Reinecke Piano Concertos 1, 2 and 4

Reinecke Piano Concertos 1, 2 and 4

CDA68339 (Hyperion Records, CD)

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FIRST RELEASE (6 January 2023)

Playing time: 76'00"
Tracks: 9
Booklet pages: 20
℗ 2023 Hyperion Records Ltd
© 2023 Hyperion Records Ltd
Main country of recording: Switzerland
Country of manufacture: Austria
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Reinecke Piano Concertos 1, 2 and 4 published on 21 February 2023

Simon‎ Callaghan, piano (Steinway & Sons)
Marianne Schmid, piano technician
Sinfonieorchester‎ St Gallen
M‎odestas Pitrėnas, conductor

Carl Reinecke (1824-1910):

Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor Op 72 (1860)
􏰀1 Allegro
2 Adagio ma non troppo
3 Allegro con brio

Piano Concerto No 2 in E minor Op 120 (1872)
4 Allegro
5 Andantino quasi allegretto
6 Allegro brillante

Piano Concerto No 4 in B minor Op 254 (1900)
7 Allegro
8 Adagio ma non troppo
9 Allegretto

The next volume in Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series again turns up trumps with three concertos by Carl Reinecke.

Recorded 15-18 November 2021 in Tonhalle St Gallen, Switzerland.