Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Bartók: Piano Concertos

1. Piano Concerto No. 1, for piano & orchestra (or 2 pianos) in B flat minor, Op. 23
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra with Emil Grigoryevich Gilels
Conducted by Lorin Maazel

2. Piano Concerto No. 2, for piano & orchestra (or 2 pianos) in G major, Op. 44
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra with Emil Grigoryevich Gilels
Conducted by Lorin Maazel

3. Piano Concerto No. 3, for piano & orchestra (or 2 pianos) in E flat major, Op. post. 75
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra with Emil Grigoryevich Gilels
Conducted by Lorin Maazel

4. Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, Op. 55
Composed by Sergey Prokofiev
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra with Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter
Conducted by Lorin Maazel

5. Piano Concerto No. 1, for piano & orchestra in A Major, Sz. 83, BB 91
Composed by Bela Bartok
Performed by Paris Orchestra with Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter
Conducted by Lorin Maazel

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Average customer rating: A classic Tchaikovsky Second Concerto, plus astonishing Richter

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos 1, 2 & 3 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 5 - Bartok: Piano Concerto 2 - Emil Gilels, Sviatoslav Richter, Lorin Maazel Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: BBC Friends: Richter (Great Performers of the Twentieth Century) Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Mozart, Chopin, Brahms, etc. (Box) [Germany] Brahms: Concerto No.2/Beethoven: Sonata No.23 Liszt: Piano Concertos; Totentanz; Hungarian Fantasy The Sofia Recital 1958 ASIN: B000EMSIBM Release Date: 2006-05-02

Tracks:

1. I. Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso - Allegro Con Spirito - New Philharmonia Orchestra
2. II. Andantino Semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I - New Philharmonia Orchestra
3. III. Allegro Con Fuoco - New Philharmonia Orchestra
4. I. Allegro Brillante - New Philharmonia Orchestra
5. II. Andante Non Troppo - New Philharmonia Orchestra
6. III. Allegro Con Fuoco - New Philharmonia Orchestra

Tracks:

1. I. Allegro Brillante - New Philharmonia Orchestra
2. I. Allegro Con Brio - London Symphony Orchestra
3. II. Moderato Ben Accentuato - London Symphony Orchestra
4. III. Toccata (Allegro Con Fuoco) - London Symphony Orchestra
5. IV. Larghetto - London Symphony Orchestra
6. V. Vivo - London Symphony Orchestra
7. I. Allegro - Sviatoslav Richter
8. II. Adagio - Sviatoslav Richter
9. III. Allegro Molto - Sviatoslav Richter

Customer Reviews:

A classic Tchaikovsky Second Concerto, plus astonishing Richter.......2006-06-08

The reissue gods are smiling. This bargain Gemini two-fer contains four superlative concerto recordings--the Tchaikovsky Second and Third with Gilels, the Prokofiev Fifth and Bartok Second with Richter. The conductor throughout is Lorin Maazel, definitely on best behavior, and the orchestras vary between the LSO (Prokofiev), New Philharmonia (Tchaikovsky), and the Orchestre de Paris (Bartok). EMI's early Seventies analog sound is bright and forward. The perspective on the piano is natural with Gilels, but as usual, Richter asked to be miked more up close.

Gilels had already made a magisterial Tchaikovsky First with Reiner in 1955 (RCA) when he first stormed West out of Russia, and he would go on to make one just as great in 1980 with Mehta (Sony). This version from 1973 is let down by Maazel's less-than-committed acompaniment, which moves too glibly and quick in the first movement especially. But the Second and Third Concertos are another story. Gilels makes the best case ever for the former work, despite the usual cuts. Maazel livens up, giving us springy rhythms and elegance, while Gilels is polished marble and power. I will be satisfied to own this one version for life, I'm sure.

