Formidably Difficult
Antonín Dvorák's
Piano Concerto -
heard by
STEPHEN FRANCIS VASTA'... commendable, as far as it goes.'
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The Dvorák piano concerto is difficult to bring off. The composer, trained as a string player, didn't entirely understand how to write for the piano -- granted, composers who are pianists can have the opposite problem! -- and the formidably difficult solo part here has been described as needing 'two right hands'. Meanwhile, the conductor has to find a way to hold the discursive movements together. The present team does some of the right things, but unfortunately not enough of them...
Copyright © 16 March 2010
Stephen Francis Vasta,
New York, USA
CD INFORMATION: ANTONÍN DVORÁK - VASSILY PRIMAKOV
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