| All Artists: Sergey Prokofiev, Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Yefim Bronfman Title: Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3, & 5 Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Sony Release Date: 8/10/1993 Genre: Classical Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Instruments, Keyboard Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 074645248325, 074645248325 |
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 | Sergey Prokofiev, Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3, & 5 Genre: Classical Bronfman's performance of the popular Third Concerto has an easy songfulness that sits very nicely alongside the many bravura passages, which he dispatches with aplomb. The First Concerto is a zippy little piece that is le... more » |
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Amazon.com Bronfman's performance of the popular Third Concerto has an easy songfulness that sits very nicely alongside the many bravura passages, which he dispatches with aplomb. The First Concerto is a zippy little piece that is less than a quarter of an hour long, but is exhaustingly difficult. Prokofiev was himself a stellar pianist, and he wrote these taxing works for his personal use. By the time he came to write the sadly neglected Fifth Concerto, he was at the end of his life (he died on the same day as Stalin), but his melodic inspiration was still potent as ever. Bronfman never loses sight of the melody in the piles of notes, and Zubin Mehta accompanies faithfully. This is the set to own if you want good digital sound. --David Hurwitz Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsLackluster but well recorded drollere | Sebastopol, CA United States | 04/17/2004 (3 out of 5 stars) "i've admired bronfman's playing primarily through the beautiful series of chamber discs he recorded with mintz; against that standard these prokofiev concertos are a disappointment. the overall approach is surprisingly literal and metronomic, with a lack of lyrical fire or virtuosic ice, and tempos (especially in the outer movements) that are slower than usual. soloist and conductor seem to play in parallel rather than in close partnership. (it's as if bronfman and mehta were thrown into the studio without enough rehearsal time.) all the keyboard notes are perfectly in place, and the orchestral detail is exceptionally clear, but these are recordings better suited for studying the performance score than for encountering the full range of prokofiev's unique poetry."
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