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Prokofiev: Piano Concerto Nos. 2 & 3; Piano Sonata No. 2
Separately, both Freddy Kempf and the team of Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under Andrew Litton have recorded music by Prokofiev for BIS, resulting in highly acclaimed releases. They now join forces in an all-Prokofiev programme that includes the most popular of his five piano concertos, namely the Third, a spontaneous work, vigorous and melodic in turns and full of striking material presented in a typical Prokofiev manner. This is coupled with the Second Piano Concerto, which Prokofiev himself premiered in 1913, shocking the audience with its modernistic sounds and jagged rhythms.
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A masterful Prokofievian pair here from Freddy Kempf who couples the Second and Third concertos and in so doing beats Evgeny Kissin at his own game. Yet this is a thoughtful reading - no hammering away for hammering away's sake for him - and one in which the orchestra under the excellent Andrew Litton play a full part.
"Kempf, Litton and the Bergen players are bursting with life; this is one of the most persuasive versions I've heard of this piece in recent years.
"BIS
BIS
BIS-SACD-1820
7318599918204
23rd Feb 2010
1st Aug 2008; 1st Jul 2008
Grieg Hall,Bergen,Norway; Nybrokajen,Stockholm,Sweden
Jens Braun
Thore Brinkmann; Jens Braun
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