{"id":7731,"date":"2017-04-09T11:10:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T10:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?post_type=product&p=7731"},"modified":"2024-05-11T21:29:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T20:29:17","slug":"ernst-krenek-complete-piano-concertos-vol-2-mikhail-korzhev-and-english-symphony-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/ernst-krenek-complete-piano-concertos-vol-2-mikhail-korzhev-and-english-symphony-orchestra\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernst Krenek- Complete Piano Concertos, vol. 2 Mikhail Korzhev and English Symphony Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Best Classical Recordings of 2017, Forbes Magazine<\/h2>\n

\u201cErnst Krenek\u2019s music \u2013 not even his above-average accessible, neo-classical piano concertos \u2013 will never be everyone\u2019s cup of tea. But then that\u2019s neither the point of this list nor a meaningful guidepost for judging a composition or its interpretation\u2019s quality. The latter is in any case astounding: I\u2019ve heard a good deal of Krenek \u2013 and it\u2019s always worth exploring this chameleon-composer and similar neglected and faded colleagues of his time and ilk \u2013 but often enough the interpretations are dutiful, rather than inspired; note-playing, mistake-avoiding renditions\u2026 like literal translations instead of poetic recreations. One would never dare perform a Berg Violin concerto like that, or dare play a Manfred Symphony so devoid of color.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is where Mikhail Korzhev and Kenneth Woods and the English Symphony Orchestra come in: Super-adding (or rather: revealing) so much joy and color in these mildly thorny, spunky, funky, funny works of Krenek\u2019s (which all catch him at a tonal post-romantic respite in his constantly style-changing career), they bring to life what might otherwise have remained an academic affair of dry and thin-lipped appreciation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Recording of the Year,\u00a0MusicWeb International<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Favourite Classical Recordings of 2017,\u00a0Classical Candor<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cVolume 1 in this series was unexpectedly absorbing. All hail its successor\u2026another example of Krenek\u2019s gift for writing exuberant, approachable atonal music\u2026 Ken Woods\u2019 hardworking English Symphony Orchestra acquit themselves brilliantly. Snap it up.\u201d\u00a0Graham Rickson- The Arts Desk.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll of the soloists on this beautifully recorded disc deliver totally committed performances. Special praise, however, is due to the\u00a0English Symphony Orchestra\u00a0under\u00a0Kenneth Woods, conductor, who negotiate this totally unfamiliar music with real flair.\u201d\u00a0Erik Levi- BBC Music Magazine.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve only praise, too, for the supporting energy of\u00a0Kenneth Woods, conductor\u00a0and the\u00a0English Symphony Orchestra, who play with the conviction that this is music worth believing in.\u201dPeter Quantrill- Gramophone.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Five Stars,\u00a0Guy Rickards- International Piano Magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n

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