Melani Mestre, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins - Albéniz: Concierto fantástico - Granados: Concerto Patético (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 65) (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Concierto fantástico for Piano, Op. 78 (Orch. Bretón): I. Allegro ma non troppo
02. Concierto fantástico for Piano, Op. 78 (Orch. Bretón): II. Rêverie et Scherzo. Andante – Presto
03. Concierto fantástico for Piano, Op. 78 (Orch. Bretón): III. Allegro
04. Rapsodia española, Op. 70
05. Piano Concerto in C Minor "Patético": I. Lento grave e quasi recitativo – Allegro grave non molto lento
06. Piano Concerto in C Minor "Patético": II. Allegretto (Danza española No 2. Orientale & Capricho español)
07. Piano Concerto in C Minor "Patético": III. Molto allegro (Allegro de concierto)

Volume 65 (have you got them all?) of Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series journeys to Spain and the heart-on-sleeve world there to be found. The Albéniz Concierto fantástico owes much to Schumann and Chopin, albeit with an added drizzle of the Iberian peninsula; the perennially popular Rapsodia española, on the other hand, throws all such classical models to the wind.

Granados never actually got round to writing his piano concerto, so our pianist here—Hyperion debutant Melani Mestre—has done it for him. And it’s a romp. The first movement is pretty much ‘echt’, from Granados’ sketches for a putative piano concerto, but thereafter it’s a hugely enjoyable what-if …

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