EMIL HARTMANN: Concertos

• Per Salo, piano
• Stanimir Todorov, cello
• Christina Åstrand, violin
• Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
• Hannu Lintu, conductor

Emil Hartmann (1836–1898) experienced great success when he toured Germany and the rest of Europe conducting his own works, and was often compared to the great Romantic masters of the European musical scene. But at home in Denmark the composer was overshadowed throughout his life by his famous father J.P.E. Hartmann, whose centenary we celebrate this year. The writer Hans Christian Andersen actually said of the two Hartmanns that “old Hartmann is a born composer, young Hartmann was brought up to it.”

With Dacapo's new SACD* recording of Emil Hartmann's three concertos – for violin, cello and piano – we can be in no doubt that the fame that “young Hartmann” enjoyed abroad was more than deserved. Here you can listen to three of the finest Danish soloists today expressing themselves in Emil Hartmann's full-blooded Romantic concertos with the special Nordic element that gives the music unusual melodic beauty.

Da Capo SACD Super Audio CD (plays on all CD player types).

Concertos Reviews

“This disc is a genuine discovery and earns it a serious recommendation­.”(Classics Today)
“Hannu Lintu draws most sympathetic performances from the Helsingborg orchestra. The sound, needless to say, is superb.”(Nordic Sounds)
“Very pleasant discoveries, this unpretentious music is also enjoyably enpredictable. The listener is the winner .”(What´s On In London)
“A very agreeable disc in every way…romantic era music that, while not immune from convention, is entertaining and often touching…”(MU­SICWEB International)
“All three soloists are topflight, DaCapo's hi-res surround cannot be faulted, and one gets a lot of varied concertos for one's investment in this interesting disc.”(Audiophile Audition)