The Liszt Concertos
£5.11
In stock - available for despatch within 1 working day
Despatch Information
This despatch estimate is based on information from both our own stock and the UK supplier's stock.
If ordering multiple items, we will aim to send everything together so the longest despatch estimate will apply to the complete order.
If you would rather receive certain items more quickly, please place them on a separate order.
If any unexpected delays occur, we will keep you informed of progress via email and not allow other items on the order to be held up.
If you would prefer to receive everything together regardless of any delay, please let us know via email.
Pre-orders will be despatched as close as possible to the release date.
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat No: 4779521
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Contents
Artists
Daniel BarenboimStaatskapelle Berlin
Conductor
Pierre BoulezWorks
Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major, S124Piano Concerto no.2 in A major, S125
Artists
Daniel BarenboimStaatskapelle Berlin
Conductor
Pierre BoulezAbout
These artists performed these concertos in 2011 at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Concert reviews:
“The spirit of each work was caught precisely, whether it was the brazen vulgarity of the march in the second concerto, or the interweaving of delicate piano tracery with the orchestra in the first, with the triangle player who launches the finale given a position of honour right next to the piano.” – The Guardian
“...the performances were masterly and original... revealing in orchestral textures and pianistic versatility” – theartsdesk.com
“(Barenboim’s) performances of the two Liszt concertos were truly miraculous. They revealed the shallowness of so many performances of these pieces, which make virtuosity merely a matter of speed and dexterity. Liszt once said that though younger pianists may have had a better technique than him, he was the better pianist because he had more personality. And here it was precisely the immense personality of Barenboim’s performances which was so captivating.“ – The Telegraph
“No one does keyboard theatre quite like Barenboim and the elaborate arpeggios which traverse the keyboard at the start of the second concerto were demonstrably aristocratic. There followed a compelling exhibition of grand and thoroughly idiomatic piano playing where the schmaltz and soul of his playing seemed quite literally to grow out of the orchestra, his thunderous fanfares at the close like an entirely other brass contingent. But the best was yet to come. His acceptance of the orchestra’s opening unison in the First Concerto was flung back like a gauntlet and come the suspended phrasings of the second subject it was as if the piano had suddenly transformed into a cimbalom so authentic were the colourations. The slow movement was rapt with nostalgia, back phrasings and rubato between the hands giving it a golden era extravagance.” – The Independent
Error on this page? Let us know here
Need more information on this product? Click here