Einar Englund Piano Concerto-Naxos

Einar Englund Piano Concerto-Naxos

 

“In the First Concerto (1955), Matti Raekallio is crisp and fleet, quicker than Sivelov on Naxos and, if memory serves, Tateno on the premiere 1960s recording for Finnish EMI (nla, and never reissued on CD)..
Yet Sivelov does have the edge interpretatively, especially his handling of the quieter, more lyrical Larghissimo, and he and Panula are unmatched in the more delicate passages in the two outer movements.”

(Gramophone)