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If you’ve enjoyed previous volumes in Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto Series, you’ll certainly warm to this delightful release — BBC Music Magazine

Release Date: 31st May 2004
Catalogue No: CDA67465
Label: Hyperion
Series: The Romantic Piano Concerto
Length: 57 minutes

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Herz: Piano Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 34

Work length25:52

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Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Howard Shelley

I. Allegro moderato

Track length12:26

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II. Larghetto

Track length4:59

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III. Allegro moderato

Track length8:27

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Herz: Piano Concerto No. 7 in B minor, Op. 207

Work length17:56

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Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Howard Shelley

I. Allegro moderato

Track length6:39

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II. Romance: Larghetto senza tempo – Andantino cantabile

Track length5:03

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III. Rondo espagnol: Allegretto

Track length6:14

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Herz: Piano Concerto No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 218

Work length14:11

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Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Howard Shelley

I. Allegro molto moderato

Track length5:27

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II. Andantino

Track length3:24

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III. Polonaise

Track length5:20

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Hyperion’s Record of the Month for June sees the thirty-fifth release in our award-winning Romantic Piano Concerto series, and three première recordings of concertos by Henri Herz. Over the years Herz has had a very bad press, a situation begun through the writings of Robert Schumann and continued ever since, yet in his day – and this was primarily in the early part of his life – his music outsold all rivals, and his tours, particularly as the first major pianist to visit the USA, brought him huge success. This dichotomy is easily explained: Herz never tried to be a ‘great’ artist, though he was often judged against such criteria; he was an entertainer. Of course the concerto lends itself perfectly to this role and his eight concertos are full of charm, almost operatic melody and scintillating virtuosity, their model is Hummel, though in the later works Herz put less emphasis on virtuosity and more on lyricism. If we can accept that music need not be profound to be enjoyed we should welcome this revival of these works, the pop music of their time. Needless to say Howard Shelley, who has made such exceptional recordings of the concertos of Hummel and Moscheles, is just the man for the job. He will follow up this recording with a second disc of Herz next year.

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If you’ve enjoyed previous volumes in Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto Series, you’ll certainly warm to this delightful release

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