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Notes and Editorial Reviews
The subtleties are so persuasive and the entire approach so considered, you will be revelling in every note of the music.
The opening of the First Concerto rather sits back on its haunches in this performance, and for all the subtle virtues of Bronfman's playing there is little of the blood-on-the-keys fanatical edge that would make you sit up and take notice.
But that is not the abiding impression of this issue. For one thing the subtleties are so persuasive, the articulation so clean and the entire approach so considered and idiomatic that Bronfman starts to convince on his own terms. The finale of the Third Concerto won me over completely; from its rabbits-out-of-the-hat opening to its tintinnabulating
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conclusion it is simply bursting with life and colour. And Mehta and the orchestra, hitherto rather passive-sounding, are sparked into action—hear the trombones at the clinching of C major in the final pages.
The Fifth Concerto is also a triumph. Bronfman's way with the lolloping second movement is as enthralling as Ashkenazy's more garish extremes, and although Previn and the LSO constantly outdo their Israel counterparts for pointed characterization, the new recording had me revelling in every note of the music.
-- Gramophone [12/1993]
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Works on This Recording
1.
Concerto for Piano no 1 in D flat major, Op. 10 by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:
Yefim Bronfman (Piano)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911-1912; Russia
Date of Recording: 10/1991
Venue: Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel
Length: 15 Minutes 7 Secs.
2.
Concerto for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 26 by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:
Yefim Bronfman (Piano)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1917-1921; USA
Date of Recording: 10/1991
Venue: Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel
Length: 27 Minutes 33 Secs.
3.
Concerto for Piano no 5 in G major, Op. 55 by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:
Yefim Bronfman (Piano)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1931-1932; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 10/1991
Venue: Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel
Length: 22 Minutes 47 Secs.
Sound Samples
Allegro brioso - Poco più mosso - Tempo primo
Allegro scherzando - Poco più sostenuto
II. Tema con variazioni: Tema. Andantino
Var. 3. Allegro moderato (poco meno mosso)
Var. 4. Andantino meditativo
III. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Moderato ben accentuato
III. Toccata. Allegro con fuoco (piu presto che la prima volta)
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