0090266899326. Pre-Owned: Good condition. CD. You always knew there were a lot of notes in Prokofiev s Piano Concerto No. 3 ever since you heard the Prokofiev recording. But it s a safe bet you never thought there were as many notes as Kapell plays in his performance of the work with Antal Dorati and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra -- as many notes or as many loud notes. It s not just the primitive 1949 sound that has Kapell s piano riding over the orchestra like a surfer at Laguna Beach; Kapell s just that loud. Is this a good thing? Maybe for the Khachaturian concerto that shares this volume of the Kapell Edition but not for the Prokofiev. Often described as both athletic and lyrical Kapell s interpretation sounds more muscle-bound and hard-hearted. While Kapell s performance is extremely impressive in its sheer bravura technique he misses half the concerto by drawing so much attention to his virtuosity. This approach is fine in the Khachaturian concerto which in its outer movements at least is indeed muscle-bound. But even in...