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Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Perlman, Giulini, Philharmonia
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Ludwig van Beethoven(Composer), et al
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When Itzhak Perlman recorded this disc, many critics were surprised by the sobriety and quiet poetry of his interpretation, as though his many fine chamber-music recordings did not provide ample evidence of Perlman's qualities as a "serious" musician. Although beautifully written for the instrument, Beethoven's sole violin concerto does not offer many opportunities for the kind of virtuoso fireworks that have made Perlman famous. But as all great musicians will, he turned this fact to his own...Read more
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Bernstein Century - Beethoven: Piano Concertos no 3 and 5 / New York PO
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Ludwig van Beethoven(Composer), et al
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There are two kinds of collaboration possible between conductor and soloist. The first kind happens when both completely agree about the way the music ought to go because they share the same approach. The second type features two artists of very different temperament, and it's more dangerous but also potentially more exciting. The danger arises when the two performers fail to agree on anything, and each goes his own merry way. But when they really stimulate each other a new sort of musical...Read more
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Great Recordings Of The Century - Beethoven; Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos / Furtwangler, Menuhin
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Ludwig van Beethoven(Composer), et al
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Yehudi Menuhin and Wilhelm Furtwängler, born a generation apart and separated by a world at war, were nonetheless musical and philosophical soulmates. Their recording of the Beethoven Violin Concerto, made seven years after they first met, is one of the treasures of the EMI archive, a testament to a bygone era of spontaneous and deeply subjective music-making. There is a nobility to the reading that has never been equaled, an unforced passion that would be difficult for any of today's...Read more
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos 2 & 4 / Fleisher, Szell
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Ludwig van Beethoven(Composer), et al
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When he recorded these concertos in 1959-61, Leon Fleisher was one of the outstanding young pianists in the world. Shortly afterward he was derailed by a hand ailment, though he eventually returned to two-handed playing. These performances were great critical successes when they were first issued, and they remain among the best ever recorded of the Beethoven concertos--heads-up, alert playing from soloist and orchestra that never loses focus for a moment. Nearly four decades after they were...Read more
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