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Boris Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto (1971) The USSR All-Union Radio & Central Television Grand Symphony Orchestra Conductor - Vladimir Fedoseev Piano - Boris Tchaikovsky Movement I - 0:00 Movement II - 5:29 Movement III - 15:20 Movement IV - 21:51 Movement V - 28:42 (Note: The individual movements lack both titles and expression markings) “That's Boris Tchaikovsky in the headnote, not Pyotr. And, many will assert, there's a big difference. Who can quarrel with that? Yet, I'm not so sure Boris is far behind his namesake. The notes to this disc, by Louis Blois, go to some length to emphasize that rhythm is driving element throughout the five-movement Piano Concerto. Indeed. But minimalism also plays a part: the first movement, a toccata, is built upon an insistent, rapidly repeating eight note (G, just above middle C), which later evolves into chords, all hammered out in a seeming frenzy. It's quite exciting, but you won't recognize a conventional theme here, not that the music is difficult to grasp. The second movement opens with a lovely solo on the double-bass, then later the music toughens its expressive character only to return to the gentleness of the opening. The restless third movement comes across as tense, neurotic, but without the over-the-top anxiety of the opening panel. The fourth movement edges closer to the recklessness of the first, but tempers its anxiety with a dreamy sense at times. The finale stumbles at first in its hesitant, almost stately character, but then ratchets up the tension, unable, however, to divest itself of the stop-and-start rhythmic manner heard in the opening pages.“ Read more: Join the Score Video Creator Discord Server: Support me on Patreon:
