Beethoven: Piano Concertos (1992)

In every way that matters, this set of the Beethoven piano concertos with Leon Fleischer, George Szell, and the Cleveland Orchestra from the late '50s and early '60s is the first great American cycle of the concertos. Fleischer is a brilliant pianist with a hard-muscled tone, an athletic technique, and a fluent sense of tempo. His interpretations are more Classical then Romantic, more objective than subjective, more acting than being but the obvious joy Fleischer feels in his own prowess makes his playing endlessly ... Read More

In every way that matters, this set of the Beethoven piano concertos with Leon Fleischer, George Szell, and the Cleveland Orchestra from the late '50s and early '60s is the first great American cycle of the concertos. Fleischer is a brilliant pianist with a hard-muscled tone, an athletic technique, and a fluent sense of tempo. His interpretations are more Classical then Romantic, more objective than subjective, more acting than being but the obvious joy Fleischer feels in his own prowess makes his playing endlessly enjoyable. Better than that, Fleischer's interpretations are soulful and thoughtful, going deep into the lyricism of the slow movements and flying through the Allegro con brios. Szell was one of the many Hungarian conductors who were running American orchestras after the war, but unlike most of his countrymen, Szell adapted to his adopted country and he built in the Cleveland Orchestra what was then and still is now the cleanest, sharpest, strongest, most supple, and certainly the most... Read Less

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