Julius Röntgen: Piano Concertos 3, 6 & 7

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Not surprisingly, these works of the 75-year-old composer, still rooted in late Romanticism in essence if not detail, sound rather sadly anachronistic...Triendl, Bäumer and the Kristiansand musicians... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…

Release Date: 1st Nov 2019
Catalogue No: 555055-2
Label: CPO
Length: 70 minutes

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Röntgen: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor

Work length34:13

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Oliver Triendl (piano)
Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
Hermann Bäumer

I. Allegro

Track length9:24

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II. Allegretto con grazia

Track length5:33

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$1.30

III. Romanze

Track length9:33

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$2.60

IV. Finale

Track length9:43

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Röntgen: Piano Concerto No. 6 in E Minor

Work length17:25

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$5.15

Oliver Triendl (piano)
Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
Hermann Bäumer

Röntgen: Piano Concerto No. 7 in C Major

Work length18:36

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Oliver Triendl (piano)
Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
Hermann Bäumer

I. Allegro

Track length6:34

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II. Allegretto con grazia

Track length4:42

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$1.30

III. Romanze

Track length7:20

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$2.60

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Our second CD featuring piano concertos by Julius Röntgen presents impressive Romantic music by this composer who was also an outstanding pianist and often interpreted his own compositions. His Piano Concerto No.3 of 1887-88, by way of exception in four movements, is more reminiscent of Brahms and not at all of the New German School of Liszt adherents. In December 1929 Röntgen began composing his last two piano concertos, both of which are heard on this CD. His Concerto No. 6 has one movement and lasts a mere fifteen minutes. The theme consists of repeated gentle wavy motion that recurs at the beginning, in the middle, with the cadenza, and at the end and reflects the bitonality so diligently practiced by Willem Pijper and Paul Hindemith, two composers whom Röntgen held in admiration. His Concerto No. 7, his last such work, has three distinct movements and an ABA structure that would enable it to stand alone. It is Röntgen’s posthumous triumph that his two last concertos have never disappeared from the repertoire and have continued to be regularly performed together.

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February 2020

Not surprisingly, these works of the 75-year-old composer, still rooted in late Romanticism in essence if not detail, sound rather sadly anachronistic...Triendl, Bäumer and the Kristiansand musicians clearly give both works their best.

November 2019

This is the first recording of these three piano concertos and the event is fortunate to be in the hands of these musicians and CPO’s engineers.

Julius Röntgen: Piano Concertos 3, 6 & 7

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