Richter performs Piano Concertos by Saint-Saëns and Gershwin
25 October 2018 - 10:46am
Album title:
Gershwin * Saint-Saëns
Composer(s):
Gershwin, Saint-Saens
Works:
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5; Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
Performer:
Richter (piano); Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, SWR/Eschenbach
Label:
SWR Music
Catalogue Number:
SWR 19407 CD (1993)
Performance:
Recording:
Recorded when Richter was in his late 70s, the Saint-Saëns is musically captivating, although one readily senses the Gershwin is not in the musical bloodstream of either pianist or conductor.
Julian Haylock
