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beethoven piano concerto

Recently listened to Lang Lang's recording on Beethoven piano concerto 1 and 4 and liked the music a lot.

Can someone suggest some good recordings that excel both in sound and performances? LPs would be great but CD/SACD/hi-res files are welcomed too.

Thanks

Glai (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

05-07-12

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05-07-12 I don't normally think of arthur rubinstein with beethoven b ... Uru975

05-07-12 Another vote for steven kovacevich's 4th. in fact, phillips ... 77jovian

05-09-12 If you want lp, there is a great box set of live performance ... Learsfool

05-09-12 Many thanks guys. i will check those out. any other wort ... Glai

05-09-12 Second the brendel/levine set; excellent! Frogman

05-09-12 I can recommend this one: telarc-serkin Mapman

05-14-12 Just received the sealed brendel levine set from ebay. wond ... Glai

05-18-12 Murray perahia on sony from the 80's.they're very inexpensiv ... Route9

05-23-12 You would really enjoy the fritz reiner/horowitz recording o ... Huntermusic

05-24-12 Just acquired a good copy (lp)of edwin fischer playing and w ... Uru975

05-24-12 I have that and i also recommend the fischer/philharmonia be ... Kr4

05-25-12 By far the best version of his pc#1 imho is the original lp ... Nanotweeter

06-05-12 Sony has remaster the fleisher szell 3 and 4. on sacd try a ... Richardfinegold

06-06-12 Try emil gilels/leopold ludwig/philharmonia orchestra in #4 ... 11flat6

06-06-12 There 9 gilels versions of the 4th out there, per the curren ... Richardfinegold

06-11-12 Thanks guys. so far my fav are no 4 and no 1. re alfred b ... Glai

06-26-12 I'd also highly recommend wilhelm kempff/paul van kempen/bpo ... 11flat6

06-27-12 I have the kovacevich version, and while the performance is ... Mike60

06-27-12 Try rudolf serkin/rafael kubelik/bayerishchen rundfunks lvb ... 11flat6

07-20-12 Helene grimaud did a nice beethoven record. i can't search a ... Goofyfoot

08-08-12 I'm amazed that no one has mentioned the performances played ... Vpt

08-09-12 A wilhelm backhaus set of remastered recordings is available ... Goofyfoot

08-10-12 Hdtracks has released 48/24 versions of the piano concertos ... Dtc

08-11-12 For rare live recording releases (all in mono) of beethoven' ... Yu11375