Boston Symphony Orchestra;
Seiji Ozawa
Classical | 2 CDs | EAC Rip | 434 MB (3% recovery) | FLAC+LOG+Cue | Complete scans
DGG 0289 477 9697 8 2
Tracklist:
CD 1:
Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat, S.124
Piano Concerto No.2 in A, S.125
Totentanz, S. 525
CD 2:
Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178
Nuages gris, S.199
La Notte, S.602
La Lugubre Gondola, S.200 no.2
Funérailles
This is playing in the grand manner... Ozawa and the orchestra are behind the soloist in all this and the deciso element is fully realized. But don't let me imply a lack of finesse; not only do lyrical sections sing with subtlety, the big passages also are shapely... In the gorgeously grisly Totentanz, both music and playing should make your hair stand on end.
C.H.; Gramophone
It is to be expected that an artist who has made one of the outstanding recordings of the Liszt concertos (DG, 11/88) should also give us one of the finest ever B minor Sonatas. Whether you think it is the finest ever may depend on your priorities (and on whether you think it is sensible to venture such opinions). What can surely be said is that Zimerman brings to bear a combination of ardour, forcefulness, drive and sheer technical grasp which are tremendously exciting and for which I can think of no direct rival.
D.J.F. Gramophone (Solo works)
C.H.; Gramophone
It is to be expected that an artist who has made one of the outstanding recordings of the Liszt concertos (DG, 11/88) should also give us one of the finest ever B minor Sonatas. Whether you think it is the finest ever may depend on your priorities (and on whether you think it is sensible to venture such opinions). What can surely be said is that Zimerman brings to bear a combination of ardour, forcefulness, drive and sheer technical grasp which are tremendously exciting and for which I can think of no direct rival.
D.J.F. Gramophone (Solo works)