Romantic Journey

Hardly any other solo concerto begins as spectacularly as Peter Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor. Four descending notes in the horns are answered by a tutti strike in the orchestra, before the solo piano enters with powerful, ascending chords after two repetitions. A grand gesture right at the beginning – while the wide-ranging theme lies beneath in the strings. Pianist Boris Giltburg is considered an expert on the Russian repertoire of the late 19th century. Giltburg combines technical brilliance with a wealth of timbres. These can also be experienced in Alexander Glazunov’s melancholic “Symphony No. 4”, Sergei Rachmaninov’s airy “Scherzo in D minor” and Robert Schumann’s contrasting orchestral work “Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major”. The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen also masters grand gestures – but without neglecting the small details, which are vividly brought out.

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