British Piano Concertos/ Various - British Piano ConcertosSmaller concertos for piano and modest orchestral forces were a feature of British composition in the first half of the 20th century. Often they were written for a special occasion, and typically vanished into oblivion thereafter. During the COVID period we were looking for things to record with small numbers of players, and stumbled across this treasury: short concertos written for entertainment that don't outstay their welcome. The works on this

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Chopin and Rachmaninoff are in the set as well as all the 32 Piano Sonatas by Beethoven

'Ernani' (2005)

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they reveal Mozart's modern spirit

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