Rubbra & Bliss: Piano Concertos
Piers Lane (piano), The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein (conductor)
CDA68297
Two very different takes on the romantic piano concerto, both equally successful. The Bliss—written in 1939 for the World’s Fair in New York—is extrovert, exuberant and virtuosic, the Rubbra a profound reflection on, and continuation of, the English pastoral tradition.