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GRAMOPHONE. Sauer Vol.6

February 13, 2015
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GRAMOPHONE September 2004 SAUER Complete Piano Music, Volume 6 Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor. Galop de concert. Cinq Morceaux de Difficulte moyenne. Petite Scene de ballet. Menuet Vieux style. Polka de Concert Oleg Marshev, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra / James Loughran Danacord DACOCD 596 This pianist's voyage of discovery unearths an ambitious romantic concerto Volume 6 of Oleg Marshev's survey of Emil von Sauer's keyboard music includes a first recording of the Second Piano Concerto, already a far cry from the First Concerto's beguiling if less ambitious world. Getting off to an exotic start (moderato lamentoso), the pianist quickly launches into a magisterial utterance worthy of Brahms. Wildly disparate elements are ingeniously knitted together and the Scherzo (part of...

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Gramophone. Danish Piano Concertos Vol.4

February 12, 2015
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Gramophone/ Bendix Piano Concerto/Simonsen Piano Concerto Oleg Marshev (pf) Aalborg Symphony Orchestra/Matthias Aeschbacher Danacord DACOCD 641 69' Two more great, if overshadowed, Danes take centre stage Volume 4 of Danacord's Danish Piano Concertos steals a march on Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series by offering works by Viktor Bendix (1851-1926) and Rudolph Simonsen (1889-1947) od a startling weight and seriousness. Sadly, both composers' romanticism was overshadowed by Nielsen's genius and until the present magnificent issue both concertos languished in obscurity. Intriguingly, Bendix's career was also clouded by scandal and, as he succumbed to one temptation too many, even his most ardent followers retreated in distaste. Comparisons of Bendix to Saint-Saens seem odd for music of such Teutonic cut and Reger-like ambitions,...

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GRAMOPHONE. Danish Piano Concertos, Vol. 3

February 12, 2015
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GRAMOPHONE March 2005 Danish Piano Concertos, Volume 3 Malling Piano Concerto Salomon Piano Concert Schytte Piano Concerto Oleg Marshev, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra / Matthias Aeschbacher Danacord DACOCD 597 A musical sugar for those with a sweet tooth (more…)

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