Since you are interested in Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: The 3 Piano Concertos Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / CD - released 1/Oct/1990 ] 'In each of the concertos it is Kovacevich's reading of the finale which crowns the performance...the recording represents the work of Philips engineers at its refined best [Concertos 1 & 3]' Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Quintet Op 34 Maurizio Pollini (piano) / Quartetto Italiano [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 16/Mar/2004 ] [Gramophone Award 1980] "In this recording I am confident you will find an exceptional degree of inspiration in both the music and in the way it is played. [... ] all four movements have an almost mesmeric tension, a positively creative musicality;... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op.16 / Carnaval, Op.9 Mitsuko Uchida (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] 'I have the impression that her aim was to make them wholly and uniquely her own...much of what we hear is as refreshingly imaginative as it is pianistically exemplary...she relishes the fantasy and caprice of Carnaval with an arrestingly vivid... |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Piano Quintets Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Borodin Quartet [ Philips Originals / CD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] "The performances are delightful, both scrupulous and fresh; and the character of Richter's playing with the Borodin Quartet supporting him sympathetically, make this concert an occasion well worth preserving ..." Gramophone |
SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto / Introduction and Allegro / Toccata / Waldszenen Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Witold Rowicki [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - "Sviatoslav Richter captures the essential intimacy of Schumann's concerto without neglecting its grander gestures. His reading of the first movemnet is among the most volatile on... |
LISZT
Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 6 + 15 / La Campanella / Valse Impromptu ; Rigoletto-Paraphrase ; Polonaise No. 2 ; etc Tamas Vasary (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] "The playing here is consummate, technically very accomplished and happily combining sensitivity with brilliance. DGG's recording is very fine." (Penguin) |