BBCSO/Robertson | Classical review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonBartók lay at the centre of this BBC Symphony Orchestra Prom under David Robertson. Before the interval, Richard Goode was the soloist in the Third Piano Concerto. Famed for his interpretations of the classical repertoire, and Beethoven in particular, the American pianist was here on very different territory, and the conjunction didn't quite work. Even though the Third is the most lucid and lightweight of Bartók's concertos in mood and texture, it still needed more bit...

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