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Piano Concerto 1

Piotr Anderszewski, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Virgin 5021112 review
Daniel Barenboim, New PO/Otto Klemperer EMI 3615252 review review
Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin Euroarts 2056778 review
Ronald Brautigam, Norrkopping SO/Andrew Parrott BIS BISSACD1692 review
Alfred Brendel, Stuttgart PO/Wilfried Boettcher Brilliant 93761 review
Alfred Cortot, Lausanne CO/Victor Desarzens Tahra TAH610 review
Emil Gilels, Société des Concerts du Conservatoire O/André Vandernoot
EMI 3877392 review
Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Omroep CO/Mauritz van der Berg Arbiter 154 review
Wilhelm Kempff, Berlin PO/Paul van Kempen DG 4765299 review review
Evgeny Kissin, London SO/Colin Davis EMI 2063112 review
Lang Lang, Paris O/Christoph Eschenbach DG 4776719 review
Mikhail Pletnev, Russian Ntl O/Christian Gansch DG 4776415 review
Mikhail Pletnev, Russian Ntl O/Christian Gansch DG 4777475 review
Rudolf Serkin, New York PO/Guido Cantelli Andromeda ANDRCD5092 review
Melvyn Tan, London Classical Players/Roger Norrington Virgin 5220142 review
Christian Zacharias, Staatskapelle Dresden/ Hans Vonk EMI 5009272

Piano Concerto 2

Daniel Barenboim, New PO/Otto Klemperer EMI 3615252 review review
Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin Euroarts 2056778 review
Alfred Brendel, Vienna VolksoperO/Heinz Wallberg Brilliