And so it proves, perhaps the most consistently enjoyable and satisfying recording of Tchaikovsky piano solos of recent years. 1. But the real miracle of this first movement is the vision of idealised love emerging so tenderly in what one might normally call the development. Yankoff, Ventsislav (piano) / New Symphony Orchestra of London / Schwarz, Rudolf (conductor)Recorded 1954.10.15-16. Vienna Piano Trio (Dabringhaus und Grimm). Receive a weekly collection of news, features and reviews, The perfect introduction to Tchaikovsky's music, featuring recordings by Herbert von Karajan, Martha Argerich, Mstislav Rostropovich, Julia Fischer, Valery Gergiev and many more. Bianca, Sondra (piano) / Hamburg Pro-Musica Orchestra [*] / Walther, Hans-Jürgen (conductor)Recording date unknown. Matsuev, Denis (piano) / Saint Petersburg Philharmonic / Temirkanov, Yury (conductor)Recorded 2007.12.02 live in Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Cherkow, Iwan [*] (piano) / Southern German Philharmonic Orchestra [*] / Pitamic, Alexander von (conductor)Recording date unknown (1982 or earlier). Katsaris, Cyprien (piano) / Lille Radio Symphony Orchestra / Suzan, Maurice (conductor)Recorded 1973.02.26 live in Lille, Opera. We are most grateful to Philip Stuart and Uwe Sauerteig for their assistance in resolving this confusion. Marshev, Oleg (piano) / Aalborg Symphony Orchestra / Hughes, Owain Arwel (conductor)Recorded 2001.11.15-16 in Aalborg, Smyfonien. Recorded 1968.07.10-11 in London, EMI Abbey Road Studio No. Evans, Julian (piano) / Thuringian Philharmonic Suhl / Mikkelsen, Terje (conductor)Recorded 1996 in Suhl, Philharmonie. The slow movement is beautifully played but just a trifle bland. In the first movement he resists any temptation to linger, prefering to press the music on, and the result sounds totally idiomatic. For an answer, listen to this newcomer. There’s a delightful dance and chorus for the birds, and a powerful monologue for Winter; Vladimir Grishko, placed further back, sounds magical. It’s like discovering Romeo and Juliet before the unwelcome dawn – the atmosphere is extraordinarily charged. Overall, though, this is impressive and satisfying, especially the riveting close. Certainly his million-selling, RCA released version of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto, No. Mono-Recording. Tedeschi, Simon (piano) / Queensland Orchestra / Bonynge, Richard (conductor)Recorded 2005.02.08-11 in Brisbane, ABC Studio 420. Excerpts only. Jurowski steers a marvellously lithe and clear-sighted course through this youthful canvas, with springy bass-lines, luminous textures and bracing contrapuntal vigour the keynotes (the antiphonally divided first and second fiddles are a boon, as is the LPO’s personable woodwind roster). This is a profoundly romantic reading of the score, and the great set pieces such as the Waltz in Act 1 and the marvellous scene of the swans on a moonlit lake that opens Act 2 are wonderfully evocative; yet they do not overshadow the other music, which supports them as gentler hills and valleys might surround and enhance magnificent, awe-inspiring peaks, the one being indispensable to the other. There were at least three different issues of HPG 1031 containing different performances. Recorded 1990. J Fischer; Russian National Orch / Kreizberg (Pentatone). played these concertos at the Menuhin Competition in 2008 (Mendelssohn) and the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 2009 (Tchaikovsky). Rubinstein, Artur (piano) / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Leinsdorf, Erich (conductor)Recorded 1963.03.05 in Boston, Symphony Hall. Fascinating is the earlier premonition of the great love theme and the way Tchaikovsky quite literally tosses it about in the more radical and certainly more violent development of the fight music: all gone in the revision! His singing has at once the warmth, elegance and refinement Tchaikovsky demands from his anti-hero. The B flat minor Concerto has been recorded so many times that you may justifiably ask if we really need another. Cherkassky, Shura (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Boult, Adrian (conductor)Recorded 1967.01.05-07 in London, EMI Abbey Road Studio No. I don’t think I have ever heard it sound so telling, so personal, so heart-easing, as it does in this live Vladimir Jurowski performance from the Royal Festival Hall in London. Blumental, Felicja (piano) / Vienna Music Society Orchestra / Gielen, Michael (conductor)Recorded 1958 in Vienna. Focile offers keen-edged yet warm tone and total immersion in Tatyana’s character. 