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STEREO: PCM / SURROUND: DTS 5.1
This 2-DVD set features five piano concerto performances by Maurizio Pollini, all filmed in the late 1970s at the Musikverein in Vienna. Pollini performs with Karl Böhm conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Beethoven piano concertos nos. 3 and 5 and Mozart piano concertos nos. 19 and 23.
The DVD is completed with Brahms’s lyrical second piano concerto, this time with Claudio Abbado leading the Vienna Philharmonic. This is a fascinating close-up of one the of the 20th century’s greatest pianists.
STEREO: PCM / SURROUND: DTS 5.1
This 2-DVD set features five piano concerto performances by Maurizio Pollini, all filmed in the late 1970s at the Musikverein in Vienna. Pollini performs with Karl Böhm conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Beethoven piano concertos nos. 3 and 5 and Mozart piano concertos nos. 19 and 23.
The DVD is completed with Brahms’s lyrical second piano concerto, this time with Claudio Abbado leading the Vienna Philharmonic. This is a fascinating close-up of one the of the 20th century’s greatest pianists.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Maurizio Pollini (Piano)
Conductor:
Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1800; Vienna, Austria
2.
Concerto for Piano no 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Maurizio Pollini (Piano)
Conductor:
Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1809; Vienna, Austria
3.
Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Maurizio Pollini (Piano)
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878-1881; Austria
4.
Concerto for Piano no 19 in F major, K 459 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Maurizio Pollini (Piano)
Conductor:
Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1784; Vienna, Austria
5.
Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Maurizio Pollini (Piano)
Conductor:
Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
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