Romantic Piano Concertos CD1 Johann Baptist Cramer 1771–1858 Piano Concerto No.5 in C minor Op.48 1 I. Allegro maestoso 14’25 2 II. Larghetto 6’46 3 III. Rondo à l’hongroise 8’48 Akiko Sagara piano Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao Carl Czerny 1791–1857 4 Divertissement de concert Op.204 14’44 Michael Ponti piano Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim / Paul Angerer Ferdinand Ries 1784–1838 Piano Concerto in C sharp minor Op.55 5 I. Allegro maestoso 14’50 6 II. Larghetto 5’03 7 III. Rondo: Allegretto 10’36 Maria Littauer piano Hamburg Symphony Orchestra / Alois Springer Total time 75’09 Recording: 1974 (1–3), 1978 (4), 1972 (5–7) CD2 Muzio Clementi 1752–1832 Piano Concerto in C 1 I. Allegro con spirito 9’44 2 II. Adagio e cantabile, con grande espressione 6’44 3 III. Presto 6’31 Felicja Blumental piano Prague New Chamber Orchestra / Alberto Zedda John Field 1782–1837 Piano Concerto No.2 in A flat H31 4 I. Allegro moderato 16’50 5 II. Poco adagio 3’30 6 III. Allegro moderato innocente 9’25 Johann Nepomuk Hummel 1778–1837 Piano Concertino in G Op.73 7 I. Allegro moderato 8’51 8 II. Andante grazioso 4’13 9 III. Rondo 4’40 Rena Kyriakou piano (4–6) · Martin Galling piano (7–9) Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Carl-August Bünte Total time 70’34 Recordings: 1969 (1–3), 1968 (4–9) CD3 Ignaz Moscheles 1794–1870 Piano Concerto in G minor Op.58 1 I. Allegro moderato 11’55 2 II. Adagio 4’38 3 III. Allegro agitato 8’59 Michael Ponti piano Philharmonia Hungarica / Othmar Maga Ferdinand Hiller 1811–1885 Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Op.69 4 I. Moderato, ma con energia e con fuoco 6’48 5 II. Andante espressivo 5’53 6 III. Finale: Allegro con fuoco 5’03 Michael Ponti piano Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg /Louis de Froment Henry Litolff 1818–1891 Concerto sinfonique in E flat Op.45 7 I. Allegro 10’17 8 II. Scherzo 4’41 9 III. Andante 6’14 10 IV. Furioso 7’43 Michael Ponti piano Berlin Symphony Orchestra /Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach Total time 72’19 Recordings: 1968 (1–3), 1974 (4–6), 1978 (7–10), Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart CD4 Friedrich Kalkbrenner 1785–1849 Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.61 1 I. Allegro maestoso 13’20 2 II. Adagio molto 7’13 3 III. Rondo: Vivace 9’25 Johann Nepomuk Hummel 1778–1837 Piano Concerto in E Op.110 ‘Les Adieux’ 4 I. Allegro pomposo e spirituoso 14’11 5 II. Andante con moto 6’45 6 III. Rondo: Allegro moderato ma con brio 10’57 Hans Kann piano Hamburg Symphony Orchestra / Heribert Beissel Total time 61’56 Recording: 1973, Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart CD5 Carl Maria von Weber 1786–1826 Piano Concerto No.1 in C Op.11 1 I. Allegro 8’39 2 II. Adagio 4’08 3 III. Presto 6’43 Piano Concerto No.2 in E flat Op.32 4 I. Allegro moderato 8’27 5 II. Adagio 4’57 6 III. Rondo: Presto 6’57 7 Konzertstück for piano and orchestra in F minor Op.79 16’19 Roland Keller piano Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Siegfried Kohler Robert Volkmann 1815–1883 8 Konzertstück for piano and orchestra Op.42 18’11 Jerome Rose piano Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao Total time 74’26 First released: 1979 (1–7), 1975 (8) CD6 Adolf von Henselt 1814–1889 Piano Concerto in F minor Op.16 1 I. Allegro patetico 13’18 2 II. Larghetto 7’24 3 III. Allegro agitato 9’03 Michael Ponti piano Philharmonia Hungarica / Othmar Maga Ferdinand Hiller 1811–1885 4 Konzertstück for piano and orchestra Op.113 20’46 Jerome Rose piano Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao Frédéric Chopin 1810–1849 5 Allegro de concert in A Op.46 12’15 Michael Ponti piano Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach Total time 62’51 Recording: 1968 (1–3), 1973 (4), 1978 (5), Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart CD7 Moritz Moszkowski 1854–1925 Piano Concerto in E Op.59 1 I. Moderato 11’36 2 II. Andante 8’06 3 III. Scherzo: Vivace 7’04 4 IV. Allegro deciso 9’14 Michael Ponti piano Philharmonia Hungarica / Hans Richard Stracke Xaver Scharwenka 1850–1924 Piano Concerto in C minor Op.56 5 I. Allegro 17’13 6 II. Adagio 8’35 7 III. Allegro non troppo 7’53 Michael Ponti piano Hamburg Symphony Orchestra / Richard Kapp Total time 69’45 Recording: 1969 (1–4), 1972 (5–7), Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart CD8 Joachim Raff 1822–1882 Piano Concerto in C minor Op.185 1 I. Allegro 10’53 2 II. Andante quasi larghetto 7’57 3 III. Finale: Allegro 8’36 Michael Ponti piano Hamburg Symphony Orchestra / Richard Kapp Mihály Mosonyi 1815–1870 Piano Concerto in E minor 4 I. Allegro moderato 