Title: Páleníček's complete music for piano and orchestra Post by: pianoconcerto on April 23, 2021, 12:07:44 am A recording that has received little attention is a 2 CD set (Triart Recording TR012) of Josef Páleníček's complete music for piano and orchestra, including his 3 piano concertos and Concertino for Orchestra with Obbligato Piano (https://www.triartmanagement.eu/en/internetovy-obchod/). I believe the recording of Concerto 1 is the first on CD and perhaps the first to be commercially released (a Czech Radio performance dates from 1971, but I don't think that was ever issued on LP or CD). The Concertino also appears to be a premičre release. The performances by Jitka Čechová and the Prague Radio SO under Ronald Zollman (Concertos 1 & 3) and Stanislav Vavřínek (Concerto 2 & Concertino) are outstanding, and the sound from 2014 is much better than what is on youtube of Concerto 1 and in the earlier Supraphon/Panton recordings by other pianists of Concertos 2 & 3. The recording of Concerto 1 is in the original scoring for piano, string orchestra, and timpani. The composer also made a version adding trumpet, 2 flutes, and oboe, which can be heard on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb9sv8yqEhY played by the same pianist with the Czech Chamber PO Pardubice under Marek Štilec. There you can sample Jitka Čechová's virtuosity and musicality as well as Páleníček's compositional style. |