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

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Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3, & 4

Beethoven:

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15

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

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

John O’Conor (piano)

London Symphony Orchestra, Andreas Delfs

Hailed for his interpretation of Beethoven’s piano concertos, Irish pianist John O’Conor completes the cycle with Nos. 1, 3, and 4. Beethoven composed the first four of his five mature piano concertos for his own concerts. The Concerto No. 1 in C major (1798) was actually the second to be written, but it was given the lower number because the earlier B-flat Concerto (1795) was published several months later. The opening movement of the First Piano Concerto is indebted to Mozart for its handling of the concerto-sonata form, for its technique of orchestration, and for the manner in which piano and orchestra are integrated. The first movement of the Concerto No. 3 opens with the longest introductory orchestral tutti in Beethoven’s concertos, virtually a full symphonic exposition in itself. Of the nature of the Fourth Concerto, the music authority Milton Cross wrote, “[Here] the piano concerto once and for all shakes itself loose from the 18th century. Virtuosity no longer concerns Beethoven at all; his artistic aim here, as in his symphonies and quartets, is the expression of deeply poetic and introspective thoughts.”

Critical acclaim for John O’Conor’s Beethoven Piano Concerto recordings:

‘… in an overcrowded Beethoven concerto market these distinctive and excellently engineered performances are well worth hearing…….Beethoven’s Second and Fifth concertos make for an uncommon yet attractively contrasted CD coupling. More importantly, pianist John O’Conor and conductor Andreas Delfs invest their much-recorded scores with deep feeling, relaxed yet never draggy tempi, and freshly considered details that provide a welcome corrective to the attention-getting elbow-pokes and finger-jabs favoured by certain recent contenders in the name of “interpretation”’ GRAMOPHONE

Telarc - 2CD80704

(CD - 2 discs)

$17.49

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Beethoven Piano Concertos 2 & 3

Beethoven:

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

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

Jorge Federico Osorio (piano)

Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, Herrera de la Fuente

Regis - RRC1289

(CD)

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Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & Piano arrangement of Violin Concerto

Beethoven:

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

Piano Concerto in D major, arranged by the composer after the Violin Concerto, Op. 61a

Arthur Schoonderwoerd (conductor & fortepiano)

Cristofori Ensemble

Alpha continues the musical tour of XIXth century piano music on ancient instruments with Arthur Schoonderwoerd's recordings of Beethoven's concerti. Going firmly against the prevailing tide,Arthur Schoonderwoerd offers us colours, accents and tempi that cannot but deeply stir our perceptions of this music, so often biased by huge orchestras or by powerful modern pianos.The first volume [alpha096] disturbed common wisdom - a good thing - and gave tremendous pleasure to music lovers who discovered unknown riches in a work they thought they knew.

"Beware, this is a radical experience!" Le Monde de la Musique

Alpha - ALPHA122

(CD)

$17.49

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Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3

Beethoven:

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15

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

Ronald Brautigam (piano)

Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Parrott

This is the first disc in Ronald Brautigam’s Beethoven Piano Concertos cycle; part of his ongoing cycle to record all of Beethoven’s music for solo piano. Brautigam now takes on Beethoven’s complete works for piano and orchestra, choosing to do so on a modern piano and with a modern instrument orchestra: the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, internationally acclaimed for its many fine recordings on BIS. Conducting the series is Andrew Parrott, and together with the soloist, he brings all his expertise in period performance practice to bear in interpretations that in many ways are as fresh and revolutionary as those of the sonata cycle. As Ronald Brautigam explains in the liner notes: ‘I truly believe that what Beethoven wanted was chamber music rather than a battle between orchestra and soloist, and this makes for a wonderfully interactive set-up, where individual players have far more contact with the pianist than in a regular concert set-up’.

“This is a recording set-up with consequences. Out the window goes the romantic 19th-century notion of the concerto as a titanic conflict between soloist and orchestra. In come intimate performances, styled almost as chamber music. In an early, Mozartean concerto like the C major, Op 15 (the first to be published, but not the first written), this scale of delivery is ideal. Brautigam’s fingering is so agile and clear that he makes you tingle in arpeggio runs; he’s equally splendid capering about, lightweight and giggly, in the rondo finale...If you want the blunt power of the old mighty Russians, Brautigam is probably not your pianist. But there’s fierce clarity here, and musical refreshment of a high order.” The Times, 18th July 2008 ****

“…the playing is refreshingly alert throughout, with tempos noticeably on the fast side.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 ****

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BIS Ronald Brautigam Beethoven - BISSACD1692

(SACD)

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Volume 8 of the Glenn Gould Complete Jacket Collection

Beethoven:

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

Glenn Gould (piano)

Leonard Bernstein

The Canadian musician Glenn Gould was undoubtedly one of the greatest pianists of all time. To mark the 75th anniversary of his birth, and the 25th anniversary of his death, Sony BMG Masterworks presents this seminal artist’s vinyl recordings as re-mastered CDs, designed to replicate the exact artwork of the original gramophone records in miniaturised form. Already issued as part of an 80-CD box set (88697130942), these albums are now being made available individually.

Sony - The Original Jacket Collection - 88697147572

(CD)

$7.49

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Rubenstein in Concert

Beethoven:	Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Brahms:	Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76 No. 2 Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op. 117 No. 2
Chopin:	Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31
Schubert:	Impromptu in A flat major, D899 No. 4

Artur Rubenstein (piano)

Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

“Rubinstein’s superb form is matched by the incredible musical sensitivity of Haitink and the orchestra” (New York Times)

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	Format: NTSC
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DG Unitel - 0734445

(DVD Video)

$21.49

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Friedrich Gulda

Beethoven:

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

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'

Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101

Friedrich Gulda (piano)

Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Mario Rossi

Recording: Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne, 25 February 1957 & Saal 2, Funkhaus, Cologne, 22 February 1957

The two Beethoven piano sonatas precede his Decca recordings of the same works. Jeremy Siepmann in his notes says, “One of the things that most impresses here is the sheer wholeness of the playing. Outstanding examples include all of Op. 101. Nor by any means is the Appassionata to be sniffed at, though unlike some, Gulda makes a clear distinction between passion and hysterics.”

“Gulda's subjective and impulsive way with Op 101's first movement brings his often underappreciated lyrical gifts to the fore.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2008

Medici Masters - MM0242

(CD)

$11.49

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Beethoven - The Piano Concertos

Beethoven:

Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete)

Krystian Zimerman (piano)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

Directed by Humphrey Burton

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DG Unitel - 0734269

(DVD Video - 2 discs)

$32.99

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Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3

Beethoven:

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15

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

Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

Russian National Orchestra, Christian Gansch

'For me Beethoven is like a god. I worship him, and I admire his music. It always produces very deep emotions in me when I'm conducting it or playing it on the piano.' (Mikhail Pletnev)

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