Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

III. Finale - Allegro con fuoco

  • Recorded: 11th October 1953
  • Record Place: The Dvořák Hall of Rudolfinum, Prague
  • First Release: 2024
  • (P) 2024 Český rozhlas
  • Genre: Orchestral

Artists

  • music by: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • piano: Emil Gilels
  • conductor: Karel Ančerl
  • musical group: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Album

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ančerl

Karel Ančerl Live Recordings / Concertos

Catalogue Number: SU 4349-2
Published: 14th February 2025
Genre: Orchestral
Format: 7 CD
The great success of the 15-CD set Ančerl Live Recordings (2022 – Choc de Classica, Diapason d’Or etc.) and of the series Ančerl Gold Edition (2002-2008) is indicative of Karel Ančerl’s firm standing among the most important conductors of the post-war world. The present album ties in with the boxed set mentioned above; this time, our selection from the Czech Radio archive contains live recordings with the conductor Ančerl in the role of an accompanist. The list of soloists he invited for collaboration is imposing. Predominant among these names are world-famous artists from the Soviet Union, to which Czechoslovakia was allied in those days, with Prague serving as the Eastern Bloc’s gateway to the West. The greatest treasures are the two oldest recordings: unique documentation of Dvořák’s Violin Concerto with David Oistrakh (1950), which played a major part in the choice of Ančerl as the chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic after Kubelík’s emigration, and the oldest recording of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with Rostropovich, issued here for the first time, made two weeks before Rostropovich’s legendary studio recording with Václav Talich. Often, however, the artists standing to Ančerl’s left were stars coming to Prague from the West as well as great Czech artists. The album authentically captures the unrepeatable performances of soloists and orchestra. All of these recordings have been carefully remastered from the original magnetic tapes. Lovers of historical recordings will not hesitate.

Karel Ančerl in the special company of world-famous soloists

CD 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
1. I. Allegro con brio 16:16
2. II. Largo 10:17
3. III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando 08:51
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
4. I. Allegro con brio 16:39
5. II. Largo 09:19
6. III. Rondo. Allegro 09:00

CD 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
1. I. Allegro ma non troppo 24:47
2. II. Larghetto 09:56
3. III. Rondo. Allegro 09:45
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
4. I. Allegro affettuoso 13:38
5. II. Intermezzo - Andantino grazioso 04:37
6. III. Allegro vivace 10:19

CD 3
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
1. I. Allegro ma non troppo 23:47
2. II. Larghetto 10:29
3. III. Rondo. Allegro 09:33
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
4. I. Allegro moderato 15:19
5. II. Adagio di molto 10:06
6. III. Allegro ma non troppo 07:32

CD 4
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S 124
1. I. Allegro maestoso 05:03
2. II. Quasi adagio 04:42
3. III. Allegretto vivace – Allegro animato 03:43
4. IV. Allegro marziale animato 04:14
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
5. I. Allegro ma non troppo e molto maestoso 19:49
6. II. Andantino semplice 06:12
7. III. Finale - Allegro con fuoco 06:52
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
8. I. Maestoso 12:01
9. II. Larghetto 08:20
10. III. Allegro vivace 08:20

CD 5
Antonín Dvořák
Cello Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 104, B 191
1. I. Allegro 14:25
2. II. Adagio, ma non tanto 12:11
3. III. Finale. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo 12:22
Antonín Dvořák
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53, B 108
4. I. Allegro, ma non troppo (att.) 10:46
5. II. Adagio, ma non troppo 10:29
6. III. Finale - Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo 09:19

CD 6
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
1. I. Allegro ma non troppo e molto maestoso 18:54
2. II. Andantino semplice 06:19
3. III. Finale - Allegro con fuoco 06:38
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G major, M 83
4. I. Allegramente 08:15
5. II. Adagio assai 09:52
6. III. Presto 04:32

CD 7
Francis Poulenc
Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in D minor, FP 61
1. I. Allegro ma non troppo 07:26
2. II. Larghetto 05:36
3. III. Finale. Allegro molto 05:43
Igor Stravinsky
Violin Concerto in D major
4. I. Toccata 05:18
5. II. Aria I 04:12
6. III. Aria II 04:50
7. IV. Capriccio 06:05
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10
8. I. Allegro brioso 06:16
9. II. Andante assai 03:53
10. III. Allegro scherzando 04:33