Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

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Buchbinder's touch alters as the music's mode alters, and he maintains an impressive balance between his roles as soloist and director...if the Emperor's final flourish misfires, that's a small... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Jan 2014
Catalogue No: 88883745212
Label: Sony
Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

Work length36:02

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Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

I. Allegro con brio

Track length16:14

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II. Largo

Track length10:25

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III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando

Track length9:23

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19

Work length28:38

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Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

I. Allegro con brio

Track length14:05

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II. Adagio

Track length8:14

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III. Rondo. Molto allegro

Track length6:19

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Work length35:03

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Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

I. Allegro con brio

Track length16:48

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II. Largo

Track length9:06

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III. Rondo. Allegro - Presto

Track length9:09

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

Work length34:15

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Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

I. Allegro moderato

Track length19:12

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II. Andante con moto

Track length4:44

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III. Rondo. Vivace

Track length10:19

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'

Work length37:11

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Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

I. Allegro

Track length20:02

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II. Adagio un poco mosso

Track length7:04

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III. Rondo. Allegro

Track length10:05

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After decades of work on Beethoven’s original scores, pianist Rudolf Buchbinder offers a definitive interpretation of all of Beethoven’s piano concertos in this series of live recordings. Buchbinder conducts the Vienna Philharmonic from the piano and achieves a rare degree of tension and chamber-like concentration. Buchbinder owns dozens of initial issues of the Beehoven piano concertos and studies Beethoven’s autographs in depth.

This 3CD collection features Buchbinder as soloist and conductor and is a live recording of concerts held in May 2011 at the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein.

Buchbinder’s interpretation of Beethoven has been described as “channelling the music from some cosmic beyond” by The New York Times. The Chicago Tribune praised the “combination of stylistic authority and elegance that marks his playing” when he performed Beethoven’s Concerto No. 4 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Riccardo Muti in June 2013. In 2012 Buchbinder was awarded both an ECHO Klassik Award for Best Instrumentalist of the Year and the Choc de l’année for Sony’s The Sonata Legacy, a 9CD box set recording of all of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas.

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May 2014

Buchbinder's touch alters as the music's mode alters, and he maintains an impressive balance between his roles as soloist and director...if the Emperor's final flourish misfires, that's a small price to pay for three hours of superb communal music-making, in which emotional restraint serves to enhance the colouring and strengthen the drama.

May 2014

with the conductorless VPO there's no possibility of any muddied ensemble...with Buchbiner one immediately feels that his is going to be a deeply felt, even confessional undertaking, and it proves in every sense masterly...this sterling account brings his thoughtful and personable survey of Beethoven's piano concertos to its conclusion.

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5

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