Deutsche Grammophon issued this live Beethoven performance in 2020, putatively in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. It's taken from a live recording of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15, by Rudolf Buchbinder, made at the Philharmonie in Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic in 2016. This may seem an odd choice in that there already existed a live performance of the concerto by Buchbinder, with the Berlin Philharmonic, in the Philharmonie, on the Sony label. That might seem to make ...
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Deutsche Grammophon issued this live Beethoven performance in 2020, putatively in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. It's taken from a live recording of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15, by Rudolf Buchbinder, made at the Philharmonie in Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic in 2016. This may seem an odd choice in that there already existed a live performance of the concerto by Buchbinder, with the Berlin Philharmonic, in the Philharmonie, on the Sony label. That might seem to make this release of most interest to fans of this legendary pianist, for the two performances are pretty close in tempo and in overall approach. The differences do not amount to a rethinking of the work, but they do have the effect of taking one into Buchbinder's mind a bit. The biggest difference is that on the Sony performance, Buchbinder conducted the performance from the keyboard, while here, the Philharmonic is led by Christian Thielemann. Compare the solo entrances in the Piano...
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Add this copy of Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15; 6 Piano to cart. $32.50, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2020 by DG.
