Stephen Coombs, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins - Glazunov & Goedicke: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 13) (1996)

Tracklist

01. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 92: I. Allegro moderato
02. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 92: II. Tema con variazioni: a. Theme. Andantino tranquillo
03. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 92: II. Tema con variazioni: b. Var. 1
04. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 92: II. Tema con variazioni: c. Var. 2. Chromatica. Andantino
05. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 92: II. Tema con variazioni: d. Var. 3. Eroica. Allegro moderato
06. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 92: II. Tema con variazioni: e. Var. 4. Lyrica. Adagio
07. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 92: II. Tema con variazioni: f. Var. 5. Intermezzo. Allegro
08. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 92: II. Tema con variazioni: g. Var. 6. Quasi una fantasia. Lento
09. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 92: II. Tema con variazioni: h. Var. 7. Mazurka. Allegretto
10. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 92: II. Tema con variazioni: i. Var. 8. Scherzo. Allegro ma non troppo
11. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 92: II. Tema con variazioni: j. Var. 9. Finale. Allegro moderato
12. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Major, Op. 100: I. Andante sostenuto – Allegro – Più moderato
13. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Major, Op. 100: II. Andante – Moderato tranquillo
14. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Major, Op. 100: III. Allegro – Allegretto scherzando – Allegro moderato – Con moto
15. Concertstück in D Major, Op. 11

The disc is the thirteenth volume in the famous Hyperion 'Romantic Piano Concerto' series; it also follows on from Stephen Coombs's four-volume set of Glazunov's music for solo piano, meaning that Coombs has now recorded all of Glazunov's music for piano soloist.

The two piano concertos date from relatively late in the composer's career and are lyrical works, betraying the characteristically lush orchestral textures familiar from Glazunov's symphonies and ballets.

Alexander Goedicke (Medtner's cousin!) wrote his Concertstück earlier than Glazunov's two concertos despite being the younger man. The work was published in 1900 and won the composer the Rubinstein Prize for Composition, bringing him early fame hardly matched by any subsequent successes. The Concertstück is rhapsodic, with much brilliant piano writing and a distinctly Russian flavour to its themes.

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