New York Times Classical Music Critic Anthony Tommasini Reviews Complete RCA Recordings of the Late Bard Conservatory Professor and Renowned Pianist Peter Serkin and Reflects on Their Intersecting Careers and Friendship
Peter Serkin, foreground, playing with his father, the eminent pianist Rudolf Serkin. Photo by Gjon Mili/The LIFE Picture Collection, via Getty Images
“The collection offers a rich variety of solo pieces, chamber works and concertos by Beethoven, Berio, Chopin, Mozart, Takemitsu, Stravinsky, Schoenberg and more — in probing, lucid, often exhilarating performances. Some of these recordings I didn’t know; others I’d not listened to in years. The set has rekindled strong memories of Peter — as I came to know him — and his great artistry, and the intersection of our lives and professions,” writes Tommasini.
Post Date: 02-09-2021
Post Date: 02-09-2021