Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev: Piano Concerto, Music for solo Piano
The piano music of Sergei Taneyev (1856–1915) is one of Russian’s hidden secrets. Student and friend of Tchaikovsky, Taneyev – a formidable pianist and composer of the front rank – has never had the attention he deserves. The CD couples a first-ever recording of the only two movements he recorded of his youthful piano concerto with more premiere recordings of music for solo piano from across his career. The Four Improvisations, composed jointly by Taneyev, Rachmaninov, Arensky and Glazunov, bring a composite first recording for all four composers. And The Composer’s Birthday, for narrator and piano, four hands, was written as a light-hearted birthday present for Tchaikovsky.
Joseph Banowetz, piano
Russian Philharmonic of Moscow, orchestra
Thomas Sanderling, conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, narrator
Joseph Banowetz and Adam Wodnicki, piano duet
Listen To This Recording:
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Piano Concerto in E flat (1876)
- I. Allegro
- II. Andante funebre
- Prelude in F major (1876)
- Lullaby in B flat major (1876)
- Theme
- Variation I, [Un poco più mosso]
- Variation II, Allegretto alla quartetto di P. Tschaikovsky
- Variation III, [Allegro]
- Variation IV, [Allegretto]
- Variation V, Andante espressivo
- Variation VI, Allegro
- Variation VII, Andante
- Variation VIII, Allegro vivace
- Variation IX, Allegro
- Variation X, [Con moto]
- Variation XI, Andante
- Variation XII, Andante [non troppo lento]
- Allegro in E flat major (1876)
- Andantino semplice in B minor (1876)
- Repose (Elegy) in E major (1876)
- March in D minor (1876)
- No. 1, [Moderato], E minor
- No. 2, Allegretto, C major
- No. 3, [Allegro scherzando], B flat minor
- No. 4, Largo, F minor
- The Composer’s Birthday, for narrator and piano, four hands (1876)
- The Composer’s Birthday, for piano, four hands (1876)
Theme and Variations in C minor (1876) [tempo indications in square brackets are Pavel Lamm’s editorial suggestions]
Four Improvisations (with Arensky, Glazunov and Rachmaninov) (1876) [tempo indications in square brackets are Pavel Lamm’s editorial suggestions]
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Scott Cantrell :
“The prize here is a sampling of Taneyev’s piano music, which sounds like a cross between Schumann and Tchaikovsky. Mr. Banowetz plays gorgeously, with a warm, unforced tone and natural expressivity. He’s joined by faculty colleague Adam Wodnicki in Taneyev’s short, four-hands birthday tribute to Tchaikovsky, performed both with and without narration (spoken in Russian by Vladimir Ashkenazy)…” —Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News
John Kersey :
“This is an extremely worthwhile disc to explore, and hopefully it will be the first of many to bring Taneyev back into the spotlight.” —John Kersey, International Piano