Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The one piece by Aram Khachaturian that is known the world over is the Adagio from his ballet Spartacus. Jean-Yves Thibaudet\u2019s record company knew exactly what it was doing when it placed it first on this disc. Even in an arrangement for solo piano, the music soars and carries one\u2019s spirit on the wing.From there to the main event, a performance of Khachaturian\u2019s Piano Concerto, is a step down. The concerto scored a success in its early years, but is rarely encountered live these days, leaving only the occasional recording.Here is a widescreen, Hollywood vision of what a piano concerto should be. There are fistfuls of notes, brassy climaxes, and periodically it works up to the grand announcement of a big tune \u2014 but glorious melodies of the kind familiar from the concertos of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov fail to arrive.Compared to previous recordings, Thibaudet and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, are a lot faster. This is wholly to the good and music that previously seemed feebly bombastic now acquires tremendous panache from the soloist and a play-it-for-all-its-worth razzmatazz from conductor and orchestra. The slow movement, with its haunting part for flexatone (an instrument that sounds a bit like Messiaen\u2019s ondes Martenot), comes across a treat.If a recording of Khachaturian\u2019s concerto is wanted, this live performance makes a clear first choice. Thibaudet adds a selection of the composer\u2019s solo piano pieces, including half a dozen of the Pictures of Childhood and the Masquerade Suite, all appealingly played.\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2018Khachaturian: Piano Concerto\u2019 is released by Decca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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