One of Radu Lupu’s earliest Decca recordings, this couples two of Beethoven’s most dramatic C minor works. The performance with Lawrence Foster receives its first CD release while the C minor Variations have, time and again, been recognised as classic recordings.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Radu Lupu, piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence Foster
32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80
Radu Lupu, piano
highly spontaneous’ Penguin Guide to CDs (2000 Yearbook)
‘Lupu delivers an urgent, exhilarating performance full of poetry and drama … a terrific disc that any Beethoven lover should snap up’ CMW Classics
‘a precious rarity for admirers of this pianist’ Répertoire