WIKLUND Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Concertos by former Swedish Royal Orchestra conductor
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Composer or Director: Adolf Wiklund
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Hyperion
Magazine Review Date: 08/2012
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 74
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CDA67828
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 |
Adolf Wiklund, Composer
Adolf Wiklund, Composer Andrew Manze, Conductor Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra Martin Sturfält, Piano |
Concert pieces |
Adolf Wiklund, Composer
Adolf Wiklund, Composer Andrew Manze, Conductor Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra Martin Sturfält, Piano |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 |
Adolf Wiklund, Composer
Adolf Wiklund, Composer Andrew Manze, Conductor Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra Martin Sturfält, Piano |
Author: Jeremy Nicholas
Wiklund’s single-movement Konsertstycke is the earliest work here (1902). By a strange coincidence, another new recording of this obscurity surfaced recently on Sterling, coupled with two other single-movement works by Ludvig Norman and Ture Rangström in fine performances by Maria Verbaite and the NorrlandsOperan Symphony Orchestra under B Tommy Andersson. Hyperion, though, has the edge. If there is a certain coolness about some of their concerto releases, this is not one of them. Wiklund’s compatriot Martin Sturfält (who also contributes an excellent booklet-note) plays all three works with magnificent aplomb, his energy and palpable enthusiasm matched by Andrew Manze and his players. There is nothing of the studio here, and the recording venue, the Helsingborg Concert Hall, not normally noted for its generous acoustic, lends a warm, resonant glow to proceedings.
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