Here�s a disc whose breathtaking sonic detail and attractive, roomy ambience make a cogent case for investing in SACD surround-sound hardware, although it sounds perfectly fine and vivid enough via standard stereo two-channel playback. Regarding the performance, pianist Pascal Rog� here surpasses his early-1980s Ravel Concerto recording under Charles Dutoit. He makes more of the first movement�s lyrical, unaccompanied episodes, yet never overindulges, and he treats the central slow movement like a song rather than a dirge, with tasteful droplets of rubato.
The finale�s busy fingerwork appears to fly off the printed page through Rog�s incisive articulation and biting accents. Just listen to his dazzling repeated notes here and in the finale of Gershwin�s concerto. The latter also finds Rog� in dapper fettle and fully attuned to the composer�s syncopated swagger.
Bertrand de Billy elicits alert and translucent playing from the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, aside from thin, undifferentiated string tone and some less than idiomatic first-desk solo work in the Gershwin. While these performances won�t make you forget the above-mentioned reference versions, nor recent contenders of equal stature (like Grimaud�s Gershwin and Moravec�s Ravel), their combined sonic and interpretive assets add up to a pleasurable and memorable listening experience. --classicstoday.com [4/23/2005]
Bertrand de Billy elicits alert and translucent playing from the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, aside from thin, undifferentiated string tone and some less than idiomatic first-desk solo work in the Gershwin. While these performances won�t make you forget the above-mentioned reference versions, nor recent contenders of equal stature (like Grimaud�s Gershwin and Moravec�s Ravel), their combined sonic and interpretive assets add up to a pleasurable and memorable listening experience. --classicstoday.com [4/23/2005]
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