COMPOSERS: Shchedrin
LABELS: Melodiya
WORKS: Piano Concerto No. 2 etc
PERFORMER: Shchedrin (piano); USSR SO/Svetlanov
CATALOGUE NO: MEL CD 1001623
Evgeny Svetlanov serves up more of Shchedrin’s expert, knowing chameleon manipulations of style, especially the Piano Concerto (he’s the soloist) which ranges from 12-notery to cool modern jazz. The gem here is the genuinely original comedy of Naughty Limericks, a classic showpiece of its time. Calum MacDonald