Shostakovich - Piano Concertos 1 & 2, String Quartet no.8 (arr. Giltburg)
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Label: Naxos
Cat No: 8573666
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 13th January 2017
Contents
Works
Piano Concerto no.1 in C minor, op.35Piano Concerto no.2 in F major, op.102
String Quartet no.2 in A major, op.68
Artists
Boris Giltburg (piano)Rhys Owens (trumpet)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Vasily PetrenkoWorks
Piano Concerto no.1 in C minor, op.35Piano Concerto no.2 in F major, op.102
String Quartet no.2 in A major, op.68
Artists
Boris Giltburg (piano)Rhys Owens (trumpet)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Vasily PetrenkoAbout
Boris Giltburg took first prize at the 2013 Queen Elisabeth Competition, having won second prize at the Rubinstein in 2011 and top prize at Santander back in 2002, and subsequently appearing across the globe. Notable débuts have included a South American tour in 2002 (and every season since), with the Israel Philharmonic in 2005, the Indianapolis Symphony in 2007, a tour of China in 2007, and at the BBC Proms in London in 2010. He has appeared with Marin Alsop, Martyn Brabbins, Edo de Waart, Christoph von Dohnányi, Philippe Entremont, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Neeme Järvi, Kirill Karabits, Emmanuel Krivine, Hannu Lintu, Vasily Petrenko, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Tugan Sokhiev and Yan Pascal Tortelier, among others. In 2014 he began a long-term recording plan with Naxos.
Sound/Video
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1Klavierkonzert Nr.1 c-Moll op.35 (1933): I. Allegro moderato
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2Klavierkonzert Nr.1 c-Moll op.35 (1933): II. Lento
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3Klavierkonzert Nr.1 c-Moll op.35 (1933): III. Moderato -
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4Klavierkonzert Nr.1 c-Moll op.35 (1933): IV. Allegro con brio
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5Streichquartett Nr.2 A-Dur op.68 (1944, arr. 2016): III. Waltz. Allegro
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6Klavierkonzert Nr.2 F-Dur op.102 (1957): I. Allegro
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7Klavierkonzert Nr.2 F-Dur op.102 (1957): II. Andante
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8Klavierkonzert Nr.2 F-Dur op.102 (1957): III. Allegro
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9Streichquartett Nr.8 c-Moll op.110 (1960, arr. 2015): I. Largo -
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10Streichquartett Nr.8 c-Moll op.110 (1960, arr. 2015): II. Allegro molto -
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11Streichquartett Nr.8 c-Moll op.110 (1960, arr. 2015): III. Allegretto -
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12Streichquartett Nr.8 c-Moll op.110 (1960, arr. 2015): IV. Largo -
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13Streichquartett Nr.8 c-Moll op.110 (1960, arr. 2015): V. Largo
Europadisc Review
And then there are dazzling new performances of Shostakovich’s two piano concertos. The Second – long considered a Cinderella among the composer’s works in the genre – is treated with an underlying seriousness seriousness of purpose that belies its reputation as a mere pièce d’occasion. Few performances of the central Andante can have been so meltingly heart-moving or openly honest, Giltburg matched by superlative playing from the strings of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under the sympathetic direction of Vasily Petrenko. The outer movements have plenty of sparkle, the orchestral winds again matching Giltburg in pertness and bite. If anyone can win you over to this underrated piece, it’s this team, in an important addition to the discography.
As for the more popular First Piano Concerto, this is a tremendously impressive performance, unerringly catching the composer’s many faces: youthfully playful, sharply sardonic, deadly earnest. The RLPO’s principal trumpet is a worthy partner in a work that started life as a double concerto, clearly on his mettle in the outer movements, and utterly haunting in the Lento slow movement. As for Giltburg himself, he’s on stunning form: not just secure of tone but kaleidoscopically colourful and emotionally wide-ranging, and above all with a superb clarity and sureness of touch. In the helter-skelter finale he goes for clarity rather than sheer mania, and gains enormously in terms of musical power as a result. Nothing seems to elude him, either expressively or technically. This is the same sort of musical prowess that impressed so many in his recent Naxos disc of Rachmaninov’s Études-tableaux, successfully transferred to the very different medium of Shostakovich. It crowns a triumphant release.
Extensive, detailed notes by Giltburg himself and superb recordings all add up to an unmissable and unusually fascinating bargain.
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