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Piano Concertos by Grieg and Liszt/Busoni
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This CD partners the wonderfully Romantic Piano Concerto in A minor, by Grieg with the Rhapsodie éspagnole by Liszt, arranged by Busoni. Also on this disc is the charming and rarely recorded Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra by Gabriel Faure.

Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Felicja Blumental - piano
Hans Swarowski- conductor
Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra

• Allegro molto moderato (12'41)
• Adagio (6'33)
• Allegro moderato molto e marcato - Andante maestoso (11'27)

Franz Liszt/Ferrucio Busoni - Rhapsodie éspagnole for piano and orchestra, S254
Felicja Blumental - piano
Helmut Froschauer - conductor
Prague Symphony Orchestra

• I: Folies d'Espagne (5'55)
• II: Juta aragonesa (2'37)
• III (un poco meno allegro) (7'39)

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Piano Concertos by Grieg & Liszt/Busoni

In Leipzig in 1858, Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) attended a performance by Clara Schumann of Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto. It had a profound and lasting effect on the Young Norwegian composer, who set about composi...

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