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Czech violinist and composer (1880–1940)
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- Czechoslovakia, Austria-Hungary, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
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Dvořák: Violin & Piano Concertos (CD Review)
[…] the London Symphony Orchestra. His familiarity with and affection for the work come through in this beautiful performance, which should go far to win converts to this overlooked masterpiece. The Piano Concerto is pleasant and entertaining, if not quite in the same exalted class as the Violin Concerto. The Moravian-American pianist Rudolf Firkušný (1912-1994) was especially fond of the piece and like Ricci with the Violin Concerto, Firkušný often played it in in concert and recorded it several times (with Kubelik, Simogyi, and Neumann in addition to this 1975 effort with Susskind). It is not a virtuoso display piece; instead, it is a melodic essay for piano and orchestra in which they seem to work together, rather than a work in which the piano dazzles while the orchestra is mainly there to provide support. Still, it is an entertaining concerto that deserves a wider audience. If you have not really become acquainted with either or both […]
2023-08-30 09:10:00
Salzburg Festival (6) - GMYO/Hrůša: Mahler, 21 August 2023
FelsenreitschuleMahler: Symphony no.9Gustav Mahler Youth OrchestraJakub Hrůša (conductor)Image: © SF/Marco BorrelliTime was when I, like many concertgoers, was hearing a great deal of Mahler’s symphonies, probably more so than those of anyone else. That was partly choice, of course: no one compelled me to, and I was very much under Mahler’s spell. (Not that I am necessarily free now.) But it was also a reflection of concert programming and indeed the recording industry. As a student, I was avidly collecting Pierre Boulez’s revelatory Deutsche Grammophon series as it came out. In 2007, I travelled to Berlin for Holy Week and Easter, to hear Boulez and Daniel Barenboim conduct them all (minus the ‘Tenth’), plus the orchestral song-cycles, though sadly no Das klagende Lied. It was a defining moment in my musical life and even in my musical writing, for it had me begin my blog to record my experiences. (At […]
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