4. EkseptionFreely arranged using the opening and other classical themes. Katin, Peter (piano) / New Symphony Orchestra of London / Cundell, Edric (conductor)Recorded 1959.05.11 in London, Kingsway Hall. Rarely, if ever, can the prodigious rhythmical inventiveness of these scores have been so brilliantly demonstrated. Greenbaum, Kyla (piano) / Sinfonia of London / Austin, Richard (conductor)Recorded 1957. Richter, Svyatoslav (piano) / Budapest Symphony Orchestra / Komor, Vilmos (conductor)Recorded 1954.03.04 live in Budapest, Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Tchaikovsky / Piano Concerto #1 / Richter / Karajan Outstanding Double Plus (A++) sound and exceptionally quiet vinyl on both sides makes this one powerful Demo Disc set Without a doubt some of THE BEST SOUND we have ever heard for this recording! Fayerman, Mikhail (piano) / Belgian RTV Symphony Orchestra / Hoffmann, Irwin (conductor)Recorded 1975.05.31 live in Brussels, Palais de Beaux-Arts. Schmitt-Leonardy, Wolfram (piano) / Berlin Symphony / Neumann, Manfred (conductor)Recorded 1996.06.27-28 in Berlin, Villa Siemens. Likewise, the second movement is an absolute joy, while the finale is both noble and strong, with no trace of maudlin self-pity. A top-drawer recording of an increasingly significant opera. Solomon (piano) / Hallé Orchestra / Harty, Hamilton (conductor). Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Stolz, Robert (conductor)Varied extracts including the piano concerto arranged by Robert Stolz. Trpčeski, Simon (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Petrenko, Vasily (conductor)Recorded 2012.06.29-30 in Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall. Take the way he plays the two principal themes in the first movement of the Tchaikovsky. Onay, Gülsin (piano) / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Rezucha, Bystrik (conductor)Recorded 1997.11.07 live in Bratislava. Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus and Orchestra, Rome / Antonio Pappano (EMI / Warner Classics). The name of the conductor of the orchestra or chorus. In the finale of this concerto, he values musical character over sheer brilliance, showing a strong feeling for the drama of the solo introduction, phrasing the rondo theme in the most lively way and, later on, capturing the full character of the folk-inspired episodes while avoiding any grotesque exaggeration. Kozhukhin, Denis (piano) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin) / Sinaisky, Vasily (conductor)Recorded 2015.10 in Berlin, Funkhaus Nalepastraße. Matrix 2RA-4608/12 & 4615/17. The finale can sometimes outstay its welcome, but not here. It’s one of the great soul-baring moments in 19th-century symphonic music and Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic give it the fullest intensity. When not caught up in the colourful exuberance of it all, one may stop to notice that the image lacks depth, the violins are a little thin in upper regions, and the brass occasionally play-out with the familiar Russian welly, wobble and weather (moderate amounts, heard after Svetlanov). It was revised in the summer of 1879 and again in December 1888. Tokarev, Nikolay (piano) / National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia / Spivakov, Vladimir (conductor)Recorded 2010.05.22-25 in Moscow, Mosfilm-Studios. Hough, Stephen (piano) / Minnesota Orchestra / Vänskä, Osmo (conductor)Recorded 2009.10.02-03 live in Minneapolis, Orchestra Hall. Showing 1 - … The Oslo string ensemble is fresh, bright and superbly disciplined, while the wind soloists are generally excellent. All four concertante works were recorded live in Minneapolis. In the finale of this concerto, he values musical character over sheer brilliance, showing a strong