Stunsworth
pfm Member
Starts tonight on BBC4 - started 15 minutes ago to be accurate.
The musicianship of these young people is always outstanding.
The musicianship of these young people is always outstanding.
My personal reference performance is Horacio Gutiérrez with Neeme Järvi / Royal Concertgebouw on Chandos. I think it's an excellent performance but it's the only recording with which I am familiar. A matter of personal taste, of course. But I certainly enjoy Freddy Kempf, in general, too.I don't think Sviatoslav Richter ever recorded Prokofiev's 2nd concerto. Can't see any recording of it by Martha Argerich either. Many great pianists have avoided it, even if their performances of other Prokofiev piano concertos have been acclaimed.
I can definitely recommend Freddy Kempf's recording with Andrew Litton/Bergen Philharmonic on BiS - And Freddy Kempf was the BBC Young Musician of the Year 1992.
I haven't really been following this year's competition, but Mrs H has, and she tells me that the consistent advice to the winner was that she needed to 'emote' more, as she was coming across as a bit 'robotic'. Either she followed the advice, or her playing did the emoting for her!