Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra - Döhler & Dreyschock: Piano Concertos (2013) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piano Concerto in A Major, Op. 7: I. Maestoso
02. Piano Concerto in A Major, Op. 7: II. Adagio
03. Piano Concerto in A Major, Op. 7: III. Allegretto
04. Morceau de concert in C Minor, Op. 27
05. Salut à Vienne "Rondo brillant", Op. 32: I. Introduzione – Tempo di marcia –
06. Salut à Vienne "Rondo brillant", Op. 32: II. Rondo. Allegro con moto

The Romantic Piano Concerto series reaches Volume 61, and continues to probe into the obscurest depths of the nineteenth-century piano world. Döhler’s Piano Concerto in A major and Dreyschock’s Salut à Vienne are both first recordings. The two composer-pianists were contemporaries, both child prodigies and both hugely admired in their day. Today their names are not even faintly familiar to concert-goers.

Döhler’s Concerto is pure entertainment: a lavishly ornamented virtuoso confection that requires a high-wire act from the soloist from start to finish. Dreyschock’s Morceau de concert, Op 27, is dedicated to the Philharmonic Society of London. It opens with a Beethovenian declamation—and indeed throughout the piece there are allusions to several Beethoven works, notably the ‘Appassionata’ Sonata. Salut à Vienne is a lighthearted but highly effective showpiece.

These all-but-forgotten works live again through the stylish artistry and technical brilliance of Howard Shelley, who is both soloist and conductor of his long-term collaborators, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

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