On CD 2, Richter returns to one of his favorites, the Prokofiev Fifth concdrto, which he had already recorded in 1959 to universal acclaim--this was his time to roar out of Russia and astonish the West. This remake offers somewhat different tempos but the same astonishing solo work. For me, the main distinction is Maazel's razor-sharp, brilliant conducting and the virtuoso playing of the London Sym., wwhich far surpasses the earlier reading on DG. The same holds true for the Bartok Second, where Richter takes a fiendishly difficult, percussive piano part and makes it speak and sing as never before. Pollini is equally riveting in this work but not nearly as approachable. Officially, Richter never recorded the two most popular concertos from these composers, the Prokofiev and Bartok Third. That's a shame, but these great recordings, along with Gilels's' contribution, make this an unmissable bargain.

Average customer rating: Great Concertos, Not So Great Box Set

Great Piano Concertos Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Previn, André | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Scriabin, Alexander | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Scriabin, Alexander | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Ashkenazy, Vladimir | ( A ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008CLIH Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

1. Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor, Op.18
2. Piano Concerto No.3 In D Minor, Op.30
3. Piano Concerto No.6 In B Flat, K.238
4. Piano Concerto No.8 In C, K.246 "Lzow"
5. Piano Concerto No.9 In E Flat, K.271 - "Jeunehomme"
6. Concert Rondo For Piano And Orchestra In D. K.382
7. Piano Concerto No.20 In D Minor, K.466
8. Piano Concerto No.27 In B Flat, K.595
9. Piano Concerto No.1 In B Flat Minor, Op.23
10. Piano Concerto No.2 In F Minor, Op.21
11. Concerto For Harpsichord, Strings, And Continuo No.1 In D Minor, Bwv 1052
12. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat, Op.83
13. Piano Concerto No.4 In G, Op.58
14. Piano Concerto No.5 In E Flat Major Op.73 -"Emperor"
15. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op.54
16. Introduction & Allegro Appassionato For Piano & Orchestra, Op.92
17. Concert Allegro With Introduction In D Minor, Op.134
18. Alexander Scriabin
19. Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Op.43
20. Piano Concerto No.3, Bb 127, Sz. 119
21. Prometh - Le Poe Du Feu, Op.60
22. Piano Concerto No.1, Bb 91, Sz. 83
23. Piano Concerto
24. Piano Concerto No.2, Bb 101, Sz. 95
25. Piano Concerto No.1 In D Flat, Op.10
26. Piano Concerto No.2 In G Minor, Op.16
27. Piano Concerto No.21 In C, K.467

Customer Reviews:

Great Concertos, Not So Great Box Set.......2004-04-29

The fact that Vladimir Ashkenazy is one of the great pianists of the 20th Century is not open for debate. His performances of Mozart, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov in particular are among the very best ever recorded, and his Beethoven, Brahms and Tchaikovsky aren't far behind. Whether some of his better recordings should have been collected on this boxed set to celebrate his forty-year association with Decca, most certainly is up for debate.

I know that limited edition collector's sets focusing on venerable artists, instead of the traditional box sets focused on a specific composer, have been very profitable lately -- like those in the "Original Masters" series (see my reviews). But what distinguishes those sets from Ashkenazy's is the abundance of rare material, often never before released on CD. This 11 CD set only features one previously unissued performance, included on a "bonus CD" that is only 29 minutes in length -- Mozart's 21st Piano Concerto with Ashkenazy playing and conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. (A performance with the Philharmonia of No. 21 is included on Ashkenazy's Double Decca title and box set of the Piano Concerto Cycle.) It also features two performances in their "first international release" -- Schumann's "Introduction & Allegro appasionato" and "Concerto Allegro with Introduction," both with Uri Segal leading the LSO. The remainder of the recordings have all been available on CD previously -- the Rach 2 & 3 on Decca Legends, the Prokofievs on a Double Decca, the Tchaikovsky & Chopin PC2 in the Penguin Classics series, the Beethovens on a London/Decca box of the Piano Concertos, etc. Yes, some of the material is now out-of-print as single-discs -- the early Mozart Concertos with Kertesz and Schmidt-Isserstedt, and the Bach 1052 with Zinman were available in the old "Classic Sound" series -- but serious collectors most likely bought those initial offerings years ago before they were deleted.

