Originally posted by oliver sudden
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BaL 2.11.24 - Prokofiev: Piano concerto 2
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View Post
I wonder if that indicates multiple retakes in a recording session with no time to retune ?. The piano takes one hell of a battering in this piece.
On the one hand I would have thought it a false economy to forego the tuner under such circumstances. On the other, no one else seems to mind it and it’s still a magnificent recording, so what would I know?
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Originally posted by oliver sudden View Post
It’s pretty consistent through the whole first movement and honestly it’s the kind of tuning where you would normally expect a voice to come from the control room suggesting an early lunch.
On the one hand I would have thought it a false economy to forego the tuner under such circumstances. On the other, no one else seems to mind it and it’s still a magnificent recording, so what would I know?
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View Post
It’s possible he played two complete performances and they chose the second. Or cut between the two - though you’d acute ears to hear a note pinging early on in the work that isn’t pinging later. At recitals and concerto performances particularly with “muscular “ ,often Russian, pianists it always surprises me how quickly pianos go out of tune. They just hit the keys so much harder than amateurs. In a recording session they’d normally have tuner all day to do a midday tune. It’s a complete false economy with a six figure per day Orchestra not to have one.
Yes, I’ve done duo recordings with a pianist where he has had a tuner/technician on hand all day. A not insubstantial item on our budget but a drop in the ocean for an orchestra!
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Originally posted by ostuni View Post
Yes, Beatrice Rana recorded it about 10 years ago (one of her first recordings), with Pappano & Santa Cecilia Orch: very good, as I recall.
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Last edited by Mandryka; 23-10-24, 19:59.
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The new Zlata Chochieva is quite something. I had a feeling she'd be interesting in this piece, as virtually everything I have of hers has something about it - I guess being a star pupil of Pletnev may be a factor...she certainly makes real music of the big cadenza, shaping it in ways I've not heard before. Her fillers are less interesting, though she gives a barn storming performance of the short Rimsky-Korsakov concerto.
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I know there has been some recent discussion on this forum about BaL returning to certain works after a relatively short space of time, but to cover Prokofiev’s 2nd piano concerto twice within the space of two weeks is pushing it to a ridiculous level. Well that is what the Record Review web site is currently saying. At some point somewhere there will realise the error and correct it.
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Originally posted by Wolfram View PostI know there has been some recent discussion on this forum about BaL returning to certain works after a relatively short space of time, but to cover Prokofiev’s 2nd piano concerto twice within the space of two weeks is pushing it to a ridiculous level. Well that is what the Record Review web site is currently saying. At some point somewhere there will realise the error and correct it.
Or will there be a cliffhanger on 2 November and we'll all be chewing our nails until 16 November?
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
I wonder if Jonathan wants a second chance, to be able to say everything he fears Andrew will interrupt first time?
Or will there be a cliffhanger on 2 November and we'll all be chewing our nails until 16 November?
Confused? You will be!
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The concerto features in a BBCSO concert in the Barbican on 6 December 2024, being broadcast on R3 on 11 December 2024.
Respighi’s Roman spectacular and a new American classic frame Prokofiev’s most thrilling piano concerto in this BBC Symphony Orchestra debut for pianist Yeol Eum Son.
Programme
James Lee III Sukkot Through Orion's Nebula (UK premiere)
Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2
Ottorino Respighi Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward conductor
Yeol Eum Son piano
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