Ginastera: Orchestral Works 2
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ALBERTO GINASTERA
Ginastera: Orchestral Works 2
Xiayin Wang (piano) / Ladies of Manchester Chamber Choir / BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena
[ Chandos / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 16 November 2016
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This is the second in the Chandos three-volume series of Juanjo Mena's idiomatic exploration of Ginastera's orchestra works with the BBC Philharmonic. The series was started to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the greatest of all Argentinean composers, Volume 1 receiving uniformly high praise.
This album features a late work, lesser-known, yet rich in surprises, namely the Second Piano Concerto. Here the keen musicality and sweeping virtuosity of Xiayin Wang meet the sumptuous sound of the BBC orchestra. It succeeds her recording of concertos by Tchaikovsky and Khachaturian with the RSNO [CHAN5167], which was made Editor's Choice by Gramophone. It is coupled with the exotic early ballet Panambí, heard complete with a concluding contribution from the Manchester Chamber Choir.
"The ambitious score pays homage to Schoenberg, Beethoven and Chopin." The Times, December 2016
"[the Second Piano Concerto] sounds especially convincing in this performance, from the opening variations onwards. [The ballet Estancia] This performance strikes me as alert and compelling...the music itself is percussive, less folksy and overtly melodic...Mena and the BBC Philharmonic do the composer proud. A fine release." ClassicsToday Jan 2017
Tracks:
Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 39
Panambí - ballet suite, Op. 1a
