Moszkowski’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Conductor – Antoni Wit.
Piano – Markus Pawlik.
The Piano Concerto No. 2 in E major, Op.59 was composed by Moritz Moszkowski, a German-Jewish composer of Polish descent, in 1898. It is considered to be one of the most extraordinary works of the Romantic Era. It was dedicated to Josef Hofmann, a player who was to become one of the greatest piano virtuosi of all time.
Marked Andante, the second movement is an eloquent, nocturne-like effusion, of which the principal thematic element is the expressive subject given out softly at the commencement by the clarinet, and bassoons, staccato, and the strings, pizzicato – this being taken up shortly and carried on by the solo instrument. An agreeably contrasting intermediary section follows, after which the expressive first theme returns – now in the harp and strings against flowing figurations in the solo instrument. And lastly, a free short conclusion passage that takes us to the third movement.
This midi was transcribed from a pdf, apologies for mistakes.
