Great Danish Pianist 4 / Various - Great Danish Pianist 4 / Various - Music CD

He was undoubtedly the greatest Danish pianist ever. His fame waslegendaryand he made some of the most impressive recordings for the Danish HMV and TONO label together with a giving concerts all over the world. His recorded legacy is among the most fascinating and we are proud to give you the 4th volume withnever beforepublished live recordings ofPalmgrenand Schubert. Volumes 1-3 confined themselves to studio recordings, whereas Volume 4 presentsSchilerin concert. The Second PianoConcerto bySelimPalmgrenwas performed during a Finnish tour undertaken in 1962 by the Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, in conjunction with a 'Danish Week' on Finnish radio. The piece was something of a calling-card forSchileron tour: in 1925 he had taken it to England, giving performances at the Henry Wood Proms and in Bournemouth under the baton of Sir Dan Godfrey. Cast as a single-movement rhapsody in a loose-limbed, high-Romantic idiom, the concerto was composed in1906-13, taking a Swedish folk dance as it's principal melody, and carries a subtitle, 'TheRiver', which refers to theKokemaienjokiflowing through the Bothnian town of Pori, wherePalmgrenwas born and spent his early years.