Hans Gál & Mozart: Piano Concertos
Sarah Beth Briggs (piano)
Royal Northern Sinfonia, Kenneth Woods, Bradley Creswick
Briggs gives a wonderfully balanced reading of music that seems familiar – in its classical poise and charm – and strange…Kenneth Woods and the Royal Northern Sinfonia accompany superbly…with...
Hans Gál & Mozart: Piano Concertos
Sarah Beth Briggs (piano)
Royal Northern Sinfonia, Kenneth Woods, Bradley Creswick
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Briggs gives a wonderfully balanced reading of music that seems familiar – in its classical poise and charm – and strange…Kenneth Woods and the Royal Northern Sinfonia accompany superbly…with...
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English pianist Sarah Beth Briggs, together with Kenneth Woods conducting the Royal Northern Sinfonia, offers the world premiere recording of Hans Gál’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra alongside Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K. 482.
Bringing to light another of Hans Gál’s gorgeously melodic and finely crafted scores, AVIE presents the world premiere recording of the Austrian émigré’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with English pianist Sarah Beth Briggs supported by Gál aficionado Kenneth Woods conducting the Royal Northern Sinfonia. Written in 1948, Gál’s large-scale romantic concerto abounds with sweeping phrases and pyrotechnics, yet at the heart of the piece lies the composer’s signature clarity and precision, making the work an ideal coupling for his 18th century Viennese compatriot Mozart’s great E-flat major concerto of 1785.
Contents and tracklist
- Sarah Beth Briggs
- Northern Sinfonia
- Kenneth Woods
- Sarah Beth Briggs
- Northern Sinfonia
- Kenneth Woods
Awards and reviews
July 2016
Briggs gives a wonderfully balanced reading of music that seems familiar – in its classical poise and charm – and strange…Kenneth Woods and the Royal Northern Sinfonia accompany superbly…with crystal-clear sound, this is [a] most enjoyable concerto disc
May 2016
Wood’s deft handling of the orchestral textures is a perfect foil to Briggs’ adroit virtuosity…at one point, time almost stands still, and the pianist’s pellucid tone is raptly intense.
