![]() | author: Beethoven asin: B000LRYPP8 binding: Digital list price: $5.95 USD amazon price: $5.95 USD |
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Even Alfred Brendel may not approve of the Beethoven performances heard on these discs. Brendel is several decades older and wiser now, and may well find these products of his relative youth as callow as I do. The magnificent Diabelli Variations, one of Beethoven's greatest compositions, is trivialized by this undercharacterized playing, which lets so many important moments go by without saying anything special about them. It's worth the extra money to spring for a great performance of this music, like Richter on Praga PR 254 023 or Oelbaum on Bridge BCD 9010. The smaller pieces also sound bland. Even at a low price this set is no great bargain. --Leslie Gerber
![]() | author: Brendel Mehta Vienna Cdvox 7107 asin: 6301949331 binding: Audio CD list price: $5.99 USD amazon price: $5.99 |
![]() | author: Ludwig van Beethoven asin: 0486245632 binding: Paperback list price: $24.95 USD amazon price: $16.47 USD |
Full scores of 5 great Beethoven piano concertos, reproduced from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel edition, with all cadenzas as he wrote them. The works reveal the pianistic and orchestral mastery of Beethoven's early and middle periods as well as his innovative genius. New table of contents.