Scharwenka: Complete Piano Concertos / Markovich

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
April 29, 2014
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SCHARWENKA, FRANZ XAVER
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Alexander Markovich, Neeme Jarvi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 29, 2014
    • UPC
      095115181423
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 10814(2)
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro patetico

      Composer: Xaver Scharwenka

      Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Markovich

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    2. II. Scherzo: Allegro assai

      Composer: Xaver Scharwenka

      Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Markovich

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    3. III. Allegro non tanto

      Composer: Xaver Scharwenka

      Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Markovich

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    4. I. Allegro

      Composer: Xaver Scharwenka

      Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Markovich

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    5. II. Adagio

      Composer: Xaver Scharwenka

      Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Markovich

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    6. III. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Xaver Scharwenka

      Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Markovich

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    7. I. Maestoso

      Composer: Xaver Scharwenka

      Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Markovich

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    8. II. Adagio -

      Composer: Xaver Scharwenka

      Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Markovich

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    9. II. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Xaver Scharwenka

      Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Markovich

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    10. I. Allegro patetico

      Composer: Xaver Scharwenka

      Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Markovich

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    11. II. Intermezzo: Allegretto molto tranquillo

      Composer: Xaver Scharwenka

      Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Markovich

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    12. III. Lento, mesto -

      Composer: Xaver Scharwenka

      Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Markovich

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    13. IV. Allegro con fuoco

      Composer: Xaver Scharwenka

      Ensemble: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Markovich

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi


The Polish-born German composer Franz Xaver Scharwenka was a much lauded and beloved figure of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century music. His four piano concertos are central works among his small output. They have here been recorded together for the first time.

Piano Concerto No. 1 was dedicated to Liszt and brought Scharwenka great renown. Originally conceived as a solo piano Fantasy, it was reworked as a piano concerto which in its content, despite a seemingly conventional three-movement structure, reflects its origin as a fantasia. The Second Piano Concerto seems to represent a step back stylistically, echoing the conservative style of Brahms. However, the influence of his native Poland can also be heard in allusions to Chopin as well as in Polish dance elements in the finale. The Third Concerto, in C sharp minor, opens with impressively powerful music reflective of this key signature, but in its highly romantic way it also introduces delicate and lyrical passages. Perhaps the finest of the concertos, the Fourth was met with astonishing enthusiasm at its premiere in 1908. It is an enormously varied work, a quality typified in the ‘roller-coaster’ first movement which moves rapidly from one expressive world to another.

R E V I E W S:

"This long-awaited Chandos set gathers the four piano concertos by Franz Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924) together for the first time, in thrilling performances from Alexander Markovich and the Estonian National Symphony under Neeme Järvi… this new survey of Scharwenka’s piano concertos is a personal triumph for Markovich who consistently delivers titanic pianism that few can match these days." -- Michael Jameson, International Record Review [5/2014]