Unsung Composers

The Music => Recordings & Broadcasts => Topic started by: Alan Howe on Tuesday 30 June 2020, 21:57

Title: Boris Lyatoshynsky: Piano Concerto, Op.54 'Slavic' (1953)
Post by: Alan Howe on Tuesday 30 June 2020, 21:57
Way outside our recommended time-period here at UC, but how about this hyper-romantic piece?>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdUUO_AKNO8
Title: Re: Boris Lyatoshynsky: Piano Concerto, Op.54 'Slavic' (1953)
Post by: der79sebas on Tuesday 30 June 2020, 22:03
Lyatoshinsky wrote many *really* good pieces!
Title: Re: Boris Lyatoshynsky: Piano Concerto, Op.54 'Slavic' (1953)
Post by: eschiss1 on Wednesday 01 July 2020, 05:22
indeed. and I gather his completions(plural?) of works by his teacher are rather good too.
Title: Re: Boris Lyatoshynsky: Piano Concerto, Op.54 'Slavic' (1953)
Post by: Gareth Vaughan on Wednesday 01 July 2020, 07:25
Other than orchestrating Gliere's Violin Concerto do you know what other "completions" he was responsible for?
Title: Re: Boris Lyatoshynsky: Piano Concerto, Op.54 'Slavic' (1953)
Post by: Alan Howe on Wednesday 01 July 2020, 09:54
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.
Title: Re: Boris Lyatoshynsky: Piano Concerto, Op.54 'Slavic' (1953)
Post by: Mark Thomas on Wednesday 01 July 2020, 11:36
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.
Title: Re: Boris Lyatoshynsky: Piano Concerto, Op.54 'Slavic' (1953)
Post by: eschiss1 on Wednesday 01 July 2020, 14:28
I wasn't sure, hence my (?), but he seems to have orchestrated the overture to Lysenko's Taras Bulba posthumously as well.
Title: Re: Boris Lyatoshynsky: Piano Concerto, Op.54 'Slavic' (1953)
Post by: Gareth Vaughan on Wednesday 01 July 2020, 15:36
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.
Title: Re: Boris Lyatoshynsky: Piano Concerto, Op.54 'Slavic' (1953)
Post by: Gareth Vaughan on Thursday 02 July 2020, 20:43
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 (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2020/Jul/Medtner_PC3_FR1699.htm)