℗ 2015 Hyperion Records Limited
| Released | January 26, 2024 |
| Originated | May 3, 2015 |
| Duration | 1h 16m 58s |
| Record Label | Hyperion |
| Genre | Classical |
Albéniz: Concierto fantástico – Granados: Concerto Patético (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 65)
Melani Mestre
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Concierto fantástico for Piano, Op. 78 (Orch. Bretón)
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1.1
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I. Allegro ma non troppo
Isaac Albéniz; Tomás Bretón; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
13:07 | |||
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1.2
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II. Rêverie et Scherzo. Andante – Presto
Isaac Albéniz; Tomás Bretón; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
7:11 | |||
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1.3
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III. Allegro
Isaac Albéniz; Tomás Bretón; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
7:32 | |||
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1.4
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Rapsodia española, Op. 70
Isaac Albéniz; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
13:14 | |||
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Piano Concerto in C Minor "Patético"
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1.5
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I. Lento grave e quasi recitativo – Allegro grave non molto lento
Melani Mestre; Enrique Granados; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
18:36 | |||
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1.6
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II. Allegretto (Danza española No 2. Orientale & Capricho español)
Melani Mestre; Enrique Granados; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
8:33 | |||
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1.7
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III. Molto allegro (Allegro de concierto)
Melani Mestre; Enrique Granados; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
8:45 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"Impeccably recorded, all the performances by Melani Mestre and the BBC Scottish Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins are of an unfaltering fluency and stylistic command."
- Gramophone
Volume 65 (have you got them all?) of Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series journeys to Spain and the heart-on-sleeve world there to be found. The Albéniz Concierto fantástico owes much to Schumann and Chopin, albeit with an added drizzle of the Iberian peninsula; the perennially popular Rapsodia española, on the other hand, throws all such classical models to the wind.
Granados never actually got round to writing his piano concerto, so our pianist here—Hyperion debutant Melani Mestre—has done it for him. And it’s a romp. The first movement is pretty much ‘echt’, from Granados’ sketches for a putative piano concerto, but thereafter it’s a hugely enjoyable what-if …
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Hyperion Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.69 -2.26 to -0.21 | -24.93 -27.44 to -21.96 | -21.64 -24.40 to -18.20 | 16 14 to 18 | |
| 1 | I. Allegro ma non troppo | -0.97 | -24.60 | -21.4 | 15 |
| 2 | II. Rêverie et Scherzo. Andante – Presto | -0.40 | -27.44 | -24.4 | 18 |
| 3 | III. Allegro | -0.34 | -23.59 | -20.4 | 14 |
| 4 | Rapsodia española, Op. 70 | -0.35 | -25.29 | -21.5 | 15 |
| 5 | I. Lento grave e quasi recitativo – Allegro grave non molto lento | -2.26 | -24.26 | -21.3 | 15 |
| 6 | II. Allegretto (Danza española No 2. Orientale & Capricho español) | -0.28 | -27.38 | -24.3 | 18 |
| 7 | III. Molto allegro (Allegro de concierto) | -0.21 | -21.96 | -18.2 | 14 |