Dvorák: Piano Concerto, Op. 33; The Water Goblin, Op. 107
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Composer: Antonin DvorakConductor: Antoni Wit
Orchestra: Katowice Radio Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: Polish Radio Orchestra & Chorus Katowice
Performer: Jeno Jando
Edition: Music CD
Audio: German (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 1994-10-04
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
- Allegro Agitato
- Andante Sostenuto
- Allegro Con Fuoco
- The Water Goblin (Vodnik), Symphonic Poem, Op. 107
Free Music Notes for Dvorák: Piano Concerto, Op. 33; The Water Goblin, Op. 107
Free Music Review: A Dvorak Piano Concerto? Yes, it actually is quite a find.
Hit: 5 Stars
Poor Antonin Dvorak. A rich benefactress brought him to New York to be director of a national conservatory, founded primarily by her fortune. Obviously, she hoped that his leadership, not to mention his shining example, would inspire a worthwhile kind of American ... meaning U.S.A. ... classical music. That dream seems to have had to wait a few years, until people like Virgil Thomson, Aaron Copland, and others grew up enough to go to Europe and study with the beloved grande dame, Nadia Boulanger, in Paris. Meanwhile, Dvorak claimed considerable attention and success with his ninth symphony. The word on his piano concerto, however, was not so good. Many people ... including a lot of very good pianists ... damned it with faint praise. Just not written in a suitably pianistic style, was the common and much-repeated judgment. Nobody wanted to exactly blame Dvorak for trying to write a piano concerto, but it was easily suggested that since he didn't play piano himself, it was no wonder he just didn't get it right. A famous friend, whose exact name escapes me at the moment ... Jilek? ..., stepped in to help by putting out an edition of the work that jazzed up the piano parts a bit, while leaving the genius of the orchestral music intact. Still, this hybrid version didn't win many fans either. So the work has languished, around the edges of the central repertoire, occasionally being revived ... but nobody can particularly remember when they actually heard it last. Into this fog of half-truths, and poorly played performances, enter the outstanding Hungarian pianist Jeno Jando, accompanied by conductor Antoni Wit and the Polish radio orchestra. Well, some days they say, everything just goes fine in a recording session. This Cd must have been recorded on one of those rare days. The pacing and exposition by both the pianist and the orchestra are completely exemplary. In fact, while I own and enjoy quite a few good recordings from the growing Naxos catalogue, I would nominate this one as the very best recording, and very best performance, that they have managed to capture to date. In Jando's poetic hands, the Dvorak concerto begins to sound like a long-lost sibling, from a later generation, of the justly famous Schumann piano concerto family. While Dvorak stays completely true to his own identity and musical style, his piano concerto sounds completely winning and musical. Never once, and I believe Mr. Jando is playing the original version of the keyboard part, not the hybrid later edition; do you wish there were more, or less, or any other kind of notes, other than the exact ones Dvorak wrote. Fully caught up in this amazing moment, the Polish orchestra do themselves equally proud, led by Antoni Wit. Just as the Schumann is a challenging concerto to play, by virtue of its musical demands for balancing angels on the heads of pins, so with the Dvorak it would seem. The Olympian simplicities that both concertos require are supremely difficult to achieve. What sheer virtuosity can render flashy and empty in Schumann's and in Dvorak's piano concertos, a solid but invisible technique may yet accomplish, allied as it is in the case of Mr. Jando's playing, with a superb sense of articulation and poetry. Well, for the price, you can hardly get anything like this, anywhere else. The tone poem that the orchestra recorded to fill out the Cd also goes extremely well. Bravos, all round. That day at the recording studio was really something, and since anyone can own this CD, anyone can be there as it happens. The ghost of Czech master pianist, Rudolf Firkusny, is probably smiling broadly about now. He took it upon himself to tirelessly advocate for the Dvorak concerto. Mr. Firkusny was certain that its day would come. And with this recording, that day has finally arrived. Add this Cd to your collection, soon. Listen to it. Then pat yourself on the back for being such a shrewd and uncommonly alert customer. If Mr. Jando comes to town to play in your area, carry it back stage for him to autograph. I think he will. You only have to ask him. Highly recommended. Highly.
Dvorák: Piano Concerto, Op. 33; The Water Goblin, Op. 107 Poster
Dvorák's sole piano concerto has gotten a bad rap, largely because the composer himself was not a pianist and the work was not championed in his lifetime by any great virtuoso (except in a heavily edited version in which the piano part was changed to make it sound more like Liszt). This is the original version, thank God, and it's a very good performance--grave and intense--that makes an excellent case for the piece. The coupling is also very fine, and at Naxos's budget price, there's no risk in giving it a listen. --David HurwitzClassical Music CDs
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