André Watts, Yoel Levi - Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos (1995)
André Watts, Yoel Levi - Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos (1995)
EAC | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 57:50 | 221 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Telarc | Catalog: 80386
EAC | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 57:50 | 221 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Telarc | Catalog: 80386
When I first put this disc in the player, I wondered if I would really enjoy it. I had just listened to a performance of the Tchaikovsky played by Sviatoslav Richter accompanied by the Leningrad Philharmonic under Evgeny Mravinsky. Obviously, the first characteristic was a vast improvement in the recording quality over the mono Russian recording (Leningrad, 1957). As the new disc got underway I was very pleasantly surprised, as André Watts, although not Richter, gave a very proficient and exciting reading. In addition, although the Atlanta Symphony is not quite the match for the Leningrad Philharmonic under Mravinsky, Yoel Levi made a very creditable accompaniment to his soloist, and the Telarc sound quality is as good as it gets.
Both concertos are given rip-roaring interpretations, and I cannot imagine that anyone coming to these performances for the first time will be anything than thoroughly delighted. André Watts certainly proves the point to the criticism made by Anton Rubinstein that Tchaikovsky’s concerto was unplayable, and that he should have not wasted manuscript paper on such worthless, commonplace and awkward work. Whilst I am fully aware that today it does not cause technical problems for wary performers, it takes a true virtuoso to be able to throw it off as Watts does here.
The concerto’s dedication to Rubinstein was changed to Hans von Bülow, who premiered it to a rapturous audience in Boston, and then took it to concert halls all over North America. Rubinstein eventually toured with the concerto which again met with acclaim wherever it was played.
André Watts’ skill in interpretation applies equally to the Saint-Saens, with its Bach-inspired first movement moving inexorably to a fine conclusion and completed by two shorter movements, first a lilting Scherzo and then a hell-for-leather finale.
Anton Rubinstein also had his finger in the pie of this concerto since he asked his friend, the French composer, to produce something for him to conduct at his first concert in Paris. In seventeen days, this second concerto was written and completed, and the first performance was given by the composer with Anton Rubinstein presiding.
This disc is recommended highly. Fans of this company will not be in the least disappointed with the playing and/or sound of this disc. – John Phillips
André Watts, Yoel Levi - Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos (1995)
Track List:
Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
01. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
02. Andantino Simplice
03. Allegro Con Fuoco
Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22 by Camille Saint-Saëns
04. Andante sostenuto
05. Allegro Scherzando
06. Presto
Performers:
André Watts (Piano)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Yoel Levi
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