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Russian Piano Concertos / Pierce, Freeman, Trevor

Tchaikovsky / Pierce,Joshua Release Date: 01/05/2016
Label: Msr Catalog #: 1464 Spars Code: DDD
Composer:  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ,  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ,  Aram Khachaturian ,  Dmitri Shostakovich  ...  Conductor:  Paul Freeman ,  Kirk Trevor Number of Discs: 2
Recorded in: Stereo Length: 2 Hours 6 Mins.

“What a find this is! Joshua Pierce recorded five of the six Russian piano concertos in this 2-CD set in Eastern Europe between 1988 and 1991... Their reissue in superb remasterings on MSR gives them a fair chance to be heard by a wider audience. This is a treasure trove of the best of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and Khachaturian... From the opening of the ever-popular Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor by Tchaikovsky, we feel we are in for an exalted musical experience as both Pierce and conductor Paul Freeman are right on the money with its smartly-paced excitement... Pierce’s solid pianism includes a beautiful tone that stays amazingly limpid throughout the work’s wide dynamic range. This performance Read more unflaggingly holds our interest... We’ve noted Joshua Pierce’s dynamic artistry in numerous places in the course of this review. His high-profile intensity in the fast, trenchant, and stunningly rhythmical passages speaks for itself, and he is just as keenly attuned to the warm, deeply felt moments in the slow movements of all these works.” - Phil Muse, Audiophile Audition [January 2016] Read less