Elia Cecino – a dashing young prince, interprets Brahms with youthful passion and mastery
and is covered by Padarewski in Silver
Elia Cecino giving an all or nothing performance of Brahms where his youthful energy and passion could sometimes lead him astray but where his sense of communication and musical understanding were remarkable. A performance that I have rarely heard with such youthful intensity and of sumptuous beauty. A rather slow tempo from the excellent young conductor and an orchestra well amalgamated but I could not help feeling that the burning intensity that Solti brought to the orchestra was substituted for a more pastoral approach. As Elia’s mighty octaves resounded with a true call to arms , the orchestra suddenly changed their tune and was ignited and united in a performance of dynamic drive and great beauty.
