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Britten: Piano Concerto; Diversions; Young Apollo

CDA67625

DDD
Stereo
NEW RELEASE

Playing time: 71'16"
Tracks: 19
Booklet pages: 24
© 2008 Hyperion Records Ltd
Reviewer: Robert Anderson
Review of Britten: Piano Concerto; Diversions; Young Apollo published on 8 October 2008

Listen: Toccata (Piano Concerto in D)

Steven Osborne, piano
Scott Dickinson, viola (Piano Concerto waltz)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976):

Piano Concerto in D Op 13 (1938, revised 1945) (Toccata: Allegro molto e con brio; Waltz: Allegretto; Impromptu: Andante lento - ; March: Allegro moderato - sempre alla marcia)

Original version of the third movement of the Piano Concerto (1938) (Recitative and Aria: Lento)

Young Apollo for piano, string quartet and string orchestra Op 16 (1939)

Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op 21 (1940) (Theme: Maestoso; Variation I: Recitative: I'istesso tempo - maestoso; II: Romance: Allegretto mosso; III March: Allegro con brio; IV: Arabesque: Allegretto; V: Chant: Andante solennemente; VI: Nocturne: Andante piacevole; VII: Badinerie: Grave - Vivacissimo; VIII: Burlesque: Molto moderato; IXa: Toccata I: Allegro; IXb: Toccata II - Cadenza: I'istesso tempo; Variation X: Adagio; Finale: Tarantella: Presto con fuoco)

Release date 1 September 2008

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