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Title: Very Rich
Review: These are very rich and subtle performances, with unlikely nuance and inflection. Were it not for the relentlessly pointed articulation of the piano lines, these rather dynamically tame performances might verge on genteel. They are anything but. The broad and circuitous musical points made are not even harmed by a few finger flubs in the first movement of the two -piano concerto. Proving again that everything shows in Mozart concertos, and thus they might be said to be the hardest to play well. Having heard a gazillion performances of these works I was delighted how unique these readings seemed. Sondeckis demonstrates himself as a great conductor. The presence of the great Nicolayeva may ultimately explain the uncannily persuasive readings given.
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