Herz,H. / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.66 CD

Henri Herz was a phenomenon in 1830s Paris and 1940s America, but today his music is mostly forgotten. He wrote eight piano concertos, one of which was lost. Concertos 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 appear across two previous volumes of the Romantic Piano Concertos series. Here, Howard Shelley and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra put on their finest dancing shoes to complete the cycle with Piano Concerto No. 2 (the one with which Herz conquered America in 1846) and three extended fantasies.

1. Allegro Moderato 2. Andantino Cantabile Con Molt' Espressione 3. Rondo: Allegro Vivo 4. Grande Fantaisie Militaire Sur la Fille Du R?giment, Op. 163 5. Fantaisie Et Variations Sur la Marche D'otello de Rossini, Op. 67 6. Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 30