Boris Lyatoshynsky: Piano Concerto, Op.54 'Slavic' (1953)

[Alan Howe]

Way outside our recommended time-period here at UC, but how about this hyper-romantic piece?>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdUUO_AKNO8

[der79sebas]

Lyatoshinsky wrote many *really* good pieces!

[eschiss1]

indeed. and I gather his completions(plural?) of works by his teacher are rather good too.

[Gareth Vaughan]

Other than orchestrating Gliere's Violin Concerto do you know what other "completions" he was responsible for?

[Alan Howe]

I need to make it clear at this point that Lyatoshinsky's oeuvre in general is not up for discussion here because most of it falls outside our remit. However, I thought that the PC was an exception when I came across it, so please restrict yourselves to the topic of the thread. Thanks - and apologies for my lack of clarity.

[Mark Thomas]

What an enjoyable work the Piano Concerto is, but it's is definitely more UC-friendly than much of Lyatoshinsky's output (which I still quite enjoy in my robuster moments). Thanks, Alan.

[eschiss1]

I wasn't sure, hence my (?), but he seems to have orchestrated the overture to Lysenko's Taras Bulba posthumously as well.

[Gareth Vaughan]

Interesting. Thanks, Eric. As to the PC, it is, as Alan says, a gloriously Romantic sounding work. I didn't know it - so thanks for the introduction. Most enjoyable.

[Gareth Vaughan]

An "historical" (well, mono) recording of the PC with Tatyana Nikolaeva as soloist has been released on Forgotten Records and is reviewed here: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2020/Jul/Medtner_PC3_FR1699.htm