British Piano Concertos
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Bliss: Piano Concerto
Peter Donohoe & Martin Roscoe (pianos)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
Concerto for Two pianos is the most lively, attractive work on the disc, full of quick, spiky wit and delight on colour, all well brought out by Donohoe and Roscoe — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2004, Editor's Choice
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Rawsthorne's First Piano Concerto, originally written with just strings and percussion accompaniment, was introduced in its later full orchestral form at a 1942 Promenade Concert by Louis Kentner.... — More…
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Alwyn (whose centenary year fell in 2005) is a composer of strong communicative gifts and the best of his music exhibits a disarming emotional candour, generous lyricism, powerful sense of argument... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2005, Editor's Choice
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Howard Ferguson & Roberto Gerhard: Piano Concertos
Northern Sinfonia, Peter Donohoe (piano / conductor)
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Arnold: Concerto for Two Pianos
Phillip Dyson (piano) & Kevin Sargent (piano)
Ulster Orchestra, Esa Heikkilä
The three major concertante works here reflect in a moving way the strange contradictions in Arnold's character, the mixture of lyrical warmth, popular inspiration and, in complete contrast,... — More…
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Harty wrote his Piano Concerto in 1922 and gave the first performance the following year with Beecham at the helm of the Hallé Orchestra.
Unashamedly indebted to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov... — More…CD
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John Gardner: Piano Concerto No. 1
Peter Donohoe (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
These fine, dedicated performances are undoubtedly a fitting gift to the composer on his 90th birthday. — More…
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Thomas Pitfield: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Peter Donohoe, Anthony Goldstone (pianos)
Royal Northern College of Music Orchestra, Andrew Penny
The First Concerto has a highly resourceful second movement, but Concerto No. 2 (1958), all over in 11 minutes, is even more remarkable for its concentrated invention, bonhomie and expert craftsmanship.... — More…
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