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Leon Fleisher’s Legendary Beethoven and Brahms Cycles

Jed Distler

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  • 10

Sound Quality:

  • 7

Although the 1959-61 Leon Fleisher/George Szell Beethoven concerto cycle has […]

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Recording Details:

Album Title: Leon Fleisher Plays Beethoven and Brahms
Reference Recording: Beethoven and Brahms Concertos: This one

  • BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN:
    Piano Concertos No. 1 in C major Op. 15; No. 2 in B-flat major Op. 19; No. 3 in C minor Op. 37; No. 4 in G major Op. 58; & No. 5 in E-flat major Op. 73 (“Emperor”)
  • BRAHMS, JOHANNES:
    Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15; Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major Op. 83; Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op. 24; Waltzes Op. 39
  • MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS:
    Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K. 503

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