Oliver Triendl, Ari Rasilainen, Staatskapelle Weimar - Leiviskä: Piano Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7 & Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piano Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7: I. Allegro ma non troppo - Allegro
02. Piano Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7: II. Vivace
03. Piano Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7: III. Fuga. Andantino ma tranquillo - Maestoso - Andantino cantabile
04. Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major: I. Allegro moderato - Tempo di valse
05. Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major: II. Andante sostenuto
06. Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major: III. Scherzo. Vivace
07. Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major: IV. Allegro non troppo

The piano concerto in D minor was composed between 1931–1935 and premiered on November 23, 1935, by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Toivo Haapanen, with Ernst Linko as the soloist. The concerto is preserved only as a piano reduction and instrument parts, but the original score is lost. The piano part contains several cuts and facilitations by the 1935 soloist, while the instrument parts show no omissions. The most probable result was that the orchestra played some passages without the soloist. For this recording, Leiviskä’s original solo part was restored. Several reviews, mostly under pseudonyms, discussed the symphony after its first performance. The reviews were mostly favorable. It was both praised and criticized for its structure and the inclusion of the waltz motive, and comments of the themes and melodies were also ambiguous. After 1948, the symphony was performed three more times until 1951. After 70 years of silence, the symphony was resurrected in 2022.

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