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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D flat major. Boris Berezovsky, piano; Dmitri Liss, Ural Philharmonic Orchestra. Warner Classics 2564 63074-2.
Pity pianist Boris Berezovsky; he gets sabotaged by the recording engineer. Berezovsky, born in 1969, is the 1990 winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Ever since then he has been in demand with leading orchestras. He is, to say the least, a virtuoso of the keyboard, able to dazzle the ear with his flashy finger work. Since the Tchaikovsky is a mercurial piece, anyway, his technique functions reasonably well. The big opening theme goes by lickety-split, and then when the second subject arrives the pianist practically stops the performance with his lingering tempo reductions. If you like this sort of thing, it can be quite dramatic. He ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D...