Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos (UHQ-CD/MQA)

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[UHQCD][MQACD] ◇To commemorate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, the Vienna Philharmonic Association honored Buchbinder with the complete Beethoven piano concertos for the first time in its 150-year history during the 2019/20 season. This is a precious record of the concert series. ◇A spectacular collaboration with five of today's finest orchestras and conductors. ◇Includes Mariss Jansons's final performance of Piano Concerto No. 2, performed on October 28th, before his death from heart failure on November 30th, 2019. ◇A masterpiece that deserves to be remembered as the ideal example of Beethoven performance by a master beloved by Vienna and carrying on the Viennese tradition. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) CD1 1 Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 Andris Nelsons, conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra 2 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 Mariss Jansons, conductor Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

CD2 3 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Valery Gergiev, conductor Munich Philharmonic Orchestra 4 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Christian Thielemann, conductor Staatskapelle Dresden

CD3 5 Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor" Riccardo Muti, conductor Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

Live recording: October 2019 (Nos. 1 & 2), November 2019 (No. 3), December 2019 (No. 5) Vienna October 2020 (No. 4) Dresden [Postponed from May 2020 Vienna]

48kHz/24bit audio recorded in MQA 88.2kHz/24bit format.

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This is a valuable record of the concert series in which, commemorating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, the Vienna Philharmonic gave Buchbinder the honor of performing all of Beethoven's piano concertos for the first time in its 150-year history during the 2019/20 season. (C)RS