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Piers Lane, Bergen PO, Andrew Litton - Eyvind Alnaes & Christian Sinding: Piano Concertos (2007)

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Piers Lane, Bergen PO, Andrew Litton - Eyvind Alnaes & Christian Sinding: Piano Concertos (2007)

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 42: Eyvind Alnæs & Christian Sinding (2007)
Piers Lane, piano; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor

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Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67555 | Time: 01:05:10

Piers Lane, Bergen PO, Andrew Litton - Eyvind Alnaes & Christian Sinding: Piano Concertos (2007)

You're going to love this disc. It does everything this wonderful series of "Romantic Piano Concertos" is supposed to: present captivating repertoire in excellent performances. Christian Sinding was a notoriously spotty composer when working in large forms. After all, if you live well into your 80s writing tons of music along the way, but remain famous for one three-minute piano miniature ("Rustle of Spring"), then something's not right. That said, this youthful concerto offsets its tendency to ramble with an abundance of fresh, enjoyable tunes and fistfuls of pianistic fun and games. When the melodies are so attractive it's impossible to deny Sinding his right to dwell on them at length.

Eyvind Alnaes was one of those composer/performer/administrators whose busy schedule prevented him from writing much music, but thank God he turned out this piano concerto. Scored for a massive orchestra with an enormous brass section (six trombones!), the piece is, believe it or not, actually rather light and vivacious, except for those moments when the full ensemble really cuts loose. The finale, a free-flowing waltz, would be a "pops" favorite if the scoring weren't so extravagant. It's just the kind the music you'll want to enjoy on disc because you'll never hear it live: a big, juicy, Wagnerian love-fest between the soloist and the orchestra that leaves you wanting more. Piers Lane plays both concertos with a confidence that belies their unfamiliarity, and you know that Andrew Litton and the Bergen orchestra will do their bit like real pros. Excellent sound completes the picture. A genuine find!

Review by David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com

For the 42nd entry in its The Romantic Piano Concerto series (is it already really that many?!), Hyperion travels to the chilly land of Norway. The one and only piano concerto from this region of the world – and it is a very famous one – that automatically comes to mind is Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, a youthful, formally sprawling work that stands as a landmark among romantic piano concertos. The concerti by Norwegians Eyvind Alnaes and Christian Sinding postdate the Grieg by at least two decades and are both more concise and assured by comparison, not to mention lush and strongly melodic with big tunes and showy virtuosic stuff for the soloist. For Alnaes, his D major concerto from 1914 is the exception rather than the rule; he was an organist and the most prominent Norwegian art song composer of his day. Alnaes' Piano Concerto in D major is the last large-scale work among only a few that he completed. While it superficially evokes the manner of Rachmaninoff, it is pleasant without being particularly engaging. One does not regret Alnaes' investment in song; this concerto confirms that he put the best of himself into his shorter vocal works, though it has its moments and is worth listening to at least one time.

Christian Sinding was once viewed as being direct heir to Grieg, although this is wrong – he was German trained, lived in Germany for nearly four decades, and it shows in his music; if anything he was a lesser heir to Robert Schumann. Sinding's concerto is full of the flashy sprays of virtuosic filigree encountered in his once popular salon piece Rustle of Spring, and yet that will take far less of one's time than this concerto, dating to 1889 but revised in 1901. It belongs to its era and is an inferior effort in comparison even to the Alnaes in that it's rather dull. Pianist Piers Lane makes the best case imaginable for both concerti; his playing is both sensitive and keen, bringing out the lyric side of the writing while making more ostentatious sections impressive sounding by the mere effortlessness of his handling of them. The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, under Andrew Litton, makes a somewhat less than precise impression and is a little loose in spots. These are not essential romantic piano concerti; they both sound nice, but fail to stick with the listener, not a quality one can attribute to the piano concerto of Grieg, despite its flaws in formal construction.

Review by Uncle Dave Lewis, Allmusic.com

Piers Lane, Bergen PO, Andrew Litton - Eyvind Alnaes & Christian Sinding: Piano Concertos (2007)



Piers Lane, piano
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor

Recording details: September 2006
Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway

Tracklist:

Eyvind Alnæs (1872-1932)
Piano Concerto in D major, Op.27
01. I. Allegro moderato (12:53)
02. II. Lento (8:47)
03. III. Allegro assai (9:52)

Christian Sinding (1856-1941)
Piano Concerto in D flat major, Op.6
04. I. Allegro non troppo (12:49)
05. II. Andante (10:00)
06. III. Allegro non assai (10:49)


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Piers Lane, Bergen PO, Andrew Litton - Eyvind Alnaes & Christian Sinding: Piano Concertos (2007)

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