Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos 1, 2 & 3 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 5 - Bartok: Piano Concerto 2 - Emil Gilels, Sviatoslav Richter, Lorin Maazel
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Composer: Bela BartokComposer: Sergey Prokofiev
Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra: Orchestre de l'Op?ra de Paris
Performer: Emil Gilels
Performer: Sviatoslav Richter
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-05-02
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- I. Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso - Allegro Con Spirito - New Philharmonia Orchestra
- II. Andantino Semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I - New Philharmonia Orchestra
- III. Allegro Con Fuoco - New Philharmonia Orchestra
- I. Allegro Brillante - New Philharmonia Orchestra
- II. Andante Non Troppo - New Philharmonia Orchestra
- III. Allegro Con Fuoco - New Philharmonia Orchestra
- I. Allegro Brillante - New Philharmonia Orchestra
- I. Allegro Con Brio - London Symphony Orchestra
- II. Moderato Ben Accentuato - London Symphony Orchestra
- III. Toccata (Allegro Con Fuoco) - London Symphony Orchestra
- IV. Larghetto - London Symphony Orchestra
- V. Vivo - London Symphony Orchestra
- I. Allegro - Sviatoslav Richter
- II. Adagio - Sviatoslav Richter
- III. Allegro Molto - Sviatoslav Richter
Free Music Notes for Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos 1, 2 & 3 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 5 - Bartok: Piano Concerto 2 - Emil Gilels, Sviatoslav Richter, Lorin Maazel
Free Music Review: A classic Tchaikovsky Second Concerto, plus astonishing Richter
Hit: 5 Stars
The reissue gods are smiling. This bargain Gemini two-fer contains four superlative concerto recordings--the Tchaikovsky Second and Third with Gilels, the Prokofiev Fifth and Bartok Second with Richter. The conductor throughout is Lorin Maazel, definitely on best behavior, and the orchestras vary between the LSO (Prokofiev), New Philharmonia (Tchaikovsky), and the Orchestre de Paris (Bartok). EMI's early Seventies analog sound is bright and forward. The perspective on the piano is natural with Gilels, but as usual, Richter asked to be miked more up close.
Gilels had already made a magisterial Tchaikovsky First with Reiner in 1955 (RCA) when he first stormed West out of Russia, and he would go on to make one just as great in 1980 with Mehta (Sony). This version from 1973 is let down by Maazel's less-than-committed acompaniment, which moves too glibly and quick in the first movement especially. But the Second and Third Concertos are another story. Gilels makes the best case ever for the former work, despite the usual cuts. Maazel livens up, giving us springy rhythms and elegance, while Gilels is polished marble and power. I will be satisfied to own this one version for life, I'm sure.
On CD 2, Richter returns to one of his favorites, the Prokofiev Fifth concdrto, which he had already recorded in 1959 to universal acclaim--this was his time to roar out of Russia and astonish the West. This remake offers somewhat different tempos but the same astonishing solo work. For me, the main distinction is Maazel's razor-sharp, brilliant conducting and the virtuoso playing of the London Sym., wwhich far surpasses the earlier reading on DG. The same holds true for the Bartok Second, where Richter takes a fiendishly difficult, percussive piano part and makes it speak and sing as never before. Pollini is equally riveting in this work but not nearly as approachable. Officially, Richter never recorded the two most popular concertos from these composers, the Prokofiev and Bartok Third. That's a shame, but these great recordings, along with Gilels's' contribution, make this an unmissable bargain.
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