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The Romantic Piano Concerto
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 27 - Saint-Saëns
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
If Saint-Saëns's idiom once answered – and maybe still does – to qualities fundamental to the French musical character, it must be said straight away that Hough sounds the complete insider.... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2001, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Gold Disc
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 50 – Tchaikovsky
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
Both soloist and conductor seem committed to emphasising the architectural integrity of Tchaikovsky's musical thinking...Yet by keeping things moving and delivering performances that project... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th March 2010
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Building a Library, November 2022, Also Recommended - 1st Concerto
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 70 - Beach, Chaminade & Howell
RecommendedBeach, Chaminade & Howell: Piano Concertos
Danny Driver (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca Miller
Pick of the bunch is the Concerto by Amy Beach…Danny Driver is a highly accomplished soloist, if occasionally lacking in Romantic flexibility; the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Rebecca... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 11 - Scharwenka & Sauer
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
A glitteringly worthy addition to the Hyperion series ... Stephen Hough exhibits dazzling flair in showpiece concertos by Sauer and Scharwenka – and plenty of stamina ... Hough plays throughout... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Concerto
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 38 - Rubinstein & Scharwenka
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern
Anton Rubinstein is well served on record these days: the catalogue lists half-a-dozen versions of the Fourth Concerto… Marc-André Hamelin gives a dazzling account of this, and also of the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2005, Editor's Choice
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 78 - Clara Schumann
RecommendedPiano Concerto & works by Hiller, Herz & Kalkbrenner
Howard Shelley (piano & conductor)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
[Schumann] Shelley and his well-drilled Tasmanians provide the best possible case, not least in the songlike Romanze, which contains a gorgeous passage for piano and solo cello. Shelley opens... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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New. The Romantic Piano Concerto (1991 - 2007 Edition)
Featuring pianists including Stephen Hough, Seta Tanyel, Piers Lane, Nikolai Demidenko, Martin Roscoe, Howard Shelley, Peter Donohoe, Marc-André Hamelin and Steven Osborne
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 26 - Litolff
Peter Donohoe (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Litolff's dauntingly ambitious structures accommodate every possible style, looking forwards and backwards Janus-style, yet reaching out in the strange almost Alkanesque oddity of the Fifth... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2001, Editor's Choice
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 81 - Rubbra & Bliss
Piers Lane (piano), The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein
Rubbra’s Piano Concerto in G major is something special…Piers Lane’s solo playing throughout is a phenomenon of tireless technical strength, always beautifully aligned to each work’s different... —
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 72 - Cipriani Potter
Howard Shelley (piano & conductor)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
[Potter's concertos] are conservative in style, but distinctively coloured through their prominent use of wind instruments, as well as occasional passages for solo violin and cello...The warmth... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, Concerto Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2017
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Concert Recording (19th-century music)
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