Since you are interested in Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas & Concertos (12 CD set recorded 1970 - 77), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (both piano and Ravel orchestral versions) Alfred Brendel (piano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Philips Solo / CD - released 1/Jul/2001 ] Classic recordings reissued at mid price |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUBERT / etc
The Farewell Concerts Alfred Brendel (piano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "There is greatness to be found in every bar of these two discs, and that goes not only for the music but the musician too." Gramophone Magazine, January 2010 |
W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos No 12 K414 & No 17 K453 Alfred Brendel (piano) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles MacKerras [ Decca / CD - released 15/Nov/2005 ] This is the latest release in the highly acclaimed Philips series of Mozart Piano Concerti from two of the World's most distinguished Mozartians - pianist Alfred Brendel and conductor Sir Charles Mackerras (who celebrates his 80th birthday in 2005). |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 8 & 14 / Piano Sonata no 8 Alfred Brendel (piano) / i Solisti di Zagreb / Antonio Janigro [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "Brendel's 1968 performance of No. 9 is quite outstanding, elegant and beautifully precise….orchestra is just right…the performance of No. 14 is also first rate… a memorably vivacious finale. Outstanding re-issue with natural sound….clean... |