Grieg: Piano Concerto / Schumann: Piano Concerto; Konzertstück,Op.92 ~ Serkin / Entremont / Ormandy
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Composer: Edvard GriegComposer: Robert Schumann
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
Performer: Philippe Entremont
Performer: Rudolf Serkin
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1991-08-19
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Concerto For Piano & Orchestra In A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato
- Concerto For Piano & Orchestra In A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio - attacca:
- Concerto For Piano & Orchestra In A Minor, Op. 16: III. Allegro Moderato molto e marcato; Quasi Presto ; Andante Maestoso
- Concerto For Piano & Orchestra In A Minor, Op. 54: I. Allegro affettuoso
- Concerto For Piano & Orchestra In A Minor, Op. 54: II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso - attacas
- Concerto For Piano & Orchestra In A Minor, Op. 54: III. Allegro vivace
- Concert Piece For Piano & Orchestra In G Major, Op. 92: Introduction and Allegro appassionato
Music reviews of Grieg: Piano Concerto / Schumann: Piano Concerto; Konzertstück,Op.92 ~ Serkin / Entremont / Ormandy
Music Review: Serkin's Schumann Concerto takes us to rare heights
Rating: 5 Stars
Martha Argerich has made such a rousing specialty of the Schumann Cto. that it's hard to remember a time when another pianist attacked the work with as much passion and spontaneity -- but here is Rudolf Serkin from 1964 to remind us. Ormandy was at his best as an accompanist, yet he excels himself here with an orchestral part that is vivid and urgent, not what one expects from him. Serkin always favored very close miking of the piano -- essentially under the lid -- and we're lucky that this cheap digital remastering isn't hard or glassy; in fact, it has considerable visceral impact while still sounding fairly natural -- a bit of shallowness is all that I can complain about.
The hallmark of this reading is that it takes in the whole concerto at a sweep, in one long romantic flight. Serkin plays with a clean, direct tone that is quite bracing, but he applies enough rubato here and there to allow for breathing room in the phrasing -- that said, this is a boldly masculine reading in the heroic style of Beethoven. Nothing could be more thrilling, and among the great stereo recordings of the Schumann, Argerich, Pollini and Richter are given a run for their money. Serkin recorded the op. 92 Konzerstuck the day before, and although I've never heard it programmed in concert, he gives a sympathetic reading that makes the pie e sound better than it actually is.
The Grieg cto. form Entremont dates from 1958 when the pianist was a brilliant 23-year-old, and he plays with vibrancy and attack. ormandy is also energized, and the reading would be an outstanding one if it didn't have to stand comparison with Serkin's Schumann. What's lacking is depth, a rare commodity in readings of tis warhorse, but Richter on EMI shows that depth and greatness are possible. Short of that summit, Entremont is exciting in his own right.
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