Paul Wee, Swedish Chamber Orchestra & Michael Collins - von Henselt/Bronsart von Schellendorff: Piano Concertos (2024) [24/192]

After three solo recordings, virtuoso pianist Paul Wee brings us two forgotten concertos from the Romantic period with the Swedish ChamberOrchestra conducted by Michael Collins. Premiered by Clara Schumann under the baton of Felix Mendelssohn, Adolph von Henselt's Concertoin F minor was eventually performed by the greatest virtuosos of the 19th and 20th centuries. It has, however, inexplicably disappeared from therepertoire despite it's obvious qualities: soaring melodies and tender lyricism, colourful orchestration, dramatic intensity across it's three movements and piano writing of astound inginventiveness and brilliance. The familiarity between Henselt's concerto and some of Sergei Rachmaninoff's works can be explained by the profound influence that the German composerexerted on the Russian. Hans von Bronsart's Concerto in F sharp minor did not enjoy the same public acclaim, although it isrousing, intimate and electrifying in turns. The richness of it's orchestration is matched by anuncommonly brilliant piano part that is a model ofpractical virtuosity. Breathing late-Romanticism, itrequires a soloist to embrace it's superheated Romantic language unashamedly if it's passions are to take flight.

Tracklist:
01. Henselt- Piano Concerto in F Minor, Op. 16- I. Allegro patetico - Religioso - Reprise
02. Henselt- Piano Concerto in F Minor, Op. 16- II. Larghetto
03. Henselt- Piano Concerto in F Minor, Op. 16- III. Allegro agitato
04. Schellendorf- Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 10- I. Allegro maestoso
05. Schellendorf- Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 10- II. Adagio ma non troppo
06. Schellendorf- Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 10- III. Allegro con fuoco


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