Piccolo Concertos

 
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ANDREAS BAKSA / UROS KREK / BORIS PAPANDOPULO / FRIGYES HIDAS
Piccolo Concertos
Francesco Viola, (piccolo) / Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Salvatore Percacciolo

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 1 December 2023

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The idea of a piccolo concerto might have seemed far-fetched at the beginning of the 20th century, but numerous composers have now expanded its role as the highest instrument of the orchestra into a true solo voice. With this recording Francesco Viola has brought together four unknown works by Eastern European composers - the Romanian Andreas Baksa; Slovenian composer Uroš Krek; German-Croatian composer Boris Papandopulo; and Hungarian composer Frigyes Hidas whose Oboe Concerto is recorded here in Francesco Viola's transcription for piccolo. All of these concertos are filled with atmosphere, passion and high spirits.

Tracks:

Andreas Baksa (1950-2015)
Grande concerto piccolo, Op. 54 (2012)

Uroš Krek (1922-2008)
Concertino for Piccolo and Orchestra (1967)

Boris Papandopulo (1906-1991)
Concertino for Piccolo and Strings (1977)

Frigyes Hidas (1928-2007)
Oboe Concerto (1951) (arr. F. Viola for piccolo and orchestra, 2019)