Bronsart & Urspruch: Piano Concertos
Emmanuel Despax (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Tzigane (conductor)
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The common thread—as so often in The Romantic Piano Concerto series—is Liszt, in whose Weimar circle both composer-pianists featured here moved. Both concertos are pleasingly substantial, and the typically demanding piano writing is powerfully dispatched by Emmanuel Despax.