph Rheinberger, one of the composers on this album, was a musical prodigy who composed three-part Masses with organ accompaniment at the age of seven.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Joseph Rheinberger's style, despite being a traditionalist, drew from diverse sources including Bach, Mozart, middle-period Beethoven, and early Brahms.

Composer Biography

Joseph Rheinberger, a composer featured on this album, had notable students including Humperdinck and Furtwängler.

Recording & Production

The Piano Concerto in B major, Op 57, and the Capriccio for piano and orchestra, Op 35, by Bernhard Scholz are both first recordings.

Composer Biography

Bernhard Scholz, another composer on this album, was part of a musical circle that included Joseph Joachim, Clara Schumann, and particularly Brahms, whose influence is strongly felt in his work.