Nina Kotova: Gramophone magazine UK Dvorak Concerto CD Release. Review, 2008

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Dvorák Cello Concerto; Wind Serenade
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Serenade
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Dvorák Cello Concerto; Wind Serenade
The Russian cellist plays fast and loose w ith a great concerto
Russian cellist Nina Kotova m ade her first recordings in the 1990s for Philips, and though they included a successful collection of
Russian favourites, the contract led to no m ore. Here she tackles the greatest cello concerto, dem onstrating w hat a strong and
individual artist she is.
The pow er of the perform ance is established in the opening tutti, Andrew Litton draw ing passionate playing from the vividly recorded
Philharm onia. Kotova’s proves a reading of extrem es, w ith a greater slow ing than usual for the second subject and in the haunting G
sharp m inor passage of the developm ent section. By contrast, passagew ork is dispatched im pulsively, faster than the m ovem ent’s
basic tem po.
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2. Many w ill find Kotova’s tendency to introduce unm arked accelerandi distracting, m aking it rather a roller coaster ride, but the depth
of feeling and the technical control are never in doubt. The slow m ovem ent is im provisatory in its freedom and the finale is fiery and
im pulsive. Though the m ain Allegro is taken very fast, Kotova still keeps pressing ahead, only to adopt a particularly slow tem po for
the elegiac coda.
The W ind Serenade m akes an unusual and attractive coupling, w ith Litton adopting brisk speeds in the fast m ovem ents. The rustic
elem ent is delightfully brought out and the Philharm onia soloists play superbly. The Minuet is delectably pointed, w ith the furiant trio
recalling a Slavonic dance w ith its sharp cross-rhythm s. The finale too, fast and crisp, again brings som e extrem e speeds. The third-
m ovem ent Andante by contrast is richly expansive, w ith the oboe and clarinet lusciously draw ing out their m ellifluous phrases.
Recorded at the Air Lyndhurst Studios in Ham pstead, the sound is w arm and full.
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