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Label:
   Gramola - http://www.gramola.at/
Serial:
   98796
Title:
   Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos - Soucek
Description:
   Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

Matthias Soucek (piano)
Württembergische Philharmonie
Stefan Malzew (conductor)
Details:
  
Genre:
   Classical - Orchestral
Content:
   Stereo/Multichannel
Media:
   Hybrid
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Reviews: 1
Site review by Polly Nomial August 11, 2006
Performance:  Sonics (MC):
This will be, sadly, the easiest review that I hope ever to have to write.

In his introduction to the disc, Soucek says of the Rachmaninov "For a long time I preferred just to listen to this piece instead of trying to play it because merely hearing it put me into a depressive mood." How I wish he had kept his preference going - this is 35 minutes of my life I will never get back and it provoked very similar feelings to what he described. This performance is the dullest of any piece I have ever heard. The Tchaikovsky doesn't fare much better.

Half a star for the notes being in the right order. In short, this is the sort of disc I'd give to someone with whom I no longer wanted to be friends!

The sonic side has a curious property of some phrases being echoed back. Not a great start for this young label. Still, things can only go one way...

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