Concerto pour piano Numéro 1 Rhapsodie Paganini

Description

"Rachma" no longer needs to justify its desire to be part of the romantic tradition of virtuosity, harmony, and form. The power of its music remains intact and increasingly asserts itself as timeless. Conductor Pitranas and pianist Anna Fedorova, supported by a surgical sound recording, deliver an interpretation full of authority and precision of the first concerto and the rhapsody on a theme by Paganini. This avalanche of virtuosity, which cannot tolerate the slightest inertia or a moment of inattention, as the melodic lines swirl in a sharp and highly sustained dialogue, can even verge on demonstrative hermeticism. It is from this pitfall that the explosiveness, clarity of articulation, and brightness of Anna Fedorova's playing protect us. (Jérôme Leclair)