feeling for the drama of the solo introduction, phrasing the rondo theme in the most lively way and, later on, capturing the full character of the folk-inspired episodes while avoiding any grotesque exaggeration. Wild, Earl (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Fistoulari, Anatole (conductor)Recorded 1962.10.03-08 in London, Walthamstow Assembly Hall. Suddenly it is a beautiful aide-memoire salvaged from the despair. Like Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s Third is in five movements, which means there are two faster ‘scherzo’-type inner movements. Gilels, Emil (piano) / USSR State Symphony Orchestra / Dubrovsky, Victor (conductor)Recorded 1966 live in Moscow, Conservatory, Great Hall. Introduction only. There is a closer, more pertinent relation with Mikhail Pletnev’s first essay (Virgin Classics, 1/92): a hand picked band, moulded in the image of a young, mercurial musician mature beyond his years, working hand in glove with a studio team prepared to do things differently. Kameníková, Valentina (piano) / Brno Philharmonic Orchestra / Pinkas, Jiří (conductor)Recorded 1970.09.20-21 in Brno, Stadion Studio. Gilels, Emil (piano) / Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra / Svetlanov, Yevgeny (conductor)Recorded 1970.01.03 live in Moscow. Deliriously so. In the harrowing funeral march that forms the slow movement of Op 30, the Klenkes arrest one’s attention immediately; the opening chordal motif is relentlessly sustained with little or no vibrato; against this the impassioned, vibrant violin phrases stand out dramatically. Capriccio italien was recorded some three years earlier (1955, would you believe) and sounds virtually as impressive. 3; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G. For her first recording of two concertos that would remain closely associated with her … Kirill Gerstein’s world premiere recording of the concerto enables us to hear the authentic version for the first time. The Alla tedesca brings a hint of Brahms, but the Slavic dolour of the Andante elegiaco is unmistakeable and its climax blooms rapturously. It’s amazing what can be revealed in three minutes and in this very personal charmer we graduate from wistful introspection to hymnic admiration in less time than it takes to realise that Tchaikovsky has fleetingly and so very discreetly opened his heart to his friend. Best recording of Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto? Tchaikovsky’s string-writing often exploits the strong virtuoso tradition that already existed in mid-19th-century Russia and the brilliant passages in the finales of the first two quartets are given here in a particularly exciting, bold manner. Here, working with Konwitschny and the Dresden orchestra, he seems to be more relaxed, more freely expressive, moving easily from dashing bravura to the sweetest lyricism in the first movement of the Brahms, and entering in the slow movement at a faster pace than his conductor, clearly determined to expunge the suspicion of stodginess in the opening tutti. Piano Concerto No. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (Orfeo) Recorded live 2009, 2010. Introduction only. It’s interesting, too, that the generosity of Barenboim’s contribution, though on the well-upholstered side as you might expect from this seasoned traditionalist – the two big Polonaise-like tuttis are definitely at the Imperial end of the Russian experience – is still alive to Batiashvili’s vibrancy. The Chandos sound is very specific and well focused despite a warm reverberation, real-sounding and three-dimensional with more clarity in tuttis than the rivals. Richter, Svyatoslav (piano) / Brno Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ivanov, Konstantin (conductor)Recorded 1950.05.25 live in Brno, Community Hall. Gimpel, Jacob (piano) / Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Matzerath, Otto (conductor)Recorded 1960. Tchaikovsky’s songs are not nearly well enough known and this superb recital should encourage more interest in them. Gavrilov, Andrey (piano) / Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kitayenko, Dmitry (conductor)Recorded 1974.06 live. 3 in E-flat major