被遺忘的捷克鋼琴協奏曲 / 馬雷克．科札克 鋼琴 / 羅伯特．因德拉 指揮 / 布拉格廣播交響樂團

被遺忘的捷克鋼琴協奏曲(卡雷爾.科瓦洛維奇/維捷斯拉瓦.卡普拉洛娃/帕菲爾.伯科维茨) / 馬雷克.科札克 鋼琴 / 羅伯特.因德拉 指揮 /布拉格廣播交響樂團

 

作曲家: Kovarovic / Borkovec / Kapralova

演出者: Marek Kozak – piano 

指揮家: Robert Jindra

樂團: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

 

Marek Kozak – piano, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Robert Jindra

 

It would very much seem that the 19th- and 20th-century Czech piano concerto repertoire begins and ends with Dvorak and Martinu. The present recording, however, serves to prove that this is far from being the case. It contains three piano concertos that have been – undeservedly – overlooked. Vitezslava Kapralova wrote the Piano Concerto in D minor, characterised by brilliant instrumentation and an engrossing solo part, at the age of 20 as her graduation work. The premiere, which she herself conducted, met with great critical acclaim. In 1937, the young composer moved to Paris to study with Bohuslav Martinu. Just a year later, Kapralova was lauded at the International Society for Contemporary Music festival in London, which she opened conducting the BBC Orchestra performing her Military Sinfonietta. In 1940, when she was just 25, the gifted artist's life and career were sadly terminated by a serious illness. At that very age, Karel Kovarovic created his one and only piano concerto. A pupil of Zdenek Fibich, he would later on primarily gain recognition as a conductor and serve as director of Prague's National Theatre Opera (1900-1920). Kovarovic's Piano Concerto in F minor affords the soloists great scope to display their virtuosity. Pavel Borkovec, a pupil of J. B. Foerster and Josef Suk, wrote his Piano Concerto No. 2 after World War II. At the time a mature artist, as a teacher he cultivated a new generation of major Czech composers (Petr Eben, Jan Novak, Vladimir Sommer, etc.). The main protagonist of the present album, the pianist Marek Kozak, who has garnered accolades at a number of competitions (Zurich, Bolzano, Bremen, Prague, and elsewhere), has a penchant for exploring little-known and forgotten landscapes, as attested to by this revelatory recording.

 

Three piano concertos worthy of rediscovery

 

曲目:

 

Karel Kovarovic

Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 6

1. I. Allegro affettuoso 15:53

2. II. Larghetto 07:19

3. III. Vivace. Scherzando 08:43

Vitezslava Kapralova

Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 7

4. I. Allegro entusiastico 10:10

5. II. Largo 03:32

6. III. Allegro08:48

Pavel Borkovec

Piano Concerto No. 2

7. I. Agitato 06:55

8. II. Poco lento 07:25

9. III. Vivace06:41