The pianist Beatrice Rana combines virtuosity in her playing with sensitivity and expressive power: qualities that make her an ideal interpreter of Robert Schumann’s poetic piano concerto. The two other works presented by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Sir Antonio Pappano also inhabit the seductive sound-worlds of Romantic music: Edward Elgar’s rapturous Introduction and Allegro and Antonín Dvořák’s Sixth Symphony, a triumphant synthesis of the buoyant dance melodies of his Czech homeland and the gorgeous colours of late Romanticism.
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Beatrice Rana piano
Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro, op. 47
Robert Schumann
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op. 54
Beatrice Rana piano
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 6 in D major, op. 60
With the kind support of the Aventis Foundation