Op. List, Eugene (piano) / Tonkünstler Orchestra Vienna / Topolski, Zlatko (conductor)Recorded 1976.12 in Stuttgart, Südwest Tonstudio. Loveyck, G. [*] (piano) / Orchestre Symphonique Bavarois [*] / Wielhelm, Kurt [*] (conductor)Recording date unknown. is his best. Matrix XCO 39612/20. I know this recording since many years and have this recording on CD. 23 This page lists all recordings of Piano Concerto No. Anyone who still supposes that irregular, rapidly shifting rhythms were invented by Stravinsky should give an ear to his Russian sources, in folk poetry and music but also in the music of the Church. A fresh, unfettered account of Chopin’s C sharp minor Nocturne is offered as an encore to this urgently recommended recital. Klein, Jacques (piano) / Brabants Orchestra / Jordans, Hein (conductor)Recorded 1965.04.14-16 in Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal. It … Magnificent technique, of course; the trickiest passages seem like child’s play to him. Chang, Para (piano) / concierto München Symphony Orchestra / Dominguez-Nieto, Carlos (conductor)Recorded 2007.11.25 live in Munich, Künstlerhaus. The emotional climax of the selection comes with ‘The Bride’s Lament’. What comes out in all the items is the way that Pappano, in his control of flexible rubato, is just as persuasive here as he is in Puccini, demonstrating what links there are between these two supreme melodists. Kim, Julius-Jeongwon (piano) / North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Valek, Vladimir (conductor)Recorded 2003.11.24-26 in Hannover, NDR Philharmoniesaal. The recording was made in an (unnamed) ecclesiastical acoustic of suitable resonance, and sounds well. But the real disbelief is still to come. Opening only. There are now dozens of versions of this winning work in the catalogue, both for sextet and string orchestra, but none is more delectable than this. MusicAeterna / Teodor Currentzis (Sony Classical). Vienna Chamber Orchestra / Philippe Entremont (Naxos). Anda, Géza (piano) / Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra / Leitner, Ferdinand (conductor)Recorded 1973.03.13 live in Stuttgart, Liederhalle. Gilels, Emil (piano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Maazel, Lorin (conductor)Recorded 1972.10.11-16 in London, EMI Abbey Road Studio No. Play Pause. Ther duet is the crux of the opera and Popov and Golovneva are incredibly touching, with Kitaenko unleashing a tremendous orchestral outpouring at the end. Matsuev, Denis (piano) / Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra / Gergiev, Valery (conductor)Recorded 2013.04.14-15 in Saint Petersburg. Siloti took what sounded like a triple concerto (a concerto for violin, cello, and piano) and turned it into a concerto for piano and orchestra. Weissenberg, Alexis (piano) / Paris Orchestra / Karajan, Herbert von (conductor)Recorded 1970.02.09-11 in Paris, Salle Wagram. All three movements are in the home key and thematically linked yet are enticingly diverse, the first with strong contrasts of dynamic and tempo, the second a most engaging scherzo (marked non agitato and with slower interludes), while the rondo finale bursts with energy (especially as presented here). Anda, Géza (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Galliera, Alceo (conductor)Recorded 1953.10.12-15 in London, EMI Abbey Road Studio No. Pletnev is all over the final, unbuttoned trepak in grand style, and he certainly makes the glissandos swing. The performers have made fine recordings before, though, of the Romantic repertoire. If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription to, The 50 greatest Handel recordings (2019 update), The 50 greatest Schubert recordings (2019 update), The 50 best Beethoven albums (2021 update). At first glance this might look like the traditional pairing of Tchaikovsky’s two fantasy overtures – but you might have known that Vladimir Jurowski was likely to be more inquisitive than that. The sound throughout is excellent. Pianist Mikhail Pletnev formed this orchestra in 1990 from the front ranks of the major Soviet orchestras, and the result here is now regarded as a classic. No fuss and no sentimentality in this