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Marek Kozák, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra - Kovařovic, Bořkovec, Kaprálová: Forgotten Czech Piano Concertos (2024)

Posted By: delpotro
Date: 7 Mar 2024 17:44:42
Marek Kozák, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra - Kovařovic, Bořkovec, Kaprálová: Forgotten Czech Piano Concertos (2024)

Marek Kozák, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Robert Jindra - Kovařovic, Bořkovec, Kaprálová: Forgotten Czech Piano Concertos (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 285 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 174 Mb | 01:15:28
Classical | Label: Supraphon

It would very much seem that the 19th- and 20th-century Czech piano concerto repertoire begins and ends with Dvořák and Martinů. The present recording, however, serves to prove that this is far from being the case. It contains three piano concertos that have been – undeservedly – overlooked. Vítězslava Kaprálová wrote the Piano Concerto in D minor, characterised by brilliant instrumentation and an engrossing solo part, at the age of 20 as her graduation work. The premiere, which she herself conducted, met with great critical acclaim. In 1937, the young composer moved to Paris to study with Bohuslav Martinů. Just a year later, Kaprálová was lauded at the International Society for Contemporary Music festival in London, which she opened conducting the BBC Orchestra performing her Military Sinfonietta. In 1940, when she was just 25, the gifted artist’s life and career were sadly terminated by a serious illness. At that very age, Karel Kovařovic created his one and only piano concerto. A pupil of Zdeněk Fibich, he would later on primarily gain recognition as a conductor and serve as director of Prague’s National Theatre Opera (1900-1920). Kovařovic’s Piano Concerto in F minor affords the soloists great scope to display their virtuosity. Pavel Bořkovec, a pupil of J. B. Foerster and Josef Suk, wrote his Piano Concerto No. 2 after World War II. At the time a mature artist, as a teacher he cultivated a new generation of major Czech composers (Petr Eben, Jan Novák, Vladimír Sommer, etc.). The main protagonist of the present album, the pianist Marek Kozák, who has garnered accolades at a number of competitions (Zurich, Bolzano, Bremen, Prague, and elsewhere), has a penchant for exploring little-known and forgotten landscapes, as attested to by this revelatory recording.

Three piano concertos worthy of rediscovery.
Tracklist:
01 - Piano Concerto in F Minor, Op. 6_ I. Allegro affettuoso
02 - Piano Concerto in F Minor, Op. 6_ II. Larghetto
03 - Piano Concerto in F Minor, Op. 6_ III. Vivace. Scherzando
04 - Piano Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7_ I. Allegro entusiastico
05 - Piano Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7_ II. Largo
06 - Piano Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7_ III. Allegro
07 - Piano Concerto No. 2_ I. Agitato
08 - Piano Concerto No. 2_ II. Poco lento
09 - Piano Concerto No. 2_ III. Vivace

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