There is no "I" in "team," and there is no "I" in "Parker," but there is an "I" in "piano." Three pianists -- brothers Jamie and Jon Kimura Parker, and their cousin Ian Parker -- took one for Amadeus when they performed in this concert, part of the CBC's Mozart anniversary celebrations held in January 2006. The recording is well done, with almost no audience noise except for the applause at the end of each concerto. Jon Kimura Parker was the soloist for the Piano Concerto No. 21, which opened the program. Mario Bernardi and ...
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There is no "I" in "team," and there is no "I" in "Parker," but there is an "I" in "piano." Three pianists -- brothers Jamie and Jon Kimura Parker, and their cousin Ian Parker -- took one for Amadeus when they performed in this concert, part of the CBC's Mozart anniversary celebrations held in January 2006. The recording is well done, with almost no audience noise except for the applause at the end of each concerto. Jon Kimura Parker was the soloist for the Piano Concerto No. 21, which opened the program. Mario Bernardi and the CBC Radio Orchestra set the tone for the concerto -- in fact, for the whole program -- with a warm, good-natured introduction. Neither the orchestra nor Parker is stiffly precise or elegantly formal, but they are by no means sloppy either. Parker is matter-of-fact with the second movement, with the famous Elvira Madigan theme. He's not lacking in expression, but he tends to let the music speak for itself, as it so eloquently can, rather than add extra rubato and histrionic...
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