Penguin Guide Award **(*)
Margaret Fingerhut gives us a sparkling open-air account of this work…if you are in the market for a first class performance of the Concerto, then look no further.
The concerto allows us to discover again with pleasure what an excellent interpreter we have in Margaret Fingerhut…a powerful performance,
weighty, utterly clear and forthright, without at all losing the poetry in the slow movement.
Margaret Fingerhut gives a thoughtful and musicianly reading that holds a fine balance between the virtuosic and poetic elements.
Fingerhut has delicacy and grace, drama and intensity.
Margaret Fingerhut gives a magnificent account, superior to other better known names.
This CD has given me a most pleasing impression, thanks to the impeccable work of the pianist Margaret Fingerhut.
Her interpratation is one of great power, technically irreproachable and musically very poised.
The coherence and the sincerity of the phrasing, the naturalness and freshness of Fingerhut, these are the
outstanding qualities of this version, with an Adagio of great beauty and poetry.
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Penguin CD Guide
Fanfare, USA
La Vanguardia, Spain
CD Compact, Spain