Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov & Liszt: Piano Concertos

$15.99
Label
Gramola Records
Release Date
March 17, 2017
Format
Added to Cart! View cart or continue shopping.


    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      LISZT RIMSKY-KORSSAKOFF TCHA
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra, Scottish National Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Badura-Skoda, Boult, Rodzinski, Swaro
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 17, 2017
    • UPC
      9003643991309
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GRAM99130
    • LABEL
      Gramola Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: London Promenade Orchestra

      Performer: Paul Badura-Skoda

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    2. II. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: London Promenade Orchestra

      Performer: Paul Badura-Skoda

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    3. III. Allegro con fuoco

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: London Promenade Orchestra

      Performer: Paul Badura-Skoda

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    4. I. Moderato -

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Ensemble: London Promenade Orchestra

      Performer: Paul Badura-Skoda

      Conductor: Artur Rodziński

    5. II. Allegretto duasi polacca -

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Ensemble: London Promenade Orchestra

      Performer: Paul Badura-Skoda

      Conductor: Artur Rodziński

    6. III. Andante mosso -

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Ensemble: London Promenade Orchestra

      Performer: Paul Badura-Skoda

      Conductor: Artur Rodziński

    7. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Ensemble: London Promenade Orchestra

      Performer: Paul Badura-Skoda

      Conductor: Artur Rodziński

    8. I. Allegro maestoso

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra

      Performer: Paul Badura-Skoda

      Conductor: Hans Swarowsky

    9. II. Quasi adagio

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra

      Performer: Paul Badura-Skoda

      Conductor: Hans Swarowsky

    10. III. Allegretto vivace

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra

      Performer: Paul Badura-Skoda

      Conductor: Hans Swarowsky

    11. IV. Allegro marziale animato

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra

      Performer: Paul Badura-Skoda

      Conductor: Hans Swarowsky


Badura-Skoda has long been a symbol of the cultivation of Viennese classical music. The holder of the prestigious Paul Badura-Skoda is well-known around the world for his interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. With this release "The Other Badura" a light is shed on a elsser known part of this great Austrian pianist: At the beginning of his career, Badura-Skoda also enjoyed playing virtuoso "crowd pleasers", e.g. great piano works of the Romantic era, particularly of the Russian sphere. In the 1950's together with the renowned conductors Sir Adiran Boult, Artur Rodzinski and Hans Swarowsky he released very popular recordings of the piano concertos No. 1 in B minor, Op. 23 by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, the concerto in C sharp major, Op. 30 by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov and the concerto No. 1 in E flat major by Franz Liszt. Badura-Skoda's teacher was Edwin Fischer; his discoverer, Wilhelm Furtwängler. His composer friend, Frank Martin, composed a piano concerto for him and he shared a long professional friendship with the great Russian violinist David Oistrach. Badura-Skoda has long been a symbol of the cultivation of Viennese classical music. The holder of the prestigious Bösendorfer-Ring, he is a celebrated guest at major international music festivals. Earlier in his life, Badura-Skoda collaborated wtih such renowned conductors as Hans Knappertsbusch, Herbert von Karajan, Georges Szell and Karl Böhm. He has also worked with Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Georg Solti and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, to name but a few.