Istvan Szelenyi

Concertino

This work by Kodály's pupil Szelényi, published here for the first time, might be seen as something approaching the Romantic 'piano concerto without orchestra'. Even the Fugato in this work seems to point to the Romantic tradition, recalling as it does Liszt's Sonata in B minor. The varied interplay between dramatic and lyrical moods is richly inventive.This 'Concertino' offers (young) piano soloists the opportunity to mount the podium as an aspiring virtuoso, accompanying a second part that demonstrates symphonic pretensions. The two players are evenly matched in musical terms in the dialogue between the two pianos.