Tchaikovsky 1/Prokofiev 2

EDITORIAL REVIEWS
• Since 1894, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 has beenpublished and performed in a version containing numerousunauthorized posthumously added editorial alterations.• This is the first recording using the new scholarly editionby the Tchaikovsky Archive and Museum in Moscow of thePiano Concerto's 1879 version - the version approved andconducted by Tchaikovsky until his last public appearancein 1893.• Noted for his technique, intelligence and curiosity, pianistKirill Gerstein's has been spotlighted by the NY Times as"one of the most respected pianists of his generation."

REVIEW
"Perhaps the most striking aspect of Gerstein's interpretation is his ability to make the piano writing sound much lighter and more transparent than usual. Indeed, in several passages throughout the first two movements, dialogue between piano and woodwind achieves a kind of Mozartian elegance. Instead of the conventional barnstorming bravura, Gerstein brings poetry, balletic grace and an infinitely wide range of timbres. Yet in no sense does the performance seem understated."

--BBC Music Magazine 'Concerto Choice', five stars, February 2015


"Less warhorse, more Schumannesque… The lighter sound is partly thanks to the new edition and partly to pianist Kirill Gerstein's approach, taking his lead from the more poetic opening to the Concerto, with the DSO Berlin and James Gaffigan matching the elegance of Gerstein's approach."

--BBC Radio 3 CD Review, February 2015

"Outstanding from beginning to end.Throughout Kirill Gerstein, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & James Gaffigan play this without a hint of resorting to virtuosity for its own sake." --SA-cd.net, February 2015

"It's fascinating to hear, in this recording, a scurrying episode from the finale, one of the cuts made for that 1894 edition. But the main draw of this recording is Mr. Gerstein's brilliant, insightful and exceptionally transparent playing. The album includes a dazzling account of Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto, a work he composed during a period of deep immersion into Tchaikovsky's music." --Anthony Tomassini, New York Times, April 2015

1: Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso
2: Andantino Simplice
3: Allegro Con Fuoco
4: Andantino
5: Scherzo: Vivace
6: Intermezzo: Allegro Moderato
7: Finale: Allegro Tempestoso

Composer: James Gaffigan, Sergei Prokofiev, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

Number of Discs: 1

Orchestra: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

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