Beethoven: Complete Concertos (Kremer, Barenboim, Mutter, Pollini - 5 CDs)

The stars here are of the most brilliant variety: Daniel Barenboim, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Herbert Von Karajan, Yo-Yo Ma, Maurizio Pollini, the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic and others. And while many of the pieces are likewise famous, this set also includes rare early works and the composer's own piano arrangement of his Violin Concerto in D Major . Also here: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in B Flat; Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C Major; Violin Concerto in C Major; Romance for Violin and Orchestra in G Major; Piano Concerto in E Flat Major; Romance Cantabile for Piano, Flute and Bassoon , and more. An essential component of any Beethoven collection-and, really, of any classical-music collection!


CD 1 Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major op. 15 37:35 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major op. 19 28:42 Maurizio Pollini, piano Wiener Philharmoniker / Eugen Jochum

Rondo for piano and Orchestra in B flat WoO6 9:22 Sviatoslav Richter, piano Wiener Symphoniker / Kurt Sanderling

CD 2 Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor op. 37 34:37 Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major op. 58 32:37 Maurizio Pollini, piano Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Böhm

Romance cantabile for Piano, Flute and Bassoon 4:52 accompanied by two oboes and strings in E minor Hess13 Patrick Gallois, flute; Pascal Gallois, bassoon; Philharmonia Orchestra / Myung-Whun Chung, piano and conductor

CD3 Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat major op. 73 "Emperor" 38:47 Maurizio Pollini, piano Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Böhm

Concerto for piano, violin and violoncello in C major, op. 56 36:21 Mark Zeltser, piano; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD 4 Violin Concerto in D major op. 61 48:27 Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

Violin Concerto in C major WoO 5 15:45 Gidon Kremer, violin London Symphony Orchestra / Emil Tchakarov

Romance for violin and orchestra in G major op. 40 7:43 Romance for violin and orchestra in F major op. 50 10:16 Gil Shaham, violin / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

CD 5 Piano Concerto in D major 44:50 (arranged by the composer from the Violin Concerto) English Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim, piano and conductor

Piano Concerto in E flat major WoO 4 27:12 Lidia Grychtolowna, piano Folkwang-Kammerorchester Heinz Dressel