SERGEI PROKOFIEV Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3 & 4 Vadim Kholodenko. Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya

‘Lush sonorities ... startling precision ...’
2013 Cliburn Gold Medalist Vadym Kholodenko became the first-ever “Artistic Partner” with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra beginning in 2014/2015. He now concludes his complete cycle of Prokofiev piano concertos, which opened with Nos.2 and 5. The three works heard here were composed over a span of two decades (1911 to 1930) and met with widely uneven reception, which ranged from the great popularity and critical acclaim in the case of No.3 – to incomprehension and neglect, when it came to No.4 (the ‘other’ concerto for the left hand alone).
‘He rewarded the audience with a highly varied, consistently interesting and technically amazing performance.’ (STAR TELEGRAM, concert review)