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It seems entirely logical to offer these three seminal New Viennese School works together on a single disc, in this case running to some 77
These 1983 live Beethoven Piano Concerto recordings relay a real sense of occasion. Brendel and Levine both exhibit high energy throughout all five works, from
Though the Arrau/Szeryng/Starker Beethoven Triple Concerto appeared on the heels of Karajan’s celebrated version with Oistrakh, Rostropovich, and Richter, it’s hardly an also-ran. In fact,
The Berg works collected here certainly are essential but the selected performances are not, nor do they even represent the best in the vast Universal
This is the second double-CD set from Philips Duo devoted to great piano concertos of the 20th century. The recordings are by various artists from
Unlike previous Alfred Brendel/Charles Mackerras Mozart concerto collaborations for Philips, the present release generally yields to the pianist’s earlier recorded versions of these two works.
Alfred Brendel’s recent revisits to his discographic Mozartian past have yielded mixed results, and this release is no exception. In the K. 333 B-flat sonata,
Alfred Brendel Live in Salzburg offers no repertoire the pianist has not recorded before, yet the performances shouldn’t be considered redundant. For one thing, his
Three of Alfred Brendel’s long-out-of-print Vox Liszt LPs manage a tight squeeze onto two CDs. One selection had to be omitted for lack of space:
To represent Alfred Brendel’s Beethoven, Philips selected these four “name” sonatas from the pianist’s digitally recorded cycle from the 1990s, as opposed to his 1970s
