Johannes Wildner, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Gottlieb Wallisch - Piano Concerto. Pierrot in der Flasche (2023)
BAND/ARTIST: Johannes Wildner, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Gottlieb Wallisch
- Title: Piano Concerto. Pierrot in der Flasche
- Year Of Release: 2007/2023
- Label: CPO
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 01:02:51
- Total Size: 304 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Piano Concerto in C major: 1. Moderato maestoso
02. Piano Concerto in C major: 2. Andante con moto
03. Piano Concerto in C major: 3. Pesante - Fast
04. Pierrot in der Flasche. Suite from the Ballet: 4. Pierrot in der Flasche: Vorspiel, 1. Szene
05. Pierrot in der Flasche. Suite from the Ballet: 5. Zwischenspiel - Festmusik
06. Pierrot in der Flasche. Suite from the Ballet: 6. Orientalische Liebesszene
07. Pierrot in der Flasche. Suite from the Ballet: 7. Tanz der fliegenden Teufel
08. Pierrot in der Flasche. Suite from the Ballet: 8. Trauermarsch, Todestanz, Finale
CPO should be commended for promoting neglected nineteenth and twentieth century works by obscure German and Austrian composers, but not all of these forgotten pieces deserve equal attention, and some of the label's releases are weak enough to be dismissed after one hearing. Take, for example, this 2007 album of the Piano Concerto in C major and the ballet suite Pierrot in der Flasche by Erich Zeisl, a long forgotten Viennese composer whose reputation CPO has attempted to revive through this disc and a previous 2005 release of his lieder. In the present selections, Zeisl's music is variably post-Romantic and modernist but recognizably tonal and accessible, in a way that sometimes recalls the flashiness of Richard Strauss, the arch neo-classicism of Igor Stravinsky, and the shimmering exoticism of Béla Bartók or Maurice Ravel, yet it is not slavishly imitative of these styles. However, the Piano Concerto is tedious and almost oppressive in its dense, heavy-handed scoring, and there is rarely a break for the inelegant, choppy piano part in this hyperactive and clumsy work. Similarly, Pierrot in der Flasche suggests some acquaintance with Stravinsky's L'Oiseau de feu and Petrouchka but is considerably less inspired in its thick orchestration and unexceptional in its melodies and scene-painting. Neither of these minor works invites repeated listening, except perhaps as background music; though the playing of pianist Gottlieb Wallisch and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Johannes Wildner, is energetic and enthusiastic, this CD is only mildly interesting and far from a major discovery. The reproduction, though, is first-rate.
01. Piano Concerto in C major: 1. Moderato maestoso
02. Piano Concerto in C major: 2. Andante con moto
03. Piano Concerto in C major: 3. Pesante - Fast
04. Pierrot in der Flasche. Suite from the Ballet: 4. Pierrot in der Flasche: Vorspiel, 1. Szene
05. Pierrot in der Flasche. Suite from the Ballet: 5. Zwischenspiel - Festmusik
06. Pierrot in der Flasche. Suite from the Ballet: 6. Orientalische Liebesszene
07. Pierrot in der Flasche. Suite from the Ballet: 7. Tanz der fliegenden Teufel
08. Pierrot in der Flasche. Suite from the Ballet: 8. Trauermarsch, Todestanz, Finale
CPO should be commended for promoting neglected nineteenth and twentieth century works by obscure German and Austrian composers, but not all of these forgotten pieces deserve equal attention, and some of the label's releases are weak enough to be dismissed after one hearing. Take, for example, this 2007 album of the Piano Concerto in C major and the ballet suite Pierrot in der Flasche by Erich Zeisl, a long forgotten Viennese composer whose reputation CPO has attempted to revive through this disc and a previous 2005 release of his lieder. In the present selections, Zeisl's music is variably post-Romantic and modernist but recognizably tonal and accessible, in a way that sometimes recalls the flashiness of Richard Strauss, the arch neo-classicism of Igor Stravinsky, and the shimmering exoticism of Béla Bartók or Maurice Ravel, yet it is not slavishly imitative of these styles. However, the Piano Concerto is tedious and almost oppressive in its dense, heavy-handed scoring, and there is rarely a break for the inelegant, choppy piano part in this hyperactive and clumsy work. Similarly, Pierrot in der Flasche suggests some acquaintance with Stravinsky's L'Oiseau de feu and Petrouchka but is considerably less inspired in its thick orchestration and unexceptional in its melodies and scene-painting. Neither of these minor works invites repeated listening, except perhaps as background music; though the playing of pianist Gottlieb Wallisch and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Johannes Wildner, is energetic and enthusiastic, this CD is only mildly interesting and far from a major discovery. The reproduction, though, is first-rate.
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