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1989: Constant Lambert - Concerto for piano and nine instruments (1931) - Alessandro DeCurtis, piano; Harmonia Ensemble, cond. Giuseppe Grazioli (26 min)
A work by British composer and conductor Constant Lambert (1905-1951) bearing the influence of jazz and blues music and French neoclassicism. A child prodigy who began composing orchestral music at age 13, Lambert was taught by such figures as Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Dyson, Malcolm Sargent and Herbert Fryer. His breakthrough came at age 20 with a commission from Serge Diaghilev for the Ballet Russes, a ballet based on Romeo and Juliet. This piano concerto was completed in 1931.
Pianist: Alessandro De Curtis
Conductor: Giuseppe Grazioli
Harmonia Ensemble
MrFusion adds:
Lambert was notorious for a turbulent love life including two marriages and numerous affairs, including a prolonged off-and-on affair with famed ballerina Margot Fonteyn, who was left emotionally scarred by it. Lambert died young of alcoholism and undiagnosed diabetes, two days before his 46th birthday. (source: Wikipedia)
This recording is apparently from an obscure CD, ASdisc AS 5005, recorded on 22 Jan. 1989. I seem to have bought my copy from a remainder bin, as it has a small hole drilled through the case. I am not the YouTuber however.