COMPOSERS: Gershwin,Saint-Saens
LABELS: SWR Music
ALBUM TITLE: Gershwin * Saint-Saëns
WORKS: Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5; Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
PERFORMER: Richter (piano); Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, SWR/Eschenbach
CATALOGUE NO: SWR 19407 CD (1993)
Recorded when Richter was in his late 70s, the Saint-Saëns is musically captivating, although one readily senses the Gershwin is not in the musical bloodstream of either pianist or conductor.
Julian Haylock
