Roland Pontinen - Music for a Rainy Day 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Ronald Brautigam has recorded more than 60 albums for BIS, including the complete solo keyboard music by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven on the fortepiano. But his first releases on the tag, in the mid-1990s, were Mendelssohn's concertante works for piano and orchestra, on modern piano. When he now returns to these scores, it is on a copy of a Pleyel grand piano from 1830 - the year before Mendelssohn composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor. And the orchestra supporting him is the period band Die Kölner Akademie under Michael Alexander Willens, the same team that he has already collaborated with for an acclaimed 11-album survey of Mozart's keyboard concertos. The historically informed accompaniments and the clarity of the solo instrument contribute to performances of a great charm and freshness, shedding a new light on these works. Composed between 1831 and 1838, they were all written primarily for Mendelssohn's own use as a touring concert pianist, but soon entered the repertoire of many other pianists - especially the G minor concerto, which was extremely popular in the composer's own time.

Album Tracks 1. I. Pour Accueillir Les Negociateurs-Et Que L'entrevue Soit Pacifique 2. II. Pour Que L'enfant Qui Va Naitre Soit Un Fils 3. III. Pour Que la Moisson Soit Riche Qui Naitra Des Sillons Que Le Laboureur Trace 4. IV. Pour Une Communion Sereine de L'etre Avec Le Monde 5. V. Aux Funerailles Du Chef-Pour Obtenir la Protection de Son Ame 6. Pour Que L'image Devienne Symbole 7. Chant de Linos - Roland Pontinen 8. I. Fluide - Roland Pontinen 9. II. Grave - Roland Pontinen 10. III. Violent - Roland Pontinen 11. I. Pour Que Demeure Le Secret. Nous Tairons Jusqu'au Silence 12. II. Tu Surgis de L'absence 13. III. Matiere, Triple Abime Des Etoiles, Des Atomes Et Des Generations 14. IV. Le Dieu a Cree Les Reves Pour Indiquer la Route Au Dormeur Don't Les 15. V. O Femme Qui Ne Sais Que Tu Portais en Toi Le Monde

Album Tracks 1. Sinfonia No. 16 in D Major 2. Sinfonia No. 20 in E minor 3. Ungdom Og Galskab (Youth and Folly) Ouverture 4. Drømmebilleder 5. Saga-Drøm (Saga-Dream) 6. Violin Concerto 7. Lyric Suite 8. Two Elegiac Melodies 9. Norsk Kunstnerkarneval 10. Scenemusik Af InchDer Var EngangInch 11. Den Lille Pige Med Svovlstikkerne (Little Match Girl) Ouverture 12. Den KGL. GÆST (The Royal Guest) 13. Galdreslåtten, Danza Sinfonica Con Passagaglia 14. Qarrtsiluni