Brahms Symphony No. 1; Schumann Piano Concerto
Tennstedt supplies a superb sense of grandeur but Bolet is more earthbound
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Composer or Director: Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: BBC Legends
Magazine Review Date: 5/2009
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
ADD
Catalogue Number: BBCL4251-2

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Symphony No. 2 |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Klaus Tennstedt, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Jorge Bolet, Piano Klaus Tennstedt, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Robert Schumann, Composer |
Author: Bryce Morrison
Jorge Bolet, who now makes a belated appearance on BBC Legends, once claimed that speed is the enemy of excitement, but his celebrated “divine slowness” could be a more culpable offence. The sad fact is that by the time Bolet achieved international recognition he had become subject to bouts of depression leading to playing that could be prosaic and earthbound. Although he was acclaimed from continent to continent, his glory came ironically late and his way with the Schumann Concerto, here taken from the Festival Hall in 1984, while solid and dependable is also dull and lethargic. Hopefully BBC Legends will rescue other performances that show him at his grandest and most aristocratic. Tennstedt’s is the most distinguished contribution to this reading but the disc is still worth acquiring for his Brahms, particularly when so successfully transferred.
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