Brahms: Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor / 2 Rhapsodies, op.79 / Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor / etc (special price)
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Brahms: Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor / 2 Rhapsodies, op.79 / Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor / etc (special price)
Radu Lupu (piano) with London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart (cond)
[ Decca / 3 CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 11 April 2006
Lupu is one of those rare artists who has achieved something approaching cult status and the release of these sets of discs is a timely reminder of the artistry of this very fine pianist.
"In Brahms's Op 117-19, music like 'the golden lustre of parks in autumn, and the austere black and white of winter walks' (William Ritter), Lupu draws you into his confidence as only he can. The halting progressions of Op 119 No 2 (something Rachmaninov later remembered in his F major Prelude, Op 32 No 7) is perfectly qualified by its rapturous middle section and throughout all these pieces Lupu draws you into a crepuscular world of such poetic resource that you finally emerge blinking into the often banal reality of everyday life." Gramophone Magazine
Tracks:
CD 1
1-5 Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor, op.5
6 Theme and Variations in D minor (arr. from String Sextet, op.18)
CD 2
1-2 2 Rhapsodies, op.79
3-5 3 Intermezzi, op.117
6-11 6 Piano Pieces, op.118
12-15 4 Piano Pieces, op.119
CD 3
1-3 Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
