TYZEN HSIAO - Piano Concerto in C minor op.53

[promusician]

Here is a very nice example of 'what 20th-century piano concerto should look like' piano concerto, it gives strong reminiscent of Rachmaninoff's PCs, composed by Taiwanese composer 'Tyzen Hsiao', also known as 'Taiwanese Rachmaninoff'.

P/S: Thal, do you have this concerto in your vast PC collection?

[thalbergmad]

Great concerto. Heads above other 20th century atonal rubbish.

Never seen the score. I assume it is unpublished.

Thal

[awesom_o]

Enjoyable. I did not know there was a Taiwanese Rachmaninoff!

[visitor]

think with all the garbage the gets put out, we should celebrate when a long lost gem is rediscovered and performed (and wheels are turning to get this recorded). 

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I'm counting it as 'modern' in my book since for a while it 'didn't exist'. 

 
-V

[thalbergmad]

By some co-incidence, I first heard the Moszkowski Op.3 about 3 hours ago and what a pleasing experience it was. At 50 minutes it exceeds my normal listening capacity, but I had no trouble in lasting until the end.

Slightly more sombre than his other concerto, with the with and humour contained in the latter movements. Hints of Mendelssohn and perhaps even Weber throughout with no shortage of drama and memorable melodies. If Schumann was a proper romantic, he might have even written something like this.

How Ludmil Angelov learnt this monster in a month is little short of a miracle.

Thal