Nicholas Milton reviews
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Four Pieces for Piano
Joseph Moog (piano); German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra/Nicholas Milton (Onyx Classics)
Cello Concertos by Goldschmidt & Reizenstein
Raphael Wallfisch; Konzerthausorchester Berlin/Nicholas Milton (CPO)
Moog and Deutsche Radio Philharmonie perform Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 and R Strauss' Burleske
Something seems missing from this account of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Joseph Moog’s opening flourishes are dry, and his Allegro non troppo carries no sense of emotional drive; his passagework lacks lyricism; the orchestral playing is efficient, but has no signposting to what should be the score’s moments of wonder.
First 'Voices in the Wilderness' heard loud and clear
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