William Sterndale Bennett - Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor • Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor • Caprice
Malcolm Binns, piano
Label: Lyrita
Tracks 1 - 4: Recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, 3 December 1986, Producer: Andrew Cornall, Engineer: John Dunkerley |
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"Sterndale Bennett wrote six piano concertos during his late teens and early twenties. Each work was written for the composer himself to play, and he must have been a formidable technician, since the piano part often sounds very difficult indeed. Each work has its own distinct character, and though the musical material doesn’t ever reach the highest level, it is always developed with imagination and ingenuity so that interest never slackens…Binns responds whole-heartedly and very sympathetically, and with his usual brilliant technique." AS, Gramophone
"It is to be hoped this release will reawaken interest in the music of William Sterndale Bennett, for it contains much to delight the senses ..." Colin Clarke, www.musicweb-international.com Click here to read the full review; |
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