72 Tracks, 1:45:26
- 01:51Introduction; opening horn call and piano's answer
- 00:25Rising three-note scalewise pattern
- 00:18Quicker, descending six-note 'answer'
- 00:32Second, answering phrase
- 00:51First Main Theme completed by orchestra
- 01:25Peace shattered as piano bursts back in like a tiger
- 00:20Variant of opening horn call in bass
- 02:26Orchestra returns; beginning of Exposition proper
- 00:42Big, 'singing' theme in orchestra; piano 'forgotten'
- 01:04Call to arms by strings; marshalling of orchestral forces
- 00:49Piano re-enters fry with massive expansion of opening figure
- 00:46Piano 'explores' two main facets of opening theme
- 01:07Transition. sense of key weakened. Piano and orchestra come together
- 00:41Piano and orchestra 'argue' over speed of thematic three-note rise
- 01:29Piano and orchestra in friendly dialogue before piano falls away
- 00:46'Winged' harmonic shadow of pure pianistic tone-colour
- 01:51New 'transitional' theme from orchestra developed by piano
- 00:26After indecision and discussion, the mood suddenly turns playful
- 00:43Reminder of Second Main Theme in its original form
- 00:41Ttransfomation of Second Main Theme by piano
- 00:43Piano hijacks orchestra's 'call to arms'
- 01:08Piano and orchestra, now allies, explore theme, but with piano leading
- 01:13Dramatic eruption of orchestra leads to the Development section
- 00:31Pianistic 'tiger' replaced by gentle reflective, soft-spoken poet
- 00:44Transformed 'tiger' theme amicably shared by piano and orchestra
- 00:41An apparently new theme - but Battlle Hymn of the Republic?
- 00:55Brief, downward-driving section prepares for the Recapitulation
- 00:55On the threshold of the Recapitulation
- 01:06Recapitulation: The Magical Return
- 01:18From Gate-crashing Tiger to Celestial Tenderness - and a surprise
- 01:01And unexpected and portentus change of mood, suggesting tragedy
- 00:31Summation
- 17:16First Movement (Complete)
- 00:14Second Movement: The upward-driving opening gambit, piano alone
- 00:27Downward-driving answer from lower strings
- 00:59Theme vs Melody
- 00:45Eerie, unharmonised, 'white' sound of Second Theme
- 01:25Second Theme taken up and developed by piano
- 01:41Expectation and surprise; harmonic fluidity and intensifying drama
- 00:42Return (and transformation) of Theme Two
- 01:01Theme One returns in orchestra; Theme Three emerges in major mode
- 00:59Sequence of fragmentary episodes begins with unexpected fanfare
- 00:37Variant of Theme Three in piano
- 00:21Rescored variant of 'fanfare' theme; from grandeur to solemnity
- 00:25Rhapsodic variant of fanfare, this time for piano alone
- 01:08Recapitulation of opening, with piano and orchestra reversing roles
- 00:36Theme Two transformed by new instrumentation
- 09:23Cue and Second Movement (Complete)
- 01:53Introduction, cue and First Main Theme
- 01:21Theme One taken up by strings and solo oboe; piano's entry
- 00:43Complex variant of Theme One with very different speed and rhythm
- 01:11Orchestra and piano in mixed variants of Theme One, now intensified
- 01:28Theme Two, hushed and 'tuneless', with piano, clarinets and strings
- 00:47Oboe Theme returns, now delicately embroidered by the piano
- 11:50Cue and Third Movement (Complete)
- 00:57Finale: Introduction, cue and Main Theme
- 00:25Violins take up tune, with winds and piano accompanying
- 00:38Piano introduces Part 2 of the main theme
- 00:54Part 3 of the theme, led by piano, in 'fiercely' self-confident mood
- 00:48First Episode, Part 1
- 00:24First Episode, Part 2
- 00:15Piano hands theme over to clarinets and bassoons
- 00:41First Episode, Part 3, in piano, first; then flutes and oboes
- 00:29Strings and flutes take theme, with bubbling commentary from piano
- 00:39Tipsy dancers (piano and winds) return, tiring; strings take over
- 00:29In the central Episode, the orchestra throws down a dramatic challenge
- 00:10... to which the piano duly responds with a stormy outburst
- 00:42Piano kick-starts run-up to final section in a variant of the main theme
- 00:26Orchestra sets off on jaunty march, later joined by the piano
- 00:47Piano propels orchestra into final section
- 00:23Summation and cue to the movement as a whole
- 09:08Finale (Complete)