Cristian Măcelaru reviews
Muhly/Helbig/Long • Shostakovich: Cello Concertos
Jan Vogler (cello); Mariinsky Orchestra/Valery Gergiev et al (Sony Classical)
Franziska Pietsch performs Prokofiev's Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2
After the surprise of one apparent outsider shooting to the top of the Prokofiev list – Rosanne Philippens with the excellent St Gallen Symphony Orchestra and Otto Tausk (see the January issue) – it’s back to business and programming as usual. Franziska Pietsch has been described as the ‘Anne-Sophie Mutter of East Germany’, and here she gives performances of the two concertos – and nothing else. You would be happy enough to hear this in the concert hall but it doesn’t justify a place in a crowded CD market.