Unless you've read the book Beethoven's Hair, Ferdinand Hiller is probably as obscure to you as any Joe Composer could be, but in his day (his dates are 1811-1885) he held his own place among the who's-who of European musical society, known and respected by many, from Cherubini to Bruch, for his pianism, conducting, teaching, and composing. Despite having written chamber music, operas, and choral works, his best writing was done for his own instrument: the piano. Hyperion's 45th entry in its Romantic Piano Concerto series ...
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Unless you've read the book Beethoven's Hair, Ferdinand Hiller is probably as obscure to you as any Joe Composer could be, but in his day (his dates are 1811-1885) he held his own place among the who's-who of European musical society, known and respected by many, from Cherubini to Bruch, for his pianism, conducting, teaching, and composing. Despite having written chamber music, operas, and choral works, his best writing was done for his own instrument: the piano. Hyperion's 45th entry in its Romantic Piano Concerto series presents all three of Hiller's concertos, the second of which the Grove Dictionary called "his best work." The Piano Concerto No. 1 is a youthful work, contemporary with and in many ways similar to Chopin's first concerto. It allows the pianist to show off in florid or energetic riffs on the melodies, while the orchestra does minimal work. It does have some of the feel of an Austro-Germanic Classical or early Romantic concerto structurally, however, the overall impression is closer to...
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