Shostakovich, D.: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 – Bronfman; LAPO; Esa-Pekka Salonen
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Piano Concerto No. 2. in F major, Op. 102; Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 57 –
Yefim Bronfman (piano); Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Julliard String Quartet
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Publisher: Sony Classical | Recorded: 1999 | Published: 1999 | Catalog number: SK 60677
The Shostakovich Piano Concertos are light works, almost impossible to kill, requiring little more from the performers than a sense of humor, a light touch, and a certain neo-classical interpretive “objectivity” in order to keep such moments as the Romantic middle movement of the Second Concerto from becoming self-consciously sticky. Yefim Bronfman and Esa-Pekka Salonen certainly hit the nail on the head, turning in performances of both concertos that are classically proportioned in the best sense, and great fun to listen to. The Los Angeles Philharmonic is in tip-top form, the string playing in the First Concerto being particularly outstanding, and Thomas Stevens’ solo trumpet playing in the same work is characterful without ever sounding coarse. As a filler the Piano Quintet can’t be bettered, and Sony’s sonics are first rate. It’s good to see major artists approaching this stylish “light” music with such dedication and verve. – ClassicToday.com; Review by: David Hurwitz
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This is a splendid recording, featuring three of Shostakovich's major works involving his own instrument, the piano. They display all the mercurial, contradictory aspects of his style, from dance-hall banality to sophisticated counterpoint and inspired melodic inventiveness, from mournful desolation and bleak hopelessness to the wild, obsessive, sardonic humor of desperation. The two piano concertos, though written over 20 years apart, show a certain similarity in their melancholy slow movements and frantically rollicking Finales, though the first, more popular one, opens with a highly dramatic movement, the second with a relatively peaceful one. The recording brings together a Russian-born virtuoso pianist with a special affinity for the composer's style, a great quartet steeped in 20th-century music, and a first-rate orchestra. The resulting performances are brilliant, moving, and exciting; Bronfman's virtuosity is stunning and the solo trumpeter in the first concerto is terrific. The string playing is wonderful–rich and colorful in sound, rhythmically incisive, deeply expressive; the first violinist's tone soars radiantly in the many stratospheric passages. –Edith Eisler; Editorial Reviews; Amazon.com
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On this recording:
1. Piano Concerto No. 1, for piano, trumpet & strings, in C minor, Op. 35: 1. Allegretto
2. Piano Concerto No. 1, for piano, trumpet & strings, in C minor, Op. 35: 2. Lento
3. Piano Concerto No. 1, for piano, trumpet & strings, in C minor, Op. 35: 3. Moderato
4. Piano Concerto No. 1, for piano, trumpet & strings, in C minor, Op. 35: 4. Allegro con brio
5. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102: 1. Allegro
6. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102: 2. Andante
7. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102: 3. Allegro
8. Quintet for piano & strings in G minor, Op. 57: 1. Prelude: Lento
9. Quintet for piano & strings in G minor, Op. 57: 2. Fugue: Adagio
10. Quintet for piano & strings in G minor, Op. 57: 3. Scherzo: Allegretto
11. Quintet for piano & strings in G minor, Op. 57: 4. Intermezzo: Lento
12. Quintet for piano & strings in G minor, Op. 57: 5. Finale: Allegretto