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Grieg: Piano Concerto; Symphonic Dances; In Autumn Overture.(Sound Recording Review)
Grieg: Piano Concerto; Symphonic Dances; In Autumn Overture. Havard Gimse, piano; Bjarte Engeset, Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Naxos 8.557279.
Naxos continues to offer good value for the classical buyer's dollar, as this album of Grieg's music demonstrates. The performances and sound may not rank with the absolute very best, but they're close enough for most folks, I'm sure, and the seventy-one minutes of playing time provide plenty to listen to.
The opening movement of the Piano Concerto in A minor, a staple of the piano concerto repertoire and therefore having many alternative rivals, is famous for its dramatic opening drum roll and cascading crescendos from the piano. Both pianist Havard Gimse and the Naxos engineers nicely capture the theatrical effect of this opening, and, indeed, the whole of the first movement follows closely the excitement set in the beginning. The second movement is beautifully hushed and continues to portray the beauty of nature as Grieg intended. It's in the final movement that the Concerto itself begins to suffer, as it has never seemed to hang together well with the rest of the piece. The final movement is like a ...
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