Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 [Hybrid SACD]
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Composer: Sergey ProkofievComposer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Composer: Robert Schumann
Composer: Felix [1] Mendelssohn
Composer: Octavio Pinto
Conductor: Kiril Kondrashin
Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Byron Janis
Edition: Music CD
Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
CD Release Date: 2005-05-10
Music Label: Philips
Soundtracks:
- I. Andante-Allegro
- II. Tema Con Variazione
- III. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
- I. Vivace
- II. Andante
- III. Allegro Vivace
- Toccata
- Variations On A Theme By Clara Wieck ('Quasi Variazioni')
- Song Without Words, Op.62, No.1
- I. Run, Run
- II. March
- III. Hobby-Horse
Music reviews of Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 [Hybrid SACD]
Music Review: Sunny
Rating: 5 Stars
I consider myself supremely unqualified to rate any musical item. I am more than happy to criticize literature. Ironically, I have a degree in music and no such thing in literature. But, then again, my literature professor never smacked my hands with a ruler and told me to stop despoiling his piano with my clumsy touch. I wonder if there was anyway to write that last sentence without the suggestion of piano-human sex.
So take this with the salt it deserves--this album is top-notch.
There is something about Janis's playing that I can't put my finger on: somehow, no matter the piece, there is a feeling of cheerfulness. One would expect this in the Prokofiev, but we find it even in the melancholy Rachmaninoff, even slivers of it in the morose Schumann excerpt. It's no cause for complaint: one still gets all the emotion these works deserve. Somehow, still, everything seems so bright and sunny in Janis's hands.
His playing is above any criticism.
This is, perhaps, not my favorite recording of the Rach 1, but that may simply be because I'm used to a more somber sound. Nonetheless, it is a remarkable rendition, clear as a bell. The Prokofiev 3rd is breathtaking, the typical sarcasm and snide humor of the composer.
The Op. 11 Tocatta must be heard to be believed.
The Pinto pieces are charming little bits of dessert.
My only complaint, and this goes not to Janis, is that the album is somewhat old and thus suffers from a kind of dusty grain in the sound. That detracts not a bit from the music itself, however.
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