Martin Sturfält, Andrew Manze, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 57: Adolf Wiklund: Piano Concertos (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & no Log) ~ 301 Mb | Total time: 74:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67828 | Recorded: 2010
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & no Log) ~ 301 Mb | Total time: 74:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67828 | Recorded: 2010
Volume 57 in Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series turns up another ‘discovery’: the music of Swedish composer Adolf Wiklund. These little-known but lusciously tuneful works are characterized by big-boned, symphonic gestures reminiscent of Rachmaninov, yet tempered with the Nordic clarity of Grieg. Wiklund’s two piano concertos are central to his output, and in fact they enjoyed considerable popularity in Sweden until as recently as fifty years ago, when modernist sensibilities deemed them unfashionable.