Only the sound quality diminishes the beauty...
rockerford | Oregon | 06/01/2000
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Yes, if only Artur and Eugene could have recorded this colorful and bright concerto by Grieg with the best technology of the late 1990's, I would give this disc 5+ stars. Artur has a way of dancing through the concerto -- sometimes lightly, sometimes more heavily -- that causes one to say "How could anyone do this piece any better than he?"The solo piano works are no less brilliantly done. The Ballade is not lacking in power, it's just that a shallow sound never fails to show us the limitations that sound reproduction had in those days. Artur's Lyric Pieces are superbly interpreted in a graceful, poignant, and masculine manner."