Erkin & Khachaturian: Piano Concertos

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A splendidly feisty performance of Khachaturian’s Piano Concerto has the added bonus of the often omitted flexatone in the central movement. Erkin’s equally fiery Piano Concerto is also well... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 21st Jan 2022
Catalogue No: 98025
Label: Aldila Records
Length: 58 minutes

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Erkin: Piano Concerto

Work length22:59

$5.00

$6.50

Gülsin Onay (piano)
Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
José Serebrier

I. Allegro

Track length9:45

$2.00

$2.60

II. Andante

Track length5:46

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$1.30

III. Scherzo

Track length2:25

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$1.30

IV. Andante - Allegro

Track length5:03

$1.00

$1.30

Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D flat major

Work length35:33

$8.00

$10.30

Gülsin Onay (piano)
Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
José Serebrier

I. Allegro ma non troppo e maestoso

Track length14:43

$3.00

$3.85

II. Andante con anima

Track length11:05

$3.00

$3.85

III. Allegro brillante

Track length9:45

$2.00

$2.60

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The piano concertos by Aram Khachaturian and Ulvi Cemal Erkin are exemplary works for the affinity and contrariness of the art music of Armenia and Turkey built on the ground of native musical traditions. Both are pianistically demanding, effective and - in their drama and atmosphere - immediately comprehensible and riveting compositions. Khachaturian's piano concerto quickly won its place in the world from the Soviet Union thanks to Van Cliburn's performances and is currently one of the most popular concertos in Asian countries. Erkin's concerto, with its much tighter dimensions, is hardly known outside Turkey until now and is released here as a first commercially available recording. The pianist Gülsin Onay is one of the most important Turkish classical musicians. She has already recorded the two piano concertos by Ahmed Adnan Saygun, together with Erkin Turkey's most outstanding composer, and performs internationally as a soloist. José Serebrier, an US-American of Uruguyan descent, studied with Stokowski, Szell, Dorati and Monteux. He is one of the great legends among conductors of the older generation, one of the most documented maestri on vinyl and CD, and also a remarkable phenomenon as a composer. As a musician, he is considered the spiritual successor of his former mentor Leopold Stokowski.

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April 2022

A splendidly feisty performance of Khachaturian’s Piano Concerto has the added bonus of the often omitted flexatone in the central movement. Erkin’s equally fiery Piano Concerto is also well worth discovering.

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