19’10 II. Adagio con moto III. Allegro Jerome Rose piano Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao Bernhard Stavenhagen 1862–1914 Piano Concerto in B minor Op.4 5 I. Sehr energisch und lebhaft 10’11 6 II. Adagio 9’08 7 III. Erstes Zeitmaß: Sehr leidenschaftlich 5’45 Roland Keller piano Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Jörg Faerber Total time 72’03 CD9 Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847 Concerto for piano, violin and strings in D minor 1 I. Allegro 18’33 2 II. Adagio 9’11 3 III. Allegro molto 8’30 Bart van Oort piano · Gil Sharon violin Amati Chamber Orchestra / Gil Sharon Piano Concerto in A minor 4 I. Allegro 14’05 5 II. Adagio 9’53 6 III. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo 10’31 Siegfried Stöckigt piano MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra / Herbert Kegel Total time 70’57 CD10 Franz Liszt 1811–1886 1 Malédiction for piano and strings 14’11 Michael Ponti piano Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim / Paul Angerer Eugen d’Albert 1864–1932 2 Piano Concerto No.2 in E Op.12 15’34 Michael Ponti piano Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao Hans von Bronsart 1830–1913 Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Op.10 3 I. Allegro maestoso 12’52 4 II. Adagio ma non troppo 7’28 5 III. Allegro con fuoco 6’52 Michael Ponti piano Westphalian Symphony Orchestra / Richard Kapp Total time 57’02 CD11 Franz Berwald 1796–1868 Piano Concerto No.1 in D 1 I. Allegro con brio 18’04 II. Andantino III. Allegro molto Charles-Henri Alkan 1813–1888 2 Concerto da camera No.2 in C sharp minor 6’44 Michael Ponti piano Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim / Paul Angerer Robert Schumann 1810–1856 3 Introduction and Allegro 13’57 appassionato in G Op.92 Michael Ponti piano Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg /Louis de Froment Joachim Raff 1822–1882 4 Ode to Spring Op.76 12’58 Michael Ponti piano Hamburg Symphony Orchestra /Richard Kapp Franz Liszt 1811–1886 5 Totentanz 15’12 Michael Ponti piano Berlin Symphony Orchestra /Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach Total time 67’01 First released: 1979 (1–2), 1973 (3), 1972 (4), 1980 (5) CD12 Simon Mayr 1763–1845 Piano Concerto No.1 in C 1 I. Allegro moderato 8’20 2 II. Andante grazioso 5’42 3 III. Rondo 3’19 Albert Roussel 1869–1937 Piano Concerto in G Op.36 4 I. Allegro molto 3’53 5 II. Adagio 8’30 6 III. Allegro con spirito 4’34 Maria Littauer piano Hamburg Symphony Orchestra / Alois Springer Gabriel Pierné 1863–1937 Piano Concerto in C minor Op.12 7 I. Allegro 8’13 8 II. Scherzando 4’50 9 III. Final: Allegro un poco agitato 6’55 Marylène Dosse piano Stuttgarter Philharmoniker / Matthias Kuntzsch Total time 54’42 Recordings: April 1972, Fr.-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg (1–3); January 1970, Musikhalle, Hamburg (4–6); December 1976, Stuttgart Botnang (7–9) CD13 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840–1893 Piano Concerto No.3 in E flat Op.75/79 1 I. Allegro brillante 14’21 2 II. Andante 9’30 3 III. Finale: Allegro maestoso 7’52 Michael Ponti piano Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Louis de Froment Concert Fantasy Op.56 4 I. Quasi rondo: Andante mosso 14’47 5 II. Contrastes: Andante cantabile 13’15 Michael Ponti piano Prague Symphony Orchestra / Richard Kapp Total time 59’57 CD14 Christian Sinding 1856–1941 Piano Concerto in D flat Op.6 1 I. Allegro non troppo 9’22 2 II. Andante 8’20 3 III. Allegro non assai 8’37 Roland Keller piano Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Jörg Faerber Hermann Goetz 1840–1876 Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.18 4 I. Mäßig bewegt 20’49 II. Mäßig langsam 5 III. Langsam 8’38 IV. Lebhaft Michael Ponti piano Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao Total time 55’51 Recordings: 1978 (1–3), 1973 (4–5), Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart CD15 Carl Reinecke 1824–1910 Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor Op.72 1 I. Allegro 10’56 2 II. Adagio, ma non troppo 5’58 3 III. Finale: Allegro con brio 7’17 Michael Ponti piano Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg / Pierre Cao Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847 4 Capriccio brillant Op.22 10’59 Josef Rheinberger 1839–1901 Piano Concerto in A flat Op.94 5 I. Moderato 11’54 6 II. Adagio pathetico 6’59 7 III. Finale: Allegro energico 9’11 Michael Ponti piano Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach Total time 63’20 Recordings: 1973 (1–3), 1978 (4–7), Südwest Tonstudio, Stuttgart CD16 Anton Rubinstein 1829–1894 Piano Concerto No.4 in D minor Op.70 1 I.