So I guess my question is, whom does the Universal Music Group think will buy this set? The title "Collector's Edition" assumes collectors like me will, but I'm not trading in my single CD titles at the used store just to pay more money for one unissued Mozart performance! Therefore, this set must be aimed at entry-level fans, but most of them are not going to pay this much for their classical music either. And if they are curious about Ashkenazy as a performer, surely starting with a less comprehensive title makes more sense. You'd think by now UNI, with all its vast resources and labels, would have a better handle on their fan base, yet they prove once again that they do not.

Average customer rating: Terrific Tchaikovsky and Bonuses

Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Bartók: Piano Concertos Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Maazel, Lorin | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Paris Symphony Orchestra | ( P ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Liszt: The Two Piano Concertos; The Piano Sonata ASIN: B000002SCX Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

1. Pno Con No.1 in b flat, Op.23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso-Allegro con spirito - Emil Gilels
2. Pno Con No.1 in b flat, Op.23: II. Andantino semplice-Prestissimo-Tempo I - Emil Gilels
3. Pno Con No.1 in b flat, Op.23: III. Allegro con fuoco - Emil Gilels
4. Pno Con No.2 in G, Op.44: I. Allegro brillante - Emil Gilels
5. Pno Con No.2 in G, Op.44: II. ANdante non troppo - Emil Gilels
6. Pno Con No.2 in G, Op.44: III. Allegro con fuoco - Emil Gilels

Tracks:

1. Pno Con No.3 in E flat, Op.75: 1. Allegro brillante - Emil Gilels
2. Pno Con No.5 in g, Op.55: I. Allegro con brio - Sviatoslav Richter
3. Pno Con No.5 in g, Op.55: II. Moderato ben accentuato - Sviatoslav Richter
4. Pno Con No.5 in g, Op.55: III. Toccata (Allegro con fuoco) - Sviatoslav Richter
5. Pno Con No.5 in g, Op.55: IV. Larghetto - Sviatoslav Richter
6. Pno Con No.5 in g, Op.55: V. Vivo - Sviatoslav Richter
7. Pno Con No.2, Sz83#: I. Allegro - Sviatoslav Richter S
8. Pno Con No.2, Sz83#: II. Adagio - Sviatoslav Richter
9. Pno Con No.2, Sz83#: III. Allegro molto - Sviatoslav Richter

Customer Reviews:

Terrific Tchaikovsky and Bonuses.......2004-07-16

This 2CD set from EMI's "Double Forte" series is an excellent way to get five outstanding piano concertos for the price of one full-priced disc (get it in the Marketplace, Amazon's price is inflated). The main attraction here is the three Tchaikovsky Concertos, as performed by legendary pianist Emil Gilels with Lorin Maazel and the New Philharmonia Orchestra in 1972 recordings. (As an aside, I've always wondered if EMI had intended George Szell to record these works with Gilels. When Szell left Epic/Columbia for EMI in the late 1960s, his new studio made a point of partnering the conductor with the master soloists under their contract. Unfortunately, Szell's death in 1970 left us with only a Beethoven Piano Concerto Cycle with Gilels, the Brahms Double Concerto with Rostropovich and Oistrakh, and Brahms Violin Concerto with Oistrakh alone -- see my review of the latter.) This is my third, and probably least favorite Gilels account of the Tchaikovsky 1st -- I personally find the 1955 rendition with Reiner on RCA Living Stereo and the early 1980 digital with Mehta on Sony Essential Classics more enjoyable. This doesn't bother me in the slightest though, one because the performance is still very good, and two because my whole reason for buying this title was to have accounts of all three Tchaikvosky PCs by an acclaimed pianist. And while the 2nd and the one-movement 3rd aren't the greatest works in the canon, they are played excellently by Gilels and Maazel. The added treat on CD2 is the great Sviatoslav Richter joining Maazel for Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 5 (1970 with the London Symphony Orchestra) and Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 2 (1972 with Orchestre de Paris). All five offerings make this a terrific set at any price.

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