They were recorded in may 2011 in the main concerthall of vienna, and buchbinder directed the orchestra from the keyboard. In solo repertoire this has sometimes led him to follow his impulses into bold, unexpected interpretations. Published on nov 3, 2019 beethovens piano concertos with rudolf buchbinder a head start on the beethoven year. Rudolf buchbinder is firmly established as one of the most important pianists on the international scene. Beethoven piano concertos buchbinder sony classical. Rudolf buchbinder liu kotow international management. These are beautifully etched performances, shapely of line, tastefully ornamented, and graced with a lovelytoned instrument excellently balanced against the instrumental ensemble. Czech philharmonic rudolf buchbinder ceskafilharmonie. Rudolf buchbinder, wiener philharmoniker beethoven.
When star pianist rudolf buchbinder, the exceptional conductor riccardo muti and the vienna philharmonic orchestra. David hurwitz succinctly characterized the outstanding interpretive and sonic virtues for two out of the nine individual discs that make up this boxed set type. On the occasion of ludwig van beethoven s 250th birthday in the 201920 concert season, for the first time in its 150year history, the vienna musikverein is giving a single pianist, rudolf buchbinder, the honor of performing all five piano concertos by ludwig van beethoven in a specially edited cycle. This set, recorded about 20 or so years ago, has all the solo piano of beethoven in one set 15 cds, and it is just fantastic. Recorded live in two consecutive days, these wonderful cds testify buchbinder s magisterial command of the keyboard and his unimpeachable stylistic insight with respect to this music. Rudolf buchbinder born 1 december 1946, leitmeritz, czechoslovakia is an austrian classical pianist. In may 2011 rudolf buchbinder led the vienna philharmonic from the piano in all five beethoven concertos programmed across two concerts. Rudolf buchbinder performed all five beethoven piano concertos in the course of a saturday evening concert and a sunday matinee the following day. He has over 100 recordings to his credit, including the complete beethoven concertos, the complete mozart piano concertos, all of haydns works for piano and both brahms concertos. Veteran austrian pianist rudolf buchbinder has turned in midcareer to live recordings, believing that the live situation makes possible a greater degree of spontaneity.
On sunday, 20 october, rudolf buchbinder returns to musikverein wien. Buchbinder owns dozens of initial issues of the beehoven piano concertos and studies beethoven s autographs in depth. Macao orchestra will present all five of beethoven s piano concertos in two concerts, creating the final climax of this sumptuous season. For his 70th birthday in the 201617 season, he was celebrated in such venues as the carnegie hall in new york, suntory hall in tokyo, the musikverein in vienna and the berlin philharmonie. After decades of work on beethoven s original scores, pianist rudolf buchbinder offers a definitive interpretation of all of beethoven s piano concertos in this series of live recordings. Buchbinder conducts the vienna philharmonic from the piano and achieves a rare degree of tension and chamberlike concentration. It is the case here, where the austrian musician leads from the keyboard the famous vienna philharmonic in the complete cycle of beethoven piano concertos. Mix mozart, piano concert nr 20 d moll kv 466 rudolf. We are honoured to invite the worlds top pianist rudolf buchbinder, a masterful artist whose deep understanding and exquisite interpretation of beethoven s work is held as the standard in the. The five piano concertos pittsburgh official ticket. Buchbinder studied with bruno seidlhofer at the vienna academy of music. To get an idea of his ability listen to his moonlight and waldstein. Sony now brings out the performances audioonly soundtracks on cd.
Music go search best sellers gift ideas new releases. In 1966 he won a special prize awarded at the van cliburn international piano competition. Joachim kaiser, wiener philharmoniker, rudolf buchbinder. Buchbinder conducts with his eyes, eyebrows, head movements, and his hands, when free. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Very simply there is not a pianist today who brings forth the power of beethoven. Rudolf buchbinder beethovens piano concertos youtube. This 3 cd collection features buchbinder as soloist and conductor and is a live recording of concerts held in may 2011 at. Here, in beethoven s five piano concertos, theres less of an opportunity to color outside of the lines, even though buchbinder serves as his own conductor a tall order in beethoven in itself. Best of chopin international version international version. Rudolf buchbinder continued his cycle of the five beethoven piano concertos on 678 and 9 december, 2019 with the vienna philharmonic and riccardo muti at the wiener musikverein. Here, in beethoven s five piano concertos, theres less of an opportunity to color outside of the lines.
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