SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerti Nos. 1 and 2
CBC Radio Orchestra
Mario Bernardi, conductor
Jens Lindemann, trumpet
CBC Records SMCD 5216
"(There is) much to enjoy in this
hour-and-a-quarter of music. … The
performance of the Concerto no. 1
is simply splendid. While other recordings
have emphasized the piece's grotesqueness
or gloomy undercurrents, Cheng and
Bernardi take a light, crisp, witty,
neo-classical approach. … The Concerto
no. 2 is less often performed than
the no. 1, and when it's given a performance
as polished and exciting as this one,
one can only wonder why."
-
American
Record Guide
"Cheng nicely gauges the various
levels of bite and pearly beauty required
by these fascinating works. … (and)
creates an aura of romance in the
Andante of the no. 2, possibly the
most tender music Shostakovich ever
wrote. … A fine Shostakovich sampler."
-
The Gazette (Montreal)
"This is a winner on all accounts.
I can't remember Angela Cheng ever
playing better. She's clear and articulate
with beautiful, musical shaping and
phrasing, and a kind of restrained
energy. There's a brilliance to the
recorded sound that perfectly presents
and enhances all the musical elements.
The full five stars."
- "Sound Advice",
CBC Radio Two
"In the words of film director
Morris Panych, 'Nothing can equal
the pathos, the scope and the romantic
sweep of Shostakovich,' and this recording
surely proves that. … The soloists,
pianist Angela Cheng and trumpeter
Jens Lindermann, are excellent. "
- La Scena Musicale
1. Lyric waltz [2:30]
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 OP. 35
2. Allegro moderato [6:10]
3. Lento [7:44]
4. Moderato [1:37]
5. Allegro con brio [6:40]
6. Lyric waltz [2:43]
7. Dance [3:13]
8. Waltz [2:36]
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2, OP. 102
9. Allegro [7:38]
10. Andante [6:42]
11. Allegro [5:28]
12. Waltz [2:08]
13. Romance [2:55]
14. Romance [2:50]
15. Waltz [2:29]
16. Allegro [4:41]
17. Waltz [3:59] |