Re: SPHYNX...

Le 22/08/2022 à 12:21, MELMOTH a écrit :

The 5th piano concerto of Camille Saint Saens has only been recorded about thirty times since 1950...
Richter / Kondrachine (! Melodya 1952...Then 1955 and 1993)...Enchanting and unclassifiable...
Fabienne Jacquinot / Fistoulari (MGM 1953) confides to us the secrets of the French School in a rhapsody with vivid colors...
 Then come Magda Tagliaferro (APR 1954)...Frugoni (Vox 1955)...Monique de la Bruchollerie (INA 1965), all of whom captivate by their bravery and virtuosity, and make us forget the lilites of monophony...
As does the great Jeanne Marie Darré, (EMI 1957) accompanied by the well forgotten Louis Forestier...And who records the first complete 5 concertos of SS...For me, this remains the reference version, brilliant and infinitely poetic...
 Then will come Rogé / Dutoit and especially Collard / Prévin, Collard with a very convincing steel playing, I think... (even ifDutoit/ Prévin never convinced me as a conductor)...
Obviously, Ciccolini / Baudo are there, with their debussystes colors (EMI 1970)... In the end, quite disappointing...
 Thibaudet / Dutoit (decidedly, this "conductor" [sic] seems to be a subscriber to this work) instill an irresistible energy...
Descharmes (Naxos 2015), little known, manages to rid the work of all its clichés...
Kantorow (father & son ! Bis 2016)...Subtle, perfect setting...
Chamayou / Krivine (I've always loved this conductor...Erato 2017)...True epic full of meaty sounds...
 My podium ? (my god that all this is grotesque !) :
 1 - Jeanne Marie Darré...
2 - Jean yves Thibaudet
3 - Bertrand Chamayou
 LONG LIVE FRANCE !...

Je choisis Kantorow, c'est un peu l'enfant du pays comme Onslow...