Kapustin / Dupree / Brendle- Piano Concerto No. 5
When the music of Nikolai Kapustin was discovered by a wider audience in the West, it was positively shocking: Who was this Soviet (!) composer, whose music sounded more like an Oscar Peterson improvisation than anything else - but who wrote detailed scores, black with notes?! As we discover more and more of his music (and there's so much more yet to discover!), a very distinct, always wholly charming voice emerges, whether in a freewheeling outright-jazzy work like his Concerto for 2 Pianos and Percussion, the more symphonic Fifth Piano Concerto, or the frisky Sinfonietta which transports us into a smoky 1940s bar in Manhattan.
Tracklist:
- Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 5 Op. 72 / Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 5 Op. 72
- Konzert für 2 Klaviere und Schlagwerk Op. 104 / Concerto for 2 pianos and percussion Op. 104~I. Allegro moderato
- Konzert für 2 Klaviere und Schlagwerk Op. 104 / Concerto for 2 pianos and percussion Op. 104~II. Largo
- Konzert für 2 Klaviere und Schlagwerk Op. 104 / Concerto for 2 pianos and percussion Op. 104~III. Allegro impetuoso
- Sinfonietta für Klavier zu vier Händen Op. 49 / Sinfonietta for piano four hands Op. 49~I. Overture. Allegro
- Sinfonietta für Klavier zu vier Händen Op. 49 / Sinfonietta for piano four hands Op. 49~II. Slow Waltz. Larghetto
- Sinfonietta für Klavier zu vier Händen Op. 49 / Sinfonietta for piano four hands Op. 49~III. Intermezzo. Allegretto
- Sinfonietta für Klavier zu vier Händen Op. 49 / Sinfonietta for piano four hands Op. 49~IV. Rondo. Presto
When the music of Nikolai Kapustin was discovered by a wider audience in the West, it was positively shocking: Who was this Soviet (!) composer, whose music sounded more like an Oscar Peterson improvisation than anything else - but who wrote detailed scores, black with notes?! As we discover more and more of his music (and there's so much more yet to discover!), a very distinct, always wholly charming voice emerges, whether in a freewheeling outright-jazzy work like his Concerto for 2 Pianos and Percussion, the more symphonic Fifth Piano Concerto, or the frisky Sinfonietta which transports us into a smoky 1940s bar in Manhattan.
Tracklist:
- Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 5 Op. 72 / Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 5 Op. 72
- Konzert für 2 Klaviere und Schlagwerk Op. 104 / Concerto for 2 pianos and percussion Op. 104~I. Allegro moderato
- Konzert für 2 Klaviere und Schlagwerk Op. 104 / Concerto for 2 pianos and percussion Op. 104~II. Largo
- Konzert für 2 Klaviere und Schlagwerk Op. 104 / Concerto for 2 pianos and percussion Op. 104~III. Allegro impetuoso
- Sinfonietta für Klavier zu vier Händen Op. 49 / Sinfonietta for piano four hands Op. 49~I. Overture. Allegro
- Sinfonietta für Klavier zu vier Händen Op. 49 / Sinfonietta for piano four hands Op. 49~II. Slow Waltz. Larghetto
- Sinfonietta für Klavier zu vier Händen Op. 49 / Sinfonietta for piano four hands Op. 49~III. Intermezzo. Allegretto
- Sinfonietta für Klavier zu vier Händen Op. 49 / Sinfonietta for piano four hands Op. 49~IV. Rondo. Presto