It is wonderful to have such a spectacular performance of Wilhelm Stenhammar's Second Piano Concerto in the catalog. Turkish-Armenian pianist Seta Tanyel turns in a rip-roaring, red-blooded reading that makes the strongest possible case for the Swedish composer's work. With her masterful tone and magisterial technique, Tanyel has the chops to play the work, and with her passionate temperament and charismatic virtuosity, she likewise has the disposition. With the able-bodied support of the Helsingborg Symphony under the ...
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It is wonderful to have such a spectacular performance of Wilhelm Stenhammar's Second Piano Concerto in the catalog. Turkish-Armenian pianist Seta Tanyel turns in a rip-roaring, red-blooded reading that makes the strongest possible case for the Swedish composer's work. With her masterful tone and magisterial technique, Tanyel has the chops to play the work, and with her passionate temperament and charismatic virtuosity, she likewise has the disposition. With the able-bodied support of the Helsingborg Symphony under the commanding Andrew Manze, this performance deserves to be heard by anyone with an interest in fin de siècle orchestral music. Stenhammar's First Piano Concerto, on the other hand, is a long-winded and lumbering piece, full of bombast and bathos, utterly unlike the streamlined structure of the Second Concerto. While the First Concerto is certainly worth hearing once and perhaps even more than once, it does not offer an adequate picture of Stenhammar's ability and stature as a...
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