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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Theme and Variations; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Suggestion diabolique; Balakirev: Islamey.(Sound recording review)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Theme and Variations; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Suggestion diabolique; Balakirev: Islamey. Andrei Gavrilov, piano; Riccardo Muti and the Philharmonia Orchestra; Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra. EMI 7243 5 86881-1.
I guess there's an advantage to getting older. It seems like just yesterday that young Russian pianist Andrei Gavrilov recorded these items, and you had to pay full price to get them on separate vinyl discs. Now Gavrilov is twenty-five years older, and you can buy both recordings on a single budget-priced CD. Time does pay its dividends.
The album leads off with the Tchaikovsky, probably because of the two piano concertos included it's the better known and the bigger draw, but it's really the Prokofiev that rewards the listener the most. The Tchaikovsky is certainly big and energetic, as it should be, with a somewhat overly dramatic opening, a sweetly ...
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