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Daily Telegraph (Classical CD of the Week), (Geoffrey Norris), February 20, 2010
(5 stars) Profound and communicative...Petrenko instinctively conveys the essential quality of soul that the interpretation of Rachmaninoff requires.
BBC Music Magazine (Disc of the Month), (David Nice), March 2010
(5 stars) Vasily Petrenko's nose for atmosphere even excels that of Neeme Järvi...a master of expressive phrasing.
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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I am still in two minds about these performances and might yet revise this, my initial response, but I find myself torn between two reactions: first, that this is first class music-making by sensitive musicians who have decided that the only way to approach music which has become a cliché is to re-think matters entirely, and go for a more cerebral, serious interpretation; secondly, that this very decision robs the music of a certain vulgar vitality essential to its nature. Of course, the second alternative is the direct result of the first decision. The Santa Fe listener has neatly anatomised the dilemma in his perceptive lead review on Amazon.com; if I want to hear Horowitz tear a passion to tatters in the Third I know where to go, but there must surely be room for this more considered version.
This disc certainly didn't take me by storm the way Petrenko's other recent Rachmaninov medley on Avie did. My appreciation of those performances and the fact that they almost instantly became my first choice for "The Isle of the Dead" and the "Symphonic Dances" led me to have high hopes of these concertos; that expectation has not been fulfilled but I do not want to dismiss these versions out of hand, as they might well repay careful re-listening. Trpceski is fleet and fluent in the passagework but, compared with the brilliant, breathless attack of, say, Byron Janis and Dorati on the old Mercury recording, the tempi set by him and Petrenko seem a bit tame and careful - although they create a kind of contemplative, melancholy quite other than the more traditional, barnstorming showmanship we have become used to.
Try to listen before you buy; meanwhile for me I think the jury is still out on this one.
This disc certainly didn't take me by storm the way Petrenko's other recent Rachmaninov medley on Avie did. My appreciation of those performances and the fact that they almost instantly became my first choice for "The Isle of the Dead" and the "Symphonic Dances" led me to have high hopes of these concertos; that expectation has not been fulfilled but I do not want to dismiss these versions out of hand, as they might well repay careful re-listening. Trpceski is fleet and fluent in the passagework but, compared with the brilliant, breathless attack of, say, Byron Janis and Dorati on the old Mercury recording, the tempi set by him and Petrenko seem a bit tame and careful - although they create a kind of contemplative, melancholy quite other than the more traditional, barnstorming showmanship we have become used to.
Try to listen before you buy; meanwhile for me I think the jury is still out on this one.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I am a big fan of Petrenko whom I believe will be seen as one of the great conductors of the 21st century if he continues to develop his extraordinarily talents. For that reason I snap up all the new CDs which he conducts and, by and large, have been repaid with hearing excellent performances.
I have to admit those in question here, however, are nothing special. The accounts are well performed but lack insight to mine the essential romanticism of these works. With a substantial number of great performances of each work available there is no reason, unless like me you have made a mistake, to buy this CD. The three stars are awarded for the technical quality of the performances and the sound both of which are excellent.
After reading the remarks of others on this site I must strongly object to the person who rates this disc highly for its relaxing qualities. Anyone who listens to Rachmaninoff to relax would be better off with Montovanni or some other form of aural pablum! Rachmaninoff's music reaches and gives insight into the heights and depths of human feeling and it is a disservice to him to characterize his music as relaxing.
I have to admit those in question here, however, are nothing special. The accounts are well performed but lack insight to mine the essential romanticism of these works. With a substantial number of great performances of each work available there is no reason, unless like me you have made a mistake, to buy this CD. The three stars are awarded for the technical quality of the performances and the sound both of which are excellent.
After reading the remarks of others on this site I must strongly object to the person who rates this disc highly for its relaxing qualities. Anyone who listens to Rachmaninoff to relax would be better off with Montovanni or some other form of aural pablum! Rachmaninoff's music reaches and gives insight into the heights and depths of human feeling and it is a disservice to him to characterize his music as relaxing.
25 of 33 people found the following review helpful
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As a lover of these concerti for over half a century, and possessor of 80 versions of the 3rd, I regretfully have to record my disappointment with this new recording. The 2nd holds little that's unpredictable, and to me only caught fire on the last 2 pages. It must be well nigh impossible to beat the immense competition in a work like this, and to overcome perfomer's over-familiarity. But that's what distinction in mainstream repertoire is all about. The 3rd's performance doesn't begin to eclipse Argerich, Janis, Cliburn or Horowitz. Petrenko and the RLPO are impressive, but Simon seems not yet ready to record this cruelly demanding piece. There is also a crucially exposed wrong note in the finale, which ruins repeated listening. Incandescence, guaranteed by only a live performance, and so essential, is missing. Sorry to be so negative, but these days only perfection of technique, aplomb, accompaniment, unity and recording quality will be acceptable in such key repertoire.
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