FLAC tracks +Booklet | Classical | 72:45 | 1CD | 295 MbJoseph Marx was an excellent pianist: the hugely demanding solo part of his Romantic Piano Concerto, a ‘symphonic duet’ between piano and orchestra, marks him as a true virtuoso who had also absorbed the heady impressionism of Debussy, Scriabin and Delius.

While having no connection with film music, Marx left a multitude of intoxicating melodies that eclipsed the wildest of Hollywood’s dreams.

His second piano concerto, Castelli Romani, was inspired by ancient ruins in the wooded hills outside Rome, and is a magical, pyrotechnic display of Mediterranean emotions and masterfully orchestrated atmospheric pictures.

Tracklist:01. Piano Concerto in E Major “Romantic”: I. Lebhaft02. Piano Concerto in E Major “Romantic”: II. Nicht zu langsam03. Piano Concerto in E Major “Romantic”: III. Sehr lebhaft04. Castelli Romani: No. 1, Villa Hadriana05. Castelli Romani: No. 2, Tusculum06. Castelli Romani: No. 3, Frascati