incredible recording of two giants performing the genius that is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Both performances have much to recommend them, and it isn’t by a great deal that Järvi’s is preferable. Dorati’s conducting is brisk, incisive and dramatic. Schiff, András (piano) / Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kitayenko, Dmitry (conductor)Recorded 1974 live in Moscow. Demidenko, Nikolay (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Lazarev, Aleksandr (conductor)Recorded 1993.07.10-11 in London, Wembley, CTS Studios. Leonskaja, Elisabeth (piano) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Masur, Kurt (conductor)Recorded 1994.11.29 in New York, Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall. Brahms’s Hungarian Dances are delectable, marked by the sort of naughty pointing of phrase and rhythm that tickles your musical funny-bone just as Kreisler always did. Arturo Toscanini conducted the early Voyevoda Overture, the Pathetique Symphony and the First Piano Concerto with his son-in-law Vladimir Horowitz as soloist (it was the very first time that they had performed the work together). Bruchollerie, Monique de la (piano) / Württemberg State Orchestra Stuttgart / Dünnwald, Josef (conductor)Recorded 1946.05.07 in Stuttgart, Staatstheater. Gilels, Emil (piano) / Portuguese Radio Symphony Orchestra / Freitas Branco, Pedro de (conductor)Recorded 1961.04.27 live in Lisbon, Tivoli. Ogawa, Noriko (piano) / USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra / Rozhdestvensky, Gennady (conductor)Recorded 1989.06.08-10 in Moscow, Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Great Hall. Matrix AR 9808/15. Nonetheless, the Orchestra of St Luke’s is a Classically sized and inclined ensemble. Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi (BIS). Devoyon, Pascal (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Dutoit, Charles (conductor) Recorded 1981.04.18 in London, Brent Town Hall. But, in the past, we have had to contend with lethal, vibrato-laden brass and variable Soviet engineering. Serebryakov, Pavel (piano) / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / Mravinsky, Yevgeny (conductor)Recorded 1953.01.06 in Leningrad. Ott, Alice Sara (piano) / Munich Philharmonic / Hengelbrock, Thomas (conductor)Recorded 2009.11 live in Munich, Philharmonie im Gasteig. Intruding into the secret garden come Robert, Duke of Burgundy, betrothed to Iolanta (although in love with another), and his friend Vaudémont. Gilels, Emil (piano) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra / Matzerath, Otto (conductor)Recorded 1960.11.14 live in Frankfurt. 1. Exciting? As a young innocent, Golovneva’s Iolanta is preferable to the fuller, darker soprano of Netrebko, who arguably took it into her repertory a fraction too late. Douglas, Barry (piano) / Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra / Beissel, Heribert (conductor)Recorded 1986.08.13 live. Written just after he had left Florence, having completed the Queen of Spades, Tchaikovsky was prompted to compose one of his happiest works, one which for once gave him enormous pleasure. Movt. 1. Horowitz, Vladimir (piano) / NBC Symphony Orchestra / Toscanini, Arturo (conductor)Recorded 1943.04.25 live in New York, Carnegie Hall. 1: Recordings: Andantino. Douglas, Barry (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Slatkin, Leonard (conductor)Recorded 1986.08.30-31 in London, Henry Wood Hall. Rösel, Peter (piano) / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Masur, Kurt (conductor)Recorded 1981.08.24-26 in Leipzig. The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, under their longtime music director Neeme Järvi, give an outstanding performance of the Little Russian Symphony, beautifully played and paced, and immaculately recorded, though it lacks a little on felicitous detail. Symphony and the First Piano Concerto with his son-in-law Vladimir Horowitz as soloist (it was the very first time that they had performed the work together). That is one of the more substantial of the 16 clips and touchingly foreshadows Ophelia’s tragedy. Russian and Soviet music and culture run like a river through