COMPOSERS: Tchaikovsky
LABELS: Newton
WORKS: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos 1-3
PERFORMER: Viktoria Postnikova (piano); Vienna SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
CATALOGUE NO: 8802027
Postnikova brings the necessary Russian fire and melancholy to these works, though her tempos are consistently on the slow, sometimes even ponderous side. The first movement of Piano Concerto No. 2 is performed uncut. Calum MacDonald