{"id":7650,"date":"2016-12-02T14:31:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T13:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=7650"},"modified":"2016-12-02T15:02:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T14:02:20","slug":"hans-gal-piano-concerto-a-2016-gramophone-magazine-critics-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2016\/12\/02\/hans-gal-piano-concerto-a-2016-gramophone-magazine-critics-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Hans Gal Piano Concerto a 2016 Gramophone Magazine Critic&#8217;s Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re all very, very pleased and proud to see Sarah Beth Briggs&#8217; wonderful AVIE Records recording of piano concerti by Mozart and Hans G\u00e1l get a Gramophone Magazine Critic&#8217;s Choice of 2016 from Guy Rickards in the year-end issue of the magazine. Bravos to Sarah and my wonderful colleagues in the Royal Northern Sinfonia. Congrats also to producer\/engineer Simon Fox-Gal for guiding the recording process so artfully. This was a particularly wonderful project to be part of.<\/p>\n<div class=\"woocommerce \"><ul class=\"products columns-4\">\n<li class=\"product type-product post-7343 status-publish first instock product_cat-cds product_tag-hans-gal product_tag-mozart product_tag-piano-concerto product_tag-sarah-beth-briggs has-post-thumbnail shipping-taxable purchasable product-type-simple\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/hans-gal-piano-concerto-and-mozart-piano-concerto-no-22-in-e-flat-k-482\/\" class=\"woocommerce-LoopProduct-link woocommerce-loop-product__link\"><span class=\"et_shop_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Gal-Mozart-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"Hans G\u00e1l- Piano Concerto and Mozart- Piano Concerto no. 22 in E-flat, K 482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Gal-Mozart-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Gal-Mozart-90x90.png 90w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Gal-Mozart-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Gal-Mozart-570x570.png 570w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Gal-Mozart-380x380.png 380w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Gal-Mozart-285x285.png 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"woocommerce-loop-product__title\">Hans G\u00e1l- Piano Concerto and Mozart- Piano Concerto no. 22 in E-flat, K 482<\/h2>\n\t<span class=\"price\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">&pound;<\/span>12.00<\/bdi><\/span><\/span>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Available from the <a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/hans-gal-piano-concerto-and-mozart-piano-concerto-no-22-in-e-flat-k-482\/\">Downbeat Store<\/a> at a special Christmas\/Gramophone party price for a <a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/hans-gal-piano-concerto-and-mozart-piano-concerto-no-22-in-e-flat-k-482\/\">limited time only here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can read Guy Rickards&#8217; original Gramophone <a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2016\/06\/17\/cd-review-gramophone-magazine-on-gal-and-mozart-piano-concerti\/\">review here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cIf there is a happier twentieth-century piano concerto than Hans G\u00e1l\u2019s of 1948, I don\u2019t know what it is\u2026Sarah Seth Briggs gives a wonderfully balanced reading of music that seems familiar\u2014in its Classical poise and charm\u2014and strange (much occurs beneath the surface, especially harmonically, that confirms its modernity). Kenneth Woods and the Royal Northern Sinfonia accompany superbly\u2026With crystal clear sound, this is the most enjoyable concerto disc I have heard since Krenek\u2019s Piano Concertos (4\/16) and Pritchard\u2019s Wall of Water (5\/15). Hang on, didn\u2019t Woods conduct those, too\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2016\/12\/02\/hans-gal-piano-concerto-a-2016-gramophone-magazine-critics-choice\/screen-shot-2016-12-02-at-12-14-24-pm\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7651\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7651\" src=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-02-at-12.14.24-PM-1200x495.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-12-02-at-12-14-24-pm\" width=\"1140\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-02-at-12.14.24-PM-1200x495.png 1200w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-02-at-12.14.24-PM-420x173.png 420w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-02-at-12.14.24-PM-744x307.png 744w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-02-at-12.14.24-PM-768x317.png 768w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-02-at-12.14.24-PM.png 1282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2016\/12\/02\/hans-gal-piano-concerto-a-2016-gramophone-magazine-critics-choice\/screen-shot-2016-12-02-at-12-08-08-pm\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7652\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7652\" src=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-02-at-12.08.08-PM.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-12-02-at-12-08-08-pm\" width=\"420\" height=\"478\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2016\/12\/02\/hans-gal-piano-concerto-a-2016-gramophone-magazine-critics-choice\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re all very, very pleased and proud to see Sarah Beth Briggs&#8217; wonderful AVIE Records recording of piano concerti by Mozart and Hans G\u00e1l get a Gramophone Magazine Critic&#8217;s Choice of 2016 from Guy Rickards in the year-end issue of the magazine. Bravos to Sarah and my wonderful colleagues in the Royal Northern Sinfonia. 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