Peter Donohoe’s distinguished career. But the slow movement is gloriously played from the horn solo onwards, and the second re-entry of the Fate theme is so dramatic that it almost makes one jump. Katchen, Julius (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Gamba, Pierino (conductor)Recorded 1955.12.15-16 in London, Kingsway Hall. A splendid recording from the hugely impressive Julia Fischer. Recorded in Hamburg, Musikhalle. Kaneko, Miyuji (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Kobayashi, Ken-Ichiro (conductor)Recorded 2013.02.28-03.01 in London, Abbey Road Studios. Clidat, France (piano) / Radio Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra / Cao, Pierre (conductor)Recorded 1981. His boldest step is to lend Brucknerian nobility to the theme’s return on full horns at the movement’s climax: it’s much less crude than any other version I’ve heard and brings a new pathos to the coda. Barenboim, Daniel (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic / Mehta, Zubin (conductor)Recorded 1997.06.29 live in Berlin, Waldbühne. Rubinstein, Artur (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Giulini, Carlo Maria (conductor)Recorded 1961.05.16 live in London, Royal Festival Hall. Huttner, Maria [*] (piano) / Berlin Symphony Orchestra [*] / Balzer, Joseph [*] (conductor), Hüttner, Gerda [*] (piano) / Berlin Symphony Orchestra [*] / Weth, Alfred van [*] (conductor). Jurowski savours the differences and makes capital of the anomalies. Blumenthal, Daniel (piano) / National Orchestra of Belgium / Octors, Georges (conductor)Recording date unknown (1983 or earlier). Richter, Svyatoslav (piano) / Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra / Wodicko, Bogdan (conductor)Recorded 1954.11.12 live in Krakow, Philharmonie. The ink was still wet when the composer showed the score to Nikolai Rubinstein. Shimizu, Kazune (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Thomas, Michael Tilson (conductor)Recorded 1986.02.14-15 in London, EMI Abbey Road Studio No. Every now and then in Gramophone, you will read a recommendation from a reviewer that a particular recording needs a higher replay level than usual (emphatically not the case here), but, for what it’s worth, I found my most positive responses to this Nutcracker came after a higher than usual intake of caffeine. The Klenke Quartet immediately invite comparison, with an identical programme and, with one or two exceptions, timings for the individual movements within a few seconds of each other. Cherkassky, Shura (piano) / Standard Symphony Orchestra San Francisco / Monteux, Pierre (conductor)Recorded 1944.12.10 live. Horowitz, Vladimir (piano) / NBC Symphony Orchestra / Toscanini, Arturo (conductor)Recorded 1941.05.06-14 live in New York, Carnegie Hall. Salvato, Juan (piano) / Concert Hall Orchestra / Selva, Antonio (conductor)Recording date unknown. Of the two performances, it’s that of Winter Daydreams which conveys the greater imaginative spark and spontaneity. Mariinsky Theatre, Concert Hall. Hambro, Leonid (piano) / Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra / Kostelanetz, André (conductor)Recorded 1958.02.07-14 in New York, Columbia 30th Street Studio. It is achieved here with an intimacy that comes naturally to chamber orchestras, rather than as one of those sudden hushes implied by the kind of ‘now, children, let’s be quiet as mice’ gestures sometimes seen on the podium, perhaps more for the audience than the orchestra’s benefit. The most interesting morsels come from the ‘dramatic chronicle’ Dmitri the Pretender and Vassily Shuisky: a darkly contemplative and fleetingly tormented Introduction and a rather graceful Mazurka. There will always be a very special place in the discography of the opera for the vintage Russian versions but, as a recording, they are naturally outclassed by the Philips, which now becomes the outright recommendation. Du Toit, François (piano) / Cape Town Symphony Orchestra / Hadari, Omri (conductor)Recorded 1992 in Cape Town, City Hall. Scheps, Olga (piano) / WDR Symphony Orchestra / Dominguez-Nieto, Carlos (conductor)Recorded 2017.05.08-10 in Cologne, Philharmonie. But it is only when it boils over into that mighty. 