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After decades of work on Beethoven’s original scores, the Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder offers a definitive interpretation of all Beethoven’s piano concertos in this series of live recordings of his ecstatically acclaimed performances in the Musikverein Vienna from May 2011. Buchbinder conducts the Vienna Philharmonic from the keyboard and achieves a rare degree of tension and chamber-like concentration. Rudolf Buchbinder is firmly established as one of the most important pianists on the international scene, he is a regular guest of renowned orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, London Philharmonic, National Symphony, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He also has over 100 recordings to his credit. In December 2011 Rudolf Buchbinder celebrated his 65th birthday. Bonus: 30 minutes Documentary about Rudolf Buchbinder, plus interview with Joachim Kaiser. Running Time Total: 216 minutes Piano Concertos: 186 min. Bonus: 30 min. DTS-HD MA 5.0, PCM Stereo “a man who plays Beethoven with the innocent self-assurance of the virtuoso...He is happiest when his hands are full: in the finales, for instance, where the forthrightness and his technical address are admirable and he can cook iup a storm or two.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2012 “these performances are deeply felt and as the talk on the disc confirms, very thoroughly researched by Buchbinder who compares many different editions of the works he is performing.” MusicWeb International, May 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Recorded live at the prestigious Klavier-Festival Ruhr in May 2007, this Blu-ray recording reflects both a very individual and special reading of Beethoven's music and the artist's life-long dedication to the composer. 1080i 16:9, PCM 2.0, DTS-HD Master Audio Booklet Notes: English, German, French Running Time: 198 mins Audiences: all audiences (FSK 0) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“Tan's playing has a flair and poetic feeling that are rather special and this partnership with Norrington...has great spontaneity. Tan's individuality comesover unforcedly without unwanted wilfulness” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition *** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete)
After decades of work on Beethoven’s original scores, the Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder offers a definitive interpretation of all Beethoven’s piano concertos in this series of live recordings of his ecstatically acclaimed performances in the Musikverein Vienna from May 2011. Buchbinder conducts the Vienna Philharmonic from the keyboard and achieves a rare degree of tension and chamber-like concentration. Rudolf Buchbinder is firmly established as one of the most important pianists on the international scene, he is a regular guest of renowned orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, London Philharmonic, National Symphony, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He also has over 100 recordings to his credit. In December 2011 Rudolf Buchbinder celebrated his 65th birthday. Bonus: 30 minutes Documentary about Rudolf Buchbinder, plus interview with Joachim Kaiser. Running Time Total: 216 minutes Piano Concertos: 186 min. Bonus: 30 min. DVD: DTS 5.0, PCM Stereo “Meticulously poised in Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, fleet-fingered in No. 3 and refreshingly unhurried in Nos. 4 and 5, Buchbinder proves an unfailingly reliable guide.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2012 *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete)Royal Festival Hall, London, Source: BBC archives, 1988
Murray Perahia, nominated for artist of the year in the 2008 Gramophone Awards, has often been described as an aristocrat of the piano, with good reason. His commanding vision and his supremely polished virtuosity are complemented by a luminous intelligence and a poetic sensitivity, embracing equally the lyric and the epic. His career has recently been revitalised, after many years, with the new release on Sony/BMG of Beethoven Piano Sonatas and Bach Partitas. "Each note was characterised by a singing tone whose weight and emotional colour was individually judged yet forming part of a massively conceived and controlled structure." The Guardian “Murray Perahia… is undoubtedly on tremendous form. He displays limitless reserves of strength for the bravura passages and a huge strong tenderness in, for instance, the opening of the slow movement of the Third Concerto.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2009 *** “[Perahia's] playing is peerless and Marriner gives him vital and sensitive support” Penguin Guide, 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Beethoven - The Piano Concertos
Beethoven: | Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete) |
Directed by Humphrey Burton “In the last three there is a close rapport and unity of purpose between these two in many ways highly differing musical personalities; Zimerman poised and aristocratic, Bernstein a full-bodied, brilliant temperament. Their collaboration is a triumphant success” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Filmed and transmitted live at London's Royal Festival Hall “These 1974 broadcasts preserve Haitink's lively but elegant readings with the young Vladimir Ashkenazy's engaging performances.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2007 **** “the sound quality is remarkably good. The performances by a strikingly youhthul Ashkenazy are full of spirit...In many ways the Emperor is the finest of all, freshly inspired, not barnstorming, witha a beautiful, hushed slow movement. The camerawork is straightforward, as one would expect from Brian Large” Penguin Guide, 2010 *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos & Choral Fantasia
“These are intensely individual and newly revealing expressions of what Beethoven meant. I cannot imagine I shall ever exhaust their freshness, or stop marvelling at their power, for to my ear this is the truest musical inspiration miraculously caught on the wing.” Gramophone Magazine “Klemperer and Barenboim seemed to come at these works from opposite ends, so to speak...The chemistry that flies off the two is certainly remarkable, but you’ll have to decide for yourself whether you like it.” MusicWeb International, 29th April 2013 | 
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| |  | Beethoven For All: The Piano Concertos
Beethoven: | Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete) |
The third release in Daniel Barenboim’s Beethoven For All project is the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos featuring Barenboim as soloist and conductor with the Staatskapelle Berlin. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Gilels plays Beethoven
Emil Gilels belongs to a select group of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Born in Odessa in 1916, he began his studies at the age of 5, and gave his first public recital at the age of 13. Odessa and Moscow Conservatories followed, and unusually in 1936 he was allowed to perform outside the Soviet Union. His American debut was delayed by World War II, finally taking place in 1955 to great acclaim. His Uk debut took place in 1953. Gilels gave the premiere of Prokofiev’s 8th Sonata, of which he is the dedicatee. Harold C Schonberg described Gilels as ‘a strong, clear player, rather objective in outlook, who did not allow himself to become emotionally overthrown by the music’: an approach which is ideally suited to Beethoven’s concertos as can be heard on these CDs. “Incandescent pianism from Gilels in live 1976 recordings from the Russian archives. Masur provides a strong, sympathetic background.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2012 ***** “These are manly interpretations where the musculature is never for one moment in doubt...The orchestral playing is tight as a drum and rhythmically alive...This set is well worth exploring providing you are not allergic to a spray of audience noise.” MusicWeb International, February 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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