Great Pianists: Volume 1

Backhaus, Kraus & Rubinstein

Wilhelm Backhouse (piano), Lili Kraus (piano), Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Guido Cantelli, Pierre Monteux, Victor de Sabata

Release Date: 15th Aug 2009
Catalogue No: GHCD2349
Label: Guild
Series: Historical

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Wilhelm Backhouse (piano)
New York Philharmonic
Guido Cantelli

Weber: Konzertstück in F minor, Op. 79 for piano & orchestra

Lili Kraus (piano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Pierre Monteux

Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
New York Philharmonic
Victor de Sabata

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Three great pianists of the 20th-century are brought together on this unique CD, which features live performances from 1939 and the immediate post-war years. Wilhelm Backhaus gives a superlative account of Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto in New York with the lamented Guido Cantelli offering magnificent orchestral support. Pierre Monteux and the Concertgebouw Orchestra partner the wonderful Hungarian pianist Lili Kraus in Weber’s beautiful Konzertstück – a rare recording, indeed – and Arthur Rubinstein is at his scintillating best in Rachmaninov’s Paganini Rhapsody, with the legendary Victor de Sabata and the New York Philharmonic on top form.

Live recordings 1939-1956

Great Pianists: Volume 1

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