Starter Packs

Complete your collection with these curated titles, grouped at a special discount.

Shop Now
Scharwenka: Complete Piano Concertos / Markovich
Chandos

Scharwenka: Complete Piano Concertos / Markovich

$21.99 Only 1 left

Details

Composer
SCHARWENKA, FRANZ XAVER
Artist
Alexander Markovich, Neeme Jarvi
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Apr 29, 2014
Catalog #
CHAN 10814(2)
UPC
095115181423

About

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]

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro patetico 10:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro patetico
    Duration
    10:39
    Composer
    Xaver Scharwenka
    Performer
    Alexander Markovich
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  3. 2 II. Scherzo: Allegro assai 07:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro assai
    Duration
    07:06
    Composer
    Xaver Scharwenka
    Performer
    Alexander Markovich
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  4. 3 III. Allegro non tanto 12:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro non tanto
    Duration
    12:21
    Composer
    Xaver Scharwenka
    Performer
    Alexander Markovich
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  5. 4 I. Allegro 18:56
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    18:56
    Composer
    Xaver Scharwenka
    Performer
    Alexander Markovich
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  6. 5 II. Adagio 10:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    10:22
    Composer
    Xaver Scharwenka
    Performer
    Alexander Markovich
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  7. 6 III. Allegro non troppo 08:55
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    08:55
    Composer
    Xaver Scharwenka
    Performer
    Alexander Markovich
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  8. Disc 2
  9. 1 I. Maestoso 14:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Maestoso
    Duration
    14:06
    Composer
    Xaver Scharwenka
    Performer
    Alexander Markovich
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  10. 2 II. Adagio - 06:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio -
    Duration
    06:41
    Composer
    Xaver Scharwenka
    Performer
    Alexander Markovich
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  11. 3 II. Allegro non troppo 10:41
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    10:41
    Composer
    Xaver Scharwenka
    Performer
    Alexander Markovich
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  12. 4 I. Allegro patetico 19:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro patetico
    Duration
    19:46
    Composer
    Xaver Scharwenka
    Performer
    Alexander Markovich
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  13. 5 II. Intermezzo: Allegretto molto tranquillo 06:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Intermezzo: Allegretto molto tranquillo
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    Xaver Scharwenka
    Performer
    Alexander Markovich
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  14. 6 III. Lento, mesto - 06:41
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Lento, mesto -
    Duration
    06:41
    Composer
    Xaver Scharwenka
    Performer
    Alexander Markovich
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  15. 7 IV. Allegro con fuoco 06:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    06:32
    Composer
    Xaver Scharwenka
    Performer
    Alexander Markovich
    Ensemble
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi