Schumann - Piano Concerto [Tanyel/ Burgos-London Symphony Orchestra] Last month i listened to the Grieg Piano Concerto on this disc [14th July 2011], and now it's the turn of the Schumann, i'm starting to get familiar with this disc, and i find Tanyel has some wonderful ideas, a good overall interpretation, and another disc that is slowly becoming a little treasure.
Seta Tanyel was born in Turkey, and has recorded extensively for Collins and Hyperion, she recorded this disc in 1990, i bought this from a dealer on a website, for £6 i believe, and i don't believe i've seen this disc available anywhere else since, which is a shame, they're lovely performances, the booklet front cover photo is a treasure in itself, showing Tanyel in a creative pose, hand in her hair, lovely skin tones, and that blue background!, it's the cold blue juxtaposing with the warm oranges that really make a statement, a fantastic cover.
Again the first movement presents itself as a sort of 'concertino within a concerto', there's a fast / slow / fast programme within the first movement, it can actually stand up on its own, which originally it did!, it was only later at the urging of his wife, that Schumann composed the last two movements, i loved this first movement today, the opening oboe melody plays a great part in the Concerto [0:06-0:26], and i believe that Schumann had a certain something towards the oboe, as he composed a fair bit of Chamber music for it, another oboe melody comes in later [3:31-3:40],
Here's Martha Argerich playing the first movement on YouTube.
