NOVAES PLAYS CONCERTI by Beethoven, Grieg and de Falla
Here Guiomar Novaes plays concerti by three very different composers. Manuel de Falla's wonderful Nights in the Gardens of Spain is offered in a complete recording, beautifully conceived and played. Unfortunately, Only excerpts of the other two works are available here, the final movement of the Grieg Piano Concerto and an excerpt from the Beethoven "Emperor" Concerto, the last part of the finale.
Where, oh where is the rest of this recording? What we do have is too tantalizing. A complete performance of this herculean concerto played with such expressive delicacy is something I want to hear. Just listen to the last runs of the piano before the end. The shaping is extraordinary. By this point most pianists are racing for the barn, desperately hoping to just to get there. Viva Novaes!
de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain Hans Swarowsky conducting the Vienna Pro Musica
i En el Generalife
ii Danza Lejana
iii En los Jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba
Grieg Piano Concerto in a minor Op 16 iii Allegro molto moderato and marcato Hans Swarowsky conducting the Vienna Pro Musica Recorded in 1954
Beethoven Piano Concerto n° 5 in Eb Major Op 73 iii Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo (ending) Jonel Perlea conducting the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
