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…Delius's Piano Concerto emerged in 1902 as a full-blown three-movement design… Piers Lane, an eloquent advocate for this restored score, has several rivals in the Ireland Concerto. …I find... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 3rd Jan 2006
Catalogue No: CDA67296
Label: Hyperion
Series: The Romantic Piano Concerto
Length: 64 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

January 2006

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Delius: Piano Concerto in C minor

Work length28:43

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Piers Lane (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length10:58

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II. Largo

Track length6:07

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III. Maestoso con moto moderato

Track length11:38

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Ireland: Legend

Work length11:45

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Piers Lane (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones

Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat major

Work length23:50

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Piers Lane (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones

I. In tempo moderato

Track length8:47

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IIa. Lento espressivo – Allegro – Cadenza –

Track length7:12

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IIb. Allegretto giocoso

Track length7:51

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Hyperions record of the month for January presents, for the first time, the original version of Deliuss Piano Concerto. Two years after completing this work in 1904, Delius recast it, rejecting the third movement and reorganizing other material. Perhaps thinking that the solo part wasnt sufficiently pianistic, Delius also consulted a friend, the Busoni pupil Theodor Szanto, who rewrote the piano part in virtuoso style (with Deliuss ultimate approval). It is the Szanto version that has, until now, always been performed. With Deliuss original, characteristically refined orchestration also restored (from the orchestral parts that survive from the first performance in 1904), we can now hear this work as the composer envisaged before the involvement of another hand. The result is closer to what we think of as quintessential Delius. Piers Lane and David Lloyd-Jones form an ideal partnership, and the result is a revelation. John Irelands Piano Concerto, written in 1930, was seen at the time as a British response to Prokofievs Third Piano Concerto, and it has additional resonances of Ravel and Gershwin. The work was an immediate success and became the pre-eminent British piano concerto, performed by Clifford Curzon, Moura Lympany, Eileen Joyce, Gina Bachauer and Artur Rubinstein. Encouraged by its success Ireland planned to write a second concerto, but he only completed one movement, the Legend, in 1933. Once more Piers Lane and the Ulster musicians bring an engaging energy and flair to this exciting music.

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January 2006

…Delius's Piano Concerto emerged in 1902 as a full-blown three-movement design… Piers Lane, an eloquent advocate for this restored score, has several rivals in the Ireland Concerto. …I find Lane much more jazzily incisive than Eric Parkin…

February 2006

…Delius's 1907 Piano Concerto… actually began life in 1897 as a single-movement fantasy for piano and orchestra, which Delius subsequently recast as a concerto in three separate movements. First heard in Berlin in October 1904, that's the version performed here. The piano writing throughout is less flamboyant than in the revision yet still offers ample opportunity for winning display. It's all dashingly dispatched here, and devotees of this composer should certainly investigate. ...recordings of John Ireland's delectable Piano Concerto never seem to survive long in the catalogue. This Hyperion newcomer possesses many virtues. Piers Lane responds with nimble sensitivity. David Lloyd-Jones secures a tidy response from the Ulster Orchestra and the performance as a whole has a sparkle, eagerness and snap that are most refreshing.

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