23, was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between November 1874 and February 1875. Dariescu, Alexandra (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Ang, Darrell (conductor)Recorded 2014.08.02 in London, Henry Wood Hall. Petrenko also keeps his head in the inferno of the finale, emphasising Tchaikovsky the classicist in the hard-working fugue. Natalia Erassova (for Chistiakov’s recording on CdM) gets round the rapid enunciation of Lel’s second song without much difficulty, but doesn’t quite bring the character to life; Mishura-Lekhtman has a brighter sparkle. Shicoff has refined and expanded his Lensky since he recorded it for Levine (DG). Serebrier is also meticulous in seeking to observe the dynamic markings in each score. [*] (piano) / Sinfonieorchester Mailand [*] / Cantelli, Ernesto [*] (conductor). No doubt the reason these early symphonies sound so fresh is because the Berlin orchestra was not over-familiar with them and clearly enjoyed playing them. Leimer, Kurt (piano) / Symphony of the Air / Neidlinger, Günther (conductor)Recording date unknown (1972 or earlier). Ophelia’s first entrance, incidentally, is none other than the graceful ‘Alla tedesca’ second movement of Tchaikovsky’s Third Symphony, the Polish. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (Naxos). Schumann is revealed as a major influence, not only on the outward features of the style but on the whole expressive mood and manner. I only, abridged. Hoffmann, Ludwig (piano) / Bamberg Symphony / Stein, Horst (conductor)Recording date unknown. Discovering Iolanta asleep in the garden, Vaudémont falls in love with her and discovers her blindness through her inability to distinguish between white and red roses. Together he, Focile and Bychkov make the finale the tragic climax it should be: indeed, this passage is almost unbearably moving in this reading. I opening only. Sanromá, Jesús María (piano)) / Boston Pops Orchestra / Fiedler, Arthur (conductor)Recorded 1950.06.16 in Boston, Symphony Orchestra. Liberace (piano) / Warner Brothers Symphony OrchestraFreely arranged by Liberace. It is good here to welcome the mono recordings of the Brahms and Tchaikovsky concertos which David Oistrakh made in February 1954, more volatile readings than those he recorded later, respectively with Klemperer for EMI in the Brahms (3/93) and with Ormandy for CBS in the Tchaikovsky (11/89). The sound is first-class. Banowetz, Joseph (piano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Lenárd, Ondrej (conductor) Recorded 1988.05.29-06.01 in Bratislava, Czechoslovak Radio, Concert Hall. Raphael Wallfisch’s fine performance keeps the qualifying adjective ‘rococo’ in mind – it isn’t indulgently over-romantic – but it has warmth and beauty of tone in abundance. His caring, characterful and technically transcendent way with this cycle casts each piece in a three-dimensional perspective that honours the composer’s letter and spirit beyond the music’s ‘salon’ reputation, while making the most of its pianistic potential. Bamberg Symphony Orchestra / José Serebrier (BIS). Magaloff, Nikita (piano) / North German Radio Symphony Orchestra / Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans (conductor)Recorded 1961 live in Hamburg. She is also served by a superb recording quality. Whittemore, Arthur (piano) / Lowe, Jack (piano)Arranger unknown. Also from the Royal Opera comes Egerton’s lovable Triquet; but whereas Gergiev, in the theatre, dragged out his couplets inordinately, Bychkov once more strikes precisely the right tempo. Yang, Joyce (piano) / Odense Symphony Orchestra / Lazarev, Aleksandr (conductor)Recorded 2011.12 live in Odense, Concert House, Carl Nielsen Hall. 1990.12.16-19 in Leningrad of conspicuous distinction, then, and this superb recital should more. And controlled 1981.04.18 in London, Kingsway Hall version, and the Czech Philharmonic give it the fullest.. Vänskä, Osmo ( conductor ) Recorded 2011.10.25 & 12.30 in Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Schmidt-Isserstedt... Fascinating, not least for the first movement of the original version. 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