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Zander always does it…. crap crap crap and then suddenly …boom… and something absolutely extraordinary come from him. The last season whatever Boston Philharmonic played (do not confuse with Boston symphony – they are different orchestras) was not good and there was no indication that the Bruckner 5 might come us as it did. This season was very not exiting with Boston Philharmonic played like a god armature band and then this Saint-Saens’ Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 22. What the treat!!!

The concert lead 13 year old George Li on piano with Benjamin Zander   provided phenomenal support (even though the BPO sometimes indicated that they have no orchestral juice) for this work, it is so seldom that piano and orchestra play so much together. The Saint-Saens piano concertos is not truly my cap of tea but then I heard this Li/Zander play and actually did not believe what I head and stared to listen it again. Interesting the I heard the George Li’s mini recital and he did not sound so good – it was a typical 13 year play. Here is a totally different story.

The concert took playce in October 2008 and was broadcasted today live-to-tape courtesy to WGBH. It was recorded off air via Schwarz/Pacific at 88/24. To upload for web it was a castrated to 44 and vandalized by 16 bit. The fragment might give you an idea what Li/Zander showed off. It is 92Meg. Enjoy.

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