Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 62 - Gounod!

[FBerwald]

Hyperion has announced Vol. 62 of it's Romantic Piano Concerto series. - Charles Gounod



Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 

[Alan Howe]

Yes, lovely jubbly!

In the UK it's a November release. Time to ask Great Aunt Flo to put it on her Xmas present list for you...

[eschiss1]

I remember that conversation, was wondering what label these works would be released on if recorded, and this seems an excellent choice to me

[BFerrell]

Where did you find that information? I cannot find it on their website.

[eschiss1]

(At a guess, from the pedal-pianist - hrm. I used to be on his mailing-list I think or something, though it seems not anymore, or maybe I misremember wholly. Though I think he also has a website. Need to check...)

[FBerwald]

Where did you find that information? I cannot find it on their website.

Search for all releases of "2013" in the Hyperion website. 

[Alan Howe]

Try this link:
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67975&vw=dc

[Mark Thomas]

No need to pass the sugar for this one, methinks.

[TerraEpon]

We talked about this before didn't we? The pedal piano concerto is actually recorded on that, yes?

Certainly a very nice disk of unknown music from a known-for-a-few-things composer.

[LateRomantic75]

Whilst I share others' excitement for this release, it seems to me that Hyperion has been steering more towards early- and mid-romantic repertoire in their latest installments in the series. I love late-romantic PCs, so I have been slightly disappointed with this recent trend. In no respect do I want Hyperion to focus exclusively on late-romantic repertoire; I would just like to see more of a balance between early-/mid-romantic and late-romantic repertoire. Whatever the case, I'm sure Hyperion has some treasures down the road for us in this invaluable series!

[Alan Howe]

Doesn't bother me at all. And I imagine it's a question of matching soloists to possible repertoire rather than balancing composition periods.

[Gareth Vaughan]

I feel sure there will be plenty of goodies in 2014. Meanwhile, the Gounod will surely be a delicious confection.

[eschiss1]

The Gounod suite concertante was published in 1888- not sure when it was composed. When does "late Romantic" start?  I assume that was prompted by this thread, after all...

[LateRomantic75]

The Gounod suite concertante was published in 1888- not sure when it was composed. When does "late Romantic" start?  I assume that was prompted by this thread, after all...

Well, the "late-romantic" period doesn't start after a specific year; it just has more to do with a given composer's style. Gounod died in the same year as Tchaikovsky and 10 years after Wagner, but I would consider his style "mid-romantic", whereas I would consider Wagner's and Tchaikovsky's styles to be "late-romantic", if that makes any sense.

[eschiss1]

I'd agree it doesn't start with a certain year, but would disagree that it has to do with a certain _composer's_ style, as these things vary from work to work and even within works... some of these works, with this soloist (from his website, I think, not sure, or radio recordings?) (possibly a different conductor and orchestra) can be heard on YouTube, I think, so you don't have to wait until the Hyperion recording is released to decide whether you personally think these works are mid- or late-Romantic. I forget at that whether I've heard them, and will do so myself...