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Radu Lupu - Beethoven: The Piano Concertos, 3 Sonatas, 2 Rondos (2005)

Radu Lupu - Beethoven: The Piano Concertos, 3 Sonatas, 2 Rondos (2005)

BAND/ARTIST: Radu Lupu

  • Title: Beethoven: The Piano Concertos, 3 Sonatas, 2 Rondos
  • Year Of Release: 2005
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 04:48:22
  • Total Size: 1.1 Gb
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Tracklist:

CD 1
1 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 in C Major, Op.15 - 1. Allegro con brio
by Radu Lupu & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta
2 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 in C Major, Op.15 - 2. Largo
by Radu Lupu & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta
3 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 in C Major, Op.15 - 3. Rondo (Allegro scherzando)
by Radu Lupu & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta
4 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major, Op.19 - 1. Allegro con brio
by Radu Lupu & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta
5 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major, Op.19 - 2. Adagio
by Radu Lupu & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta
6Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major, Op.19 - 3. Rondo (Molto allegro)
by Radu Lupu & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta
7 Beethoven: Rondo in C Major, Op.51, No.1
by Radu Lupu
8 Beethoven: Rondo in G Major, Op.51, No.2
by Radu Lupu

CD 2
1 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C Minor, Op.37 - 1. Allegro con brio
by Radu Lupu & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta
2 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37 - 2. Largo
by Radu Lupu & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta
3 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37 - 3. Rondo (Allegro)
by Radu Lupu & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta
4 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, Op.58 - 1. Allegro moderato
by Radu Lupu & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta
5 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, Op.58 - 2. Andante con moto
by Radu Lupu & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta
6 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, Op.58 - 3. Rondo (Vivace)
by Radu Lupu & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta

CD 3
1 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor" - 1. Allegro
by Radu Lupu & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta
2 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor" - 2. Adagio un poco mosso
by Radu Lupu & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta
3 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor" - 3. Rondo (Allegro)
by Radu Lupu & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta
4 Beethoven, Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14 In C Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight" - 1. Adagio sostenuto
by Radu Lupu
5 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14 In C Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight" - 2. Allegretto
by Radu Lupu
6 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14 In C Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight" - 3. Presto agitato
by Radu Lupu
7 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.8 in C Minor, Op.13 -"Pathétique" - 1. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
by Radu Lupu
8 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.8 in C Minor, Op.13 -"Pathétique" - 2. Adagio cantabile
by Radu Lupu
9 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.8 in C Minor, Op.13 -"Pathétique" - 3. Rondo (Allegro)
by Radu Lupu

CD 4
1 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C Major, Op.53 -"Waldstein" - 1. Allegro con brio
by Radu Lupu
2 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C Major, Op.53 -"Waldstein" - 2. Introduzione (Adagio molto)
by Radu Lupu
3 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C Major, Op.53 -"Waldstein" - 3. Rondo (Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo)
by Radu Lupu
4 Beethoven: 32 Variations in C Minor on an Original Theme, WoO 80
by Radu Lupu
5 Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Wind Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.16 - 1. Grave - Allegro ma non troppo
by Radu Lupu & Hans de Vries & George Pieterson & Vicente Zarzo & Brian Pollard
6 Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Wind Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.16 - 2. Andante cantabile
by Radu Lupu & Hans de Vries & George Pieterson & Vicente Zarzo & Brian Pollard
7 Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Wind Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.16 - 3. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo)
by Radu Lupu & Hans de Vries & George Pieterson & Vicente Zarzo & Brian Pollard

There are only three things wrong with this collection of Beethoven's Piano Concertos featuring Romanian pianist Radu Lupu -- 1. Zubin Mehta on the podium, 2. the Israel Philharmonic is on-stage, and 3. Lupu has said he will never again record these or any other works. Nevertheless, Lupu's collection of Beethoven's Piano Concertos belongs on the shelf with the best performances of the works because Lupu is by common assent one of the great pianists of his generation. Why? Because his technique is so flawless it's imperceptible, because his tone is at once clear, high, full, and deep, because temperament combines the poetic and dramatic without a hint of the rhetorical, and, best of all, because his interpretations are wholly individual, his rounded phrasing, and molded structures unmistakably Lupu, but never for an instant self-indulgent. Despite the fact that Mehta does no more than beat time behind Lupu -- and that not especially well: listen to his cues in the opening of the Fifth Concerto -- and the Israel Philharmonic does no more than keep up with Lupu -- and that not always successfully: listen to the scrappy string ensemble in the closing Rondo of the First Concerto -- Lupu's playing is so poised, polished, and controlled that it transforms these performances from the hopeless to transcendent. In the three sonatas, the two Rondos, and the C minor Variations, the unaccompanied Lupu is simply sublime while in the delightful Quintet for piano and winds, Lupu, in the company of four first-rate soloists, is absolutely charming. Anyone who has never heard Radu Lupu should listen to these discs. It will be like discovering a new continent. Decca's sound is oddly muffled in the concerto recordings, but clean enough in the solo and chamber works.





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