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Piers Lane - Ignaz Moscheles: Complete Concert Studies (2003) Reissue 2011

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Piers Lane - Ignaz Moscheles: Complete Concert Studies (2003) Reissue 2011

Piers Lane - Ignaz Moscheles: Complete Concert Studies (2003) Reissue 2011
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Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion/Helios | # CDH55387 | Time: 01:18:04

Given Moscheles contemporary fame it is surprising how much his reputation has faded. He bridged the gap between the Classical and Romantic movements and, though a fine pianist and a sincere and skilled craftsman as a composer, his downfall was surely that his transitional idiom was quickly overshadowed by the Titans of the new Romantic movement such as Chopin, Schumann and Liszt. None of this need concern us now—his music has its own worth, as our recordings of his concertos have shown. This CD brings together all his works that could be described as ‘concert studies’ (it excludes the Op 70 set as these are much more didactic in nature). The Op 95 set is probably his greatest solo piano work and the many foretastes of later composers such as Schumann and Brahms reveal the influence that Moscheles had on later generations. Piers Lane does his customary magnificent job in presenting these studies, most of which are premiere recordings.

Here is a fine, enterprising recital to delight and above all surprise those accustomed to Harold Schonberg’s image of Moscheles as a crusty conservative, one who ‘practised the piano and watched the world go by’. Admired by Beethoven, Schumann and Mendelssohn, his Etudes, while hardly as original as the greatest examples of the genre, are sufficiently alive with interest to merit the warmest praise from Mendelssohn, though even his proverbial fluency was thwarted by their intricacies.

Moscheles himself was aware of the advance from his early Op 70 Studies, of throwing down the gauntlet to ‘Thalberg, Liszt and all such players who will find their work cut out’. The Op 95 set, in particular, offers kaleidoscopic challenges enlivened by picturesque titles. In ‘Wrath’ a conventional idea is transformed into a series of fist-shaking gestures, and ‘Juno’ is clearly a formidable lady who bestrides the stage Allegro maestoso, very much in the style of Shakespeare’s goddess (‘Great Juno comes. I know her by her gait’). Mendelssohn must have been touched by ‘A Children’s Tale,’ a tribute to his own charm, and ‘Bacchanale’ and the Allegresse from Op 111 suggest how Moscheles sometimes longed to break into Alkanesque oddity or outrage. In ‘Affection’ the harmonic undertow is enterprising, while ‘Carnival Scenes’ recalls Schumann’s love of dotted rhythms.

For hard-working Piers Lane, who has already recorded Etudes by Scriabin and Saint-Saëns, this demanding undertaking was clearly a labour of love and all his performances are of an enviable grace, fluency and affection. The outstanding notes are by Henry Roche, the composer’s great-great-grandson, and Hyperion’s sound and presentation (includ-ing a reproduction of ‘Moscheles’ London drawing-room’, a painting attributed to Mendelssohn) are superb.

Review by Bryce Morrison, Gramophone

Hyperion has already given us a very fine recording of the Moscheles piano concertos and this equally distinctive collection of the composer's Concert Studies is very welcome.

Lane plays the Characteristic Studies, Op. 95 with a connived verve and astounding keyboard technique that show his prowess in such hard repertoire. Each of the twelve pieces is informed with passion and feeling and his is most definitely music that comes alive with a characterful interpretation. These are also arguably Moscheles' masterpiece.

The rest of the disc also contains some fine music that is also splendidly played by this genial Australian pianist. The Two Etudes, Op. 98 are overlooked gems as are the Op. 105 pieces, a particularly effective Allegro feroce having Lane in his element.

I also enjoyed the Grandes Etudes which are also highly regarded and are again full of interpretative and stylistic features that demonstrate the composer's prowess. The final Grande Etude is also a miniature gem.

Those who are fans of great barnstorming piano works will most definitely warm to this disc which is expertly annotated and scintillatingly interpreted from first note to last.

Review by Gerald Fenech, Classical.Net

Piers Lane - Ignaz Moscheles: Complete Concert Studies (2003) Reissue 2011



Piers Lane - Ignaz Moscheles: Complete Concert Studies (2003) Reissue 2011



Recording details: April 2003
Charterhouse Hall, Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom

Tracklist:

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870)

Characteristic Studies, Op. 95
01. No.01 Wrath (2:05)
02. No.02 Reconciliation (3:41)
03. No.03 Contradiction (1:59)
04. No.04a Juno (3:03)
05. No.04b Modulation (0:11)
06. No.05 A Children's Tale (2:53)
07. No.06 Bacchanale (3:02)
08. No.07 Affection (6:14)
09. No.08a Carnival Scenes (3:30)
10. No.08b Modulation (0:14)
11. No.09a Moonlight on the Sea-Shore (4:02)
12. No.09b Modulation (0:21)
13. No.10 Terpsichore (3:20)
14. No.11a A Dream (6:53)
15. No.11b Modulation (0:17)
16. No.12 Terror (4:09)

2 Etudes, Op. 98
17. No.1 L'Enjouement (3:28)
18. No.2 L'Ambition (3:50)

2 Etudes, Op. 105
19. No.1 Allegro scherzoso (3:00)
20. No.2 Allegro feroce (3:46)

4 Grandes Etudes de Concert, Op. 111
21. No.1 Reverie & Allegresse (4:24)
22. No.2 Le Carrillon (3:00)
23. No.3 Tendresse & Exaltation (4:22)
24. No.4 La Fougue (3:24)

25. Grande Etude de Concert, Op. 126 (2:58)


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