Hans Pfitzner and Walter Braunfels - whose work is concerto in all but name - make an apt pairing on volume 79 of Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series. The two works dating from the twilight of German Romanticism are heroically dispatched by Markus Becker and Constantin Trinks leading his Berlin Radio Symphony forces.
1 Piano Concerto in E Flat Major Op 31[43:03]Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)Englishfrançaisdeutsch
2 Pomphaft, Mit Kraft Und Schwung[17:34]
3 Heiterer Satz: Ziemlich Schnell, in Einheitlich Atemlosem Zeitmaß[6:38]
4 Äußerst Ruhig, Versonnen, Schwärmerisch -[8:56]
5 Rasch, Ungeschlacht, Launig[9:55]
6 Tag- Und Nachtstücke Op 44[31:03]Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)Englishfrançaisdeutsch
7 Ruhig[8:58]
8 Ruhig (Achtel) - Mehr Wie Doppelt So Rasch[4:32]
9 Geschwindmarsch[3:55]
10 Adagio[6:40]
11 Lebhaft[6:58]
Hans Pfitzner and Walter Braunfels - whose work is concerto in all but name - make an apt pairing on volume 79 of Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series. The two works dating from the twilight of German Romanticism are heroically dispatched by Markus Becker and Constantin Trinks leading his Berlin Radio Symphony forces.
