Stanley Bate & Franz Reizenstein: Piano Concertos

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This another foray into totally unexplored territory where Lewis Foreman and Dutton have lifted the dust off forgotten scores...The Reizenstein is relentlessly energetic in the outer movements... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2012 More…

Release Date: 17th Oct 2011
Catalogue No: CDLX7282
Label: Dutton
Series: Epoch
Length: 69 minutes

Reizenstein: Piano Concerto No.2 in F

Work length25:59

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Royal National Scottish Orchestra

I. Allegro moderato

Track length9:44

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II. Andante tranquillo

Track length9:07

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III. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length7:08

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Bate, S: Piano Concerto No.2 in C Major, Op.28

Work length24:00

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Royal National Scottish Orchestra

I. Allegro di bravura

Track length6:10

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II. Andante affetuoso

Track length9:14

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III. Finale: Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace

Track length8:36

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Bate, S: Sinfonietta No.1, Op.22

Work length19:37

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Royal National Scottish Orchestra

I. Presto

Track length4:12

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II. Andante

Track length5:58

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III. Presto

Track length1:24

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IV. Andante - Presto

Track length8:03

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$2.10

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The public response to Dutton Epoch’s exploration of the orchestral music of Stanley Bate has been very positive, and there will surely be new enthusiasts for this fourth volume, which features the Second Piano Concerto and the First Sinfonietta, coupled with another Dutton Epoch discovery, the music of Franz Reizenstein whose Second Piano Concerto is grippingly played by Victor Sangiorgio. Here Dutton Epoch celebrates the centenary of the birth of both composers: Bate born in Plymouth, Reizenstein in Nuremberg (and coming to the UK in 1934). Stanley Bate’s scores date from 1938 and 1940, and his Concerto is characterised by its relentless energy and onward drive. Bate was a man who readily absorbed what was new, and if we sense the occasional flavour of Hindemith and the Shostakovich First Piano Concerto (complete with obbligato trumpet in the finale) in the fast music, and the lyricism of Poulenc in the slow movement, we also quickly recognise the ebullient voice of Bate himself in two scores that just precede his celebrated Third Symphony. Franz Reizenstein was one of the many composers and musicians who were forced to leave Germany when the Nazis came to power. Reizenstein wrote in all forms, with much piano music and chamber music. The Second Piano Concerto, perhaps briefly his most popular orchestral work, was first performed by the composer at a BBC broadcast concert from Maida Vale on 7 June 1961. Published in 1962, it was seen as an approachable modern work, and indeed pianist Victor Sangiorgio brings a romantic sweep to his performance, which is surely what the composer intended.

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April 2012

This another foray into totally unexplored territory where Lewis Foreman and Dutton have lifted the dust off forgotten scores...The Reizenstein is relentlessly energetic in the outer movements but, as a Hindemith pupil, he knew about continuity...Agreeable mainstream stuff: Sangiorgio is a real virtuoso

February 2012

Three world premiere recordings of lively and very agreeable music...Sangiorgio plays the solo parts of both concertos with satisfactory panache and (where the music calls for it) both affection and reflectiveness...[Yates] seems to have built up a notable rapport with the [RSNO] which gives bravura accounts of all three unfamiliar works, really coming into its own with the high jinks of Bate's Sinfonietta.

Stanley Bate & Franz Reizenstein: Piano Concertos

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