PROKOFIEV Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 5
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Composer or Director: Sergey Prokofiev
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Magazine Review Date: 03/2016
Media Format: Super Audio CD
Media Runtime: 56
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: HMU80 7631
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Vadym Kholodenko, Piano |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Vadym Kholodenko, Piano |
Author: Patrick Rucker
The Fifth Concerto, in which its composer had least confidence, has been the object of some attention of late, notably in the complete set by Bavouzet/Noseda. Kholodenko hasn’t Bavouzet’s variety of touch but imbues this sprawling piece with a winning sense of athletic playfulness.
Meanwhile, Kholodenko takes to the considerably greater technical and musical challenges of the Second Concerto like a duck to water. The titanic heft he brings to the Intermezzo adds a startling quirkiness to an overall original interpretation. To top everything off, he maintains a sense of desperate urgency throughout the finale, with a sort of grim determination characterising even its soaring lyrical sections, right up to the last cataclysmic measures. If in terms of imaginative realisation of this multifaceted score the recent Rana/Pappano Prokofiev Second has the edge, for a heroic reading of singular power, Kholodenko and Harth-Bedoya can scarcely be beaten. The luxurious and exquisitely dimensional sound reproduction, combined with hand-in-glove ensemble and scrupulous attention to detail, makes this a remarkable release, one whose disclosures multiply with repeated listening.
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