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Pianist Marc-André Hamelin's 2003 recording of Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Andrew Litton conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is extremely difficult to sit through. The strings of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra are strident and their intonation is questionable. The trumpet solos of Mark O'Keefe are insufficiently bright and insufficiently soulful. The interpretation of Hamelin and Litton is puerile when it's not prurient. Their phrasing in the Lento is so lubricious as to be lascivious. Their tempos in the closing Allegro con brio are more slapdash than slapstick. And while Hamelin's virtuoso technique is simply stunning, his superficiality is simply stupendous. In Hamelin and Litton's hands, Shostakovich's tenderly ironic, warmly sensual, and finally hilarious Concerto sounds like a dirty-minded drunk laughing at his own jokes.
Hamelin, Litton, and the BBC's recording of Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 is big, bombastic, and just as superficial as their First. Their recording of Shchedrin's Piano Concerto No. 2 is the best thing on the disc only because it superficiality suits the work.
© TiVo
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Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Andrew Litton, Conductor, MainArtist - Marc-Andre Hamelin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mark O'Keeffe, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Hyperion Records Limited
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Andrew Litton, Conductor, MainArtist - Marc-Andre Hamelin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mark O'Keeffe, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Hyperion Records Limited
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Andrew Litton, Conductor, MainArtist - Marc-Andre Hamelin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mark O'Keeffe, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Hyperion Records Limited
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Andrew Litton, Conductor, MainArtist - Marc-Andre Hamelin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mark O'Keeffe, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Hyperion Records Limited
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Andrew Litton, Conductor, MainArtist - Marc-Andre Hamelin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Hyperion Records Limited
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Andrew Litton, Conductor, MainArtist - Marc-Andre Hamelin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Hyperion Records Limited
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Andrew Litton, Conductor, MainArtist - Marc-Andre Hamelin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Hyperion Records Limited
Rodion SHCHEDRIN, Composer - Andrew Litton, Conductor, MainArtist - Marc-Andre Hamelin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Hyperion Records Limited
Rodion SHCHEDRIN, Composer - Andrew Litton, Conductor, MainArtist - Marc-Andre Hamelin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Hyperion Records Limited
Rodion SHCHEDRIN, Composer - Andrew Litton, Conductor, MainArtist - Marc-Andre Hamelin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Hyperion Records Limited
Albumbeschreibung
Pianist Marc-André Hamelin's 2003 recording of Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Andrew Litton conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is extremely difficult to sit through. The strings of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra are strident and their intonation is questionable. The trumpet solos of Mark O'Keefe are insufficiently bright and insufficiently soulful. The interpretation of Hamelin and Litton is puerile when it's not prurient. Their phrasing in the Lento is so lubricious as to be lascivious. Their tempos in the closing Allegro con brio are more slapdash than slapstick. And while Hamelin's virtuoso technique is simply stunning, his superficiality is simply stupendous. In Hamelin and Litton's hands, Shostakovich's tenderly ironic, warmly sensual, and finally hilarious Concerto sounds like a dirty-minded drunk laughing at his own jokes.
Hamelin, Litton, and the BBC's recording of Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 is big, bombastic, and just as superficial as their First. Their recording of Shchedrin's Piano Concerto No. 2 is the best thing on the disc only because it superficiality suits the work.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:09
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Marc-André Hamelin BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Andrew Litton
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2003 Hyperion Records Limited ℗ 2003 Hyperion Records Limited
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