MACDOWELL: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 & Solo Works
Label: Alto
Format: CD
Categories: Orchestral Music
Budget Periods: Romantic
Composers: Edward MacDowell
Directors: Paul Freeman
Performers: Donna Amato, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Available: 4
Price: $8.99
Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
Piano Concerto No.1 in a minor, Op.15
Piano Concerto No.2 in d minor, Op.23
New England Idyls
including To a Wild Rose
Donna Amato, piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Freeman, conductor
Alto is pleased to return to general availability one of the most sought-after recordings of American Romantic music: Donna Amato's remarkable interpretation of the two Piano Concertos of Edward MacDowell. Originally released by Olyumpia records, this acclaimed rogram has been expanded with newly recorded secetions from MacDowell's evocative miniatures for solo piano, the New England Idyls.
| Track Listing | Time | MP3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano Concerto No.1 in a minor, Op.15 | |||
| 1 | Maestoso - Allegro con fuoco | 11:02 | |
| 2 | Andante tranquillo | 7:35 | |
| 3 | Presto | 7:26 | |
| Piano Concerto No.2 in d minor, Op.23 | |||
| 4 | Larghetto calmato - Poco piu mosso e con passione | 14:17 |  |
| 5 | Presto giocoso | 5:18 | |
| 6 | Largo - Molto allegro | 8:13 | |
| New England Idyls | |||
| 7 | To a Wild Rose | 1:29 | |
| 8 | An Old Garden | 2:03 | |
| 9 | Midsummer | 1:36 | |
| 10 | Midwinter | 2:41 | |
| 11 | With Sweet Lavender | 1:39 | |
| 12 | In Deep Woods | 1:57 | |
| 13 | Indian Idyl | 1:49 | |
| 14 | To an Old White Pine | 1:43 | |
| 15 | From Puritan Days | 1:35 | |
| 16 | From a Log Cabin | 2:21 | |
| 17 | The Joy of Autumn | 2:30 |
"[Piano Concerto No.2 is] fresh and tuneful, redolent of Mendelssohn and Saint-Saëns. Donna Amato's scintillating performance is entirely winning, and she is equally persuasive in the a minor Concerto. This music needs polish and elegance as well as fire and Paul Freeman's accompaniments supply all three. ... [The recording] has an agreeable ambient warmth. Highly rewarding coupling in all respects."
Penguin Guide