Theodore Dubois: Piano Concerto no.2, Suite, etc
Cedric Tiberghien (piano); BBC Scottish SO, Andrew Manze
Hyperion CDA 67931
Hyperion's ambitious Romantic Piano Concerto series reaches its sixtieth issue with a disc dedicated to a figure - academic, administrator, organist - now thought of as a fringe figure in the history of French music. He was a hugely prolific composer and, if much on the disc reminds the listener of Saint-Saens (who he succeeded as organist of the Madeleine), there is a romantic warmth underpinning the skittishness. Tiberghien plays with fizzling technique and total commitment, especially in the Second Concerto which really ought to be heard more often. Magnifique!
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