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Joel Hill replies to Danny Tan:
>Scharwenka #1 and #4: Both very tuneful, enjoyable and accessible
Which prompts a general pointer to the Hyperion Romantic Concerto series.
>Paderewski: Concerto in a and the Polish Fantasy - Listen to Earl Wild.
How could I have forgotten this one!
>Sgambati: Very melodic and grand - Is Bolet's version ever gonna CD'ed?
Another "sleeper", it prompted me to investigate Sgambati's chamber music.
>Bortkiewicz: #1 - Somewhat exotic and very accessible.
More in the Rachmaninov style. Would be a spectacular success if were
played in concert
>Khachaturian: Others might list this one - No one should be without it.
Another "how could I have forgotten this".
>Rubinstein #4: (That's Anton, for the uninitiated, and not Artur or Arthur)
>An old warhorse that needs to be played more in concert
I've know this one since my college days and was thrilled when it was
reissued on CD.
>Saint-Saens: All of them - even the works that aren't called concertos
I am especially fond of 1 and its "Beyond the Fringe" every-coda-cliche
finale to the first movement.
>Scriabin: Needs to be heard more
Which reminds me of the Rimsky Korsakov, which gets a surprising amount
of airplay on Boston's WCRB "Classical music is to relax you" station.
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