Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4


Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4
Radu Lupu; Zubin Mehta
Label
Decca
Catalogue No.
4667072
Barcode
00028946670729
Format
1-CD
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Some of the most poetic readings of these concertos.  Lupu and Mehta bring freshness and vitality to No. 1 while No. 4 receives one of its most lucid readings on record with its famous opening, phrased with perhaps unequalled beauty.

TRACK LISTING / ARTISTS

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Radu Lupu, piano
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta

Reviews

‘sparkle and sensitivity’ Penguin Guide to CDs (2000 Yearbook)