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Review title: Boring and heavy-handed
Product review: This has to be one of the most heavy-handed performances of these concertos that I have ever heard. The pianist periodically throws in dotted rests and rubato that aren't anywhere in the score. I suppose in order to add a "deeply personal emotional emphasis" to the music. Instead, it just breaks the melodic flow of these sublime pieces of music. Meanwhile, von Karajan is beating mercilessly on the orchestra in an effort to get through everything as quickly as possible -- perhaps he's bored and would rather be doing something else.The overall effect is more like a wonky version of John Philip Sousa than Schumann and Grieg. I really regret having bought this CD, but I will at least have the joy of feeding it into a shredder.
