Since you are interested in Piano Concertos (plus Schlime - 3 Improvisations), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5 in B flat / Ode to the End of the War, Op. 105 Russian National Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] He died on the same day as Stalin. Not only did March 5, 1953 see the ending of the life of the Soviet dictator who despised mankind, but also of the life journey of Sergei Prokofiev, which had travelled its winding path for more than 60 years and... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suites 1 & 2 / Ma mere l'oye / Bolero Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] "I have written but one masterpiece: the Bolero. Unfortunately, it does not contain any music." As is the fate of a number of composers, Maurice Ravel owes his fame to precisely those works, which he himself did not consider to be the most important. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 3 / Coronation March Russian National Orchestra. Mikhail Pletnev [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] This is the penultimate release in the Tchaikovsky Symphonies cycle by the best Russian Orchestra conducted by its Music Director Mikhail Pletnev. The whole series has been critically acclaimed across the globe and this one will be eagerly awaited by... |