Special offer. The Romantic Piano Concerto 62 - Gounod
The complete works for pedal piano & orchestra
Roberto Prosseda (pedal piano)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Howard Shelley
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th November 2013
Pomp and ceremony were not really Gounod's thing. Much the best bits are the central movements of the Suite Concertante and the Concerto. Excellent performances.
Special offer. The Romantic Piano Concerto 62 - Gounod
The complete works for pedal piano & orchestra
Roberto Prosseda (pedal piano)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Howard Shelley
Purchase product
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th November 2013
Pomp and ceremony were not really Gounod's thing. Much the best bits are the central movements of the Suite Concertante and the Concerto. Excellent performances.
About
The Romantic Piano Concerto series reaches 62 and makes an interesting (although temporary) departure: these four works are for pedal piano (a piano which includes a separate keyboard for the feet, to be played rather in the manner of an organ). Gounod was inspired by the talent of the young and apparently very attractive Lucie Palicot (born circa 1860) whom he heard performing Alkan’s music for pedal piano in 1882. Gounod is far better known for his operatic and liturgical compositions: these works show a different side to this nineteenth-century luminary.
Italian pianist Roberto Prosseda makes his debut on Hyperion. He gave the first modern performance of Gounod’s Concerto for pedal piano and orchestra. His pedal piano repertoire also includes the original works by Schumann, Boëly and Alkan and new pieces written for him by Ennio Morricone, Michael Nyman and other contemporary composers.
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Works for Pedal Piano by Gounod
4th Nov 2013
For the 62nd volume of Hyperion’s The Romantic Piano Concerto series, Roberto Prosseda joins Howard Shelley and the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana for the Concerto for pedal piano, Suite concertante and Fantaisie sur l’hymne national russe.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week4th November 2013
December 2013
Pomp and ceremony were not really Gounod's thing. Much the best bits are the central movements of the Suite Concertante and the Concerto. Excellent performances.
December 2013
It proves to be a real winner. It is also among the very jolliest of piano-and-orchestra recordings to come my way for some time...Given exactly the right light touch and deft execution, abetted by Howard Shelley's stylish accompaniment, Gounod's box of bonbons is an unexpected delight.
13th January 2014
All these pieces are negotiated with enviable skill by Prosseda and accompanied by Howard Shelley, who directs the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana with taste shorn of routine. I doubt I’ll have much occasion to hear these lightweight charmers again, but I’m glad to have made their acquaintance in such committed performances, with a recording to match.
4th November 2013
Throughout the disc, Prosseda is given wonderful support from conductor Howard Shelley, who draws warm, expressive playing from the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana. Highly recommended, especially if you’ve not come across the pedal piano before and are intrigued by the notion. Long may the series continue
