Malcolm Binns, Simon Callaghan, Hiroaki Takenouchi, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Nicholas Braithwaite, Martin Yates - William Sterndale Bennett: Complete Piano Concertos (2026)
Artist: Malcolm Binns, Simon Callaghan, Hiroaki Takenouchi, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Nicholas Braithwaite, Martin Yates
Title: William Sterndale Bennett: Complete Piano Concertos
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: Lyrita: SRCD.2449
Genre: Classical, Piano
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 3:15:11
Total Size: 727 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: William Sterndale Bennett: Complete Piano Concertos
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: Lyrita: SRCD.2449
Genre: Classical, Piano
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 3:15:11
Total Size: 727 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD1 - Concertos 1 and 3, Caprice in E - [65:46]
William Sterndale Bennett
Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 1
1. 1. Allegro con brio
2. II. Andante sostenuto
3. III. Finale: Presto, Scherzo
4. Caprice in E, op. 22
Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, op. 9
5. I. Allegro moderato
6. II. Romanza: Andante espressivo
7. III. Allegro agitato
Malcolm Binns, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
CD2 - Concertos 2 and 5, Adagio - [66:40]
William Sterndale Bennett
Piano Concerto no. 2 in E-flat, op. 4
1. I. Allegro moderato
2. II. Adagio espressivo
3. III. Vivace giocoso
4. Adagio
Piano Concerto no. 5 in F minor
5. I. Allegro moderato
6. II. Romanza pastorale ('A Stroll Through the Meadows')
7. III. Presto agitato
Malcolm Binns, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
CD3 - Concertos 4 and 6, Concerto for two pianos - [62:44]
William Sterndale Bennett
Piano Concerto no. 4 in F minor, op. 19
1. I. Allegro con maesta
2. II. Barcarole. Andante
3. III. Presto. Agitato
Piano Concerto no. 6 in A minor, WO. 48
4. I. Allegro appassionata
5. II. Serenade. Allegretto
6. III. Finale. Allegro quasi presto
7. Concerto for 2 Pianos in C major, WO. 29
1-6. Simon Callaghan, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Martin Yates
7. Simon Callaghan, Hiraki Takenouchi, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Martin Yates
William Sterndale Bennett's first three piano concertos emerged at intervals of one year each, in 1832, 1833 and 1834. Each of these was begun during his summer holidays and completed in the fall semester at the Royal Academy of Music. The first concert had such an effect that Bennett was invited to take it before King William IV. and Queen Adelaide in Windsor Castle. Following his habit of beginning the composition of a new piano concerto in the quieter summer months, Piano Concerto No. 4 was created in F minor, op. 19, in the summer of 1838. In July, Bennett wrote to both Mendelssohn and the concert director of the Gewandhaus that he had composed a new concert explicitly intended for performance at the Gewandhaus on his next visit to Germany. The premiere took place on September 26 in London in front of a small audience in RAM, with the slow movement being a remastered version of "A Stroll through the Meadows" originally composed for his earlier F minor concert (now referred to as Number 5).
