This disc is not a true SACD, the two works for piano and orchestra being licensed from Philips recordings made in the mid-1980s, so I am limiting this review to regular stereo (which I have to confess I prefer anyway, at least to most surround-sound recordings). Zoltan Kocsis' performances of the early but delightful Rhapsody […]
Monthly Archives: July 2003
This disc is not a true SACD, the two works for piano and orchestra being licensed from Philips recordings made in the mid-1980s, so I am limiting this review to regular stereo (which I have to confess I prefer anyway, at least to most surround-sound recordings). Zoltan Kocsis' performances of the early but delightful Rhapsody […]
Katalin Károlyi was the weak link at the latest concert of the National Philharmonic Orchestra, which is primarily surprising because audiences generally react better to concert pieces featuring a human voice. The orchestra's concert otherwise comprised of rarities: Stravinsky, a barely known Bartók (Four Orchestral Pieces), Rachmaninov orchestrated by Respighi, all things to alarm audiences. […]
Katalin Károlyi was the weak link at the latest concert of the National Philharmonic Orchestra, which is primarily surprising because audiences generally react better to concert pieces featuring a human voice. The orchestra's concert otherwise comprised of rarities: Stravinsky, a barely known Bartók (Four Orchestral Pieces), Rachmaninov orchestrated by Respighi, all things to alarm audiences. […]
Concert – National Philharmonic Orchestra / Jean-Yves Thibaudet
French pianist JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET was the evening's soloist as the NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA gave its final performance of this year's concert season. As so often, the guest artist performed a piece from his own national repertoire: one of the most effective and welcome works of the concerto literature, Ravel's Concerto in G major. I liked […]
Who will fill the National Concert Hall and how?
Conversation with Zoltán Kocsis and Géza Kovács Zoltán Kocsis, general music director of the National Philharmonic Orchestra is one of a number of musicians who for many years have been urging the building of a new Budapest concert hall. Do you think then, that the National Concert hall, which is presently under construction as part […]