Ginastera was almost a one work composer. That work, of course, is the youthful Estancia (or, at least, the suite from it), which culminates in the rip-roaring malambo. You could be forgiven for refusing to believe his so-called ‘First Piano Concerto’ written many years later, in 1962, was composed by the same man.

The four movement work, which uses 12-tone patterns but also employs lyrical passages, opens with a cadenza followed by a set of variations. The second movement is a fast scherzo played pianissimo (almost) throughout. The third movement, although marked Adagissimo, contains an ecstatic climax. The overall effect, especially the more moonlit passages, reminded me of warmed-over Henze. (Atonal music for those who normally don’t like...