These are fine but by no means first rate performances of Shostakovich's cello concertos by Russian cellist Kyril Rodin accompanied by Konstantin Krimets. Rodin has a strong tone, an accomplished technique, and an assured interpretative profile, but he's not entirely up to the music. In the First Concerto, Rodin can barrel his way through the ...
Arte Nova's Russian Futurism, Vol. 4: Mikhail F. Gnesin errs on the same basis that Vol. 2 in this same series, devoted to Alexander Gedike, does; the composer featured does not represent in any way the Russian Futurist movement, nor does his work share anything in common with it. In this case such careless miscategorization might tend to ...
A composer as prolific as Alan Hovhaness could be expected to compose his share of concertos -- over 30 of his idiosyncratic works bear that designation -- but his use of the form is often outside traditional practice, since he tends to avoid pitting the soloist or soloists against orchestra in a competitive or adversarial role. One might not ...
The Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, like the concertos of Beethoven and Brahms, is one of the works that virtually everyone with a recording contract goes about recording at least once. While this is to be expected with such a cornerstone of the repertoire, it also subjects performers to extremely high standards when there are so many alternate ...
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