Stenhammar: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Niklas Sivelöv (piano)
Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago
This is one for rare repertoire junkies...Some beautifully applied golden-age style from Sivelöv
Stenhammar: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Niklas Sivelöv (piano)
Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago
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This is one for rare repertoire junkies...Some beautifully applied golden-age style from Sivelöv
About
A virtuoso pianist and renowned conductor in his day, Wilhelm Stenhammar achieved early success with his magnificently wide-ranging and Brahmsian Piano Concerto No. 1. After many years of mixed fortunes as a composer he found his personal voice in the remarkable Piano Concerto No. 2. Conceived as a single span, this vividly affirmative romantic masterpiece was the wellspring for his Serenade (8572186) and Symphony No. 2 (8553888). Award-winning soloist Niklas Sivelöv has also recorded Stenhammar’s solo piano works (8553730).
Contents and tracklist
Work length25:50
- Niklas Sivelöv
- Malmö Symphony Orchestra
- Mario Venzago
I. Moderato - II. Molto vivace
Track length14:39
III. Adagio
Track length4:54
IV. Tempo moderato
Track length6:17
Stenhammar:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 1
Work length41:43
- Niklas Sivelöv
- Malmö Symphony Orchestra
- Mario Venzago
I. Molto moderato e maestoso
Track length14:08
II. Vivacissimo
Track length4:59
III. Andante
Track length10:10
IV. Allegro commodo
Track length12:26
Awards and reviews
January 2012
This is one for rare repertoire junkies...Some beautifully applied golden-age style from Sivelöv
February 2012
Niklas Silvelov negotiates the torrents of octaves and other rhetorical gestures with aplomb.
10th November 2011
These wonderful recordings of Stenhammar's piano concertos make a superb introduction to his music...Stenhammar specialist Niklas Sivelöv plays them in a no-holds-barred, high Romantic way, while the Malmö Symphony under Mario Venzago is tremendous...it's hard not to be swept away by [this] Naxos disc, and the performance of the First Concerto is the finest I know.
