Stephen Kovacevich plays Beethoven
Stephen Kovacevich (formally Bishop) (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Stephen Kovacevich's recent Beethoven sonata cycle for EMI (reviewed May 2004) achieves arguably the most convincing Beethoven style of any pianist since Schnabel, and these 1970s recordings... — More…
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
- Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1970-09-16
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
1. Allegro con brio
2. Largo
3. Rondo. Allegro scherzando
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
- Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1971-09-28
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
1. Allegro con brio
2. Largo
3. Rondo. Allegro
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
- Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1974-12-20
- Recording Venue: Brent Town Hall, Wembley, London
1. Allegro con brio
2. Adagio
3. Rondo. Molto allegro
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
- Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1974-12-20
- Recording Venue: Brent Town Hall, Wembley, London
1. Allegro moderato
2. Andante con moto
3. Rondo. Vivace
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'
- Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1969-05-07
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
1. Allegro
2. Adagio un poco mosso
3. Rondo. Allegro
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
- Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
- Recorded: 1978-05-29
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
1. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo I
2. Prestissimo
3. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110
- Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
- Recorded: 1973-10-10
- Recording Venue: Brent Town Hall, Wembley, London
1. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
2. Allegro molto
3. Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga (Allegro ma non troppo)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1
- Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
- Recorded: 1970-12-23
- Recording Venue: Brent Town Hall, Wembley, London
1. Allegro molto e con brio
2. Adagio molto
3. Finale (Prestissimo)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique'
- Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
- Recorded: 1971-12-22
- Recording Venue: Brent Town Hall, Wembley, London
1. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
2. Adagio cantabile
3. Rondo. Allegro
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 'The Hunt'
- Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
- Recorded: 1971-12-22
- Recording Venue: Brent Town Hall, Wembley, London
1. Allegro
2. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace
3. Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso
4. Presto con fuoco