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Ernst von Dohnányi: Concertos - Variations On A Nursery Song
Sofja Gulbadamova (piano), Silke Aichhorn (harp), Andrei Ioniţă (cello), Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rehinland-Pfalz, Modestas Pitrenas
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
In all three concertos the solo playing is magnificent. Modestas Pitrenas and the orchestra accompany with enthusiasm, but ensemble is sometimes uncertain and the sound in some louder tuttis...
Ernst von Dohnányi: Concertos - Variations On A Nursery Song
Sofja Gulbadamova (piano), Silke Aichhorn (harp), Andrei Ioniţă (cello), Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rehinland-Pfalz, Modestas Pitrenas
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
In all three concertos the solo playing is magnificent. Modestas Pitrenas and the orchestra accompany with enthusiasm, but ensemble is sometimes uncertain and the sound in some louder tuttis...
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Of all the works Ernst von Dohnányi wrote for the stage, only his ballet pantomime The Veil of Pierrette (Capriccio C5388) received any particular acclaim. His concert music, however, was received much more warmly. This sixth Capriccio volume of Dohnányi's late romantic, sensual music that is deeply rooted in the Austro-German classical tradition features three of his concertos. Apart from two piano concertos and two violin concertos, Dohnányi wrote three more, which are concertos in all but name: Variations on a Nursey Song (for piano and orchestra), Concertino (for harp and chamber orchestra), and Konzertstück (for cello and orchestra), the titles subtly hinting at their specific character.
Contents and tracklist
- Sofja Gülbadamova
- Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
- Modestas Pitrėnas
- Silke Aichhorn
- Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
- Modestas Pitrėnas
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineMarch 2022Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards2023Nominated - Concerto
April 2022
In all three concertos the solo playing is magnificent. Modestas Pitrenas and the orchestra accompany with enthusiasm, but ensemble is sometimes uncertain and the sound in some louder tuttis is a touch brash.
March 2022
A truly superb performance of this unjustly neglected and once-popular work [Variations On A Nursery Song]...All in all, Modestas Pitrėnas inspires orchestra and soloists alike on a disc that stands with the best.