Admittedly, this is lépoque who wants, the disc comes with a DVD that Lang Lang plays the first movement of the concerto Prokofiev 3rd (and what the pianist has best to offer this is definitely not what quon sees when he sagite playing) and a documentary where he explains that this music is great and when Sir Simon, always happy, explains how this is great to work with always great Lang Lang. In short everything is great in a world that is not less ballast, except that this DVD is useless.
But the music itself?
The Prokofiev Third Concerto is successful with its magnificent setting (the strings of Berlin, at first, clarinet), her alternations between a fine ranging, some humor (the second theme of the first movement) and beaches where Lang Lang, who, as is said of singers, how the role, chose to take his time to showcase a fragrant and captivating music (IV dreamy variation of the second movement). The final is a big musical parade, very gratifying as such, with a little too much for my taste dépanchement rachmaninovien in central episode.
The Bartók concerto is the surprise of this album. He also is taken without undue haste. Never digital facilities pianist mavaient not appeared both employed and this music between Europe and Asia clearly speaks to her, she reveals what it was best: a talent for characterization of each episode, a good health that made him take music head on. The first movement is playful and refined, with gorgeous winds. In the central movement, after such a beautiful preparation for strings, one might fear at the entrance of a deficit datmosphère pianist, but after gusts animated episode of notes that is at the heart of this arch form, the movement culminates with a third authentically poetic pane and dramatic, and it sachève in a climate of great darkness. The party is in full concentrated power of great final, glorious orchestra and amazing piano, a final sweeping exactly right, and that boosted his chair.
The discography of these works is well known. For my part, I want to William Kapell in Prokofiev Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Kapell, William Kapell Plays Brahms concerto Prokofiev concerto 1 & 3 you must also have heard the compositeurConcerto Piano No. 3, and Geza Anda Bartok: the Piano Concertos No. 1, 2 and the 3and too forgotten Edith Farnadi Liszt, Bartok, Rachmaninovdans Bartók.
Lang Lang, sil does sintéressait quau box office, could just play all year Rhapsody in Blue, Paganini Rhapsody, and record of crossover discs which we can imagine the cover and title (Lang Lang live at the Forbidden City , East meets West, Dragon Festival, Blue Moon on the Yellow River, etc.). The very fact that he aspires to something else, that it meets a demanding music as that of Bartók, is interesting in itself.
There are several ways a drive worthwhile. Lang Lang Hopefully do appreciate the Bartók Second Concerto for listeners who ny would not have come without him, and if only for that, it has nothing dinutile, let alone its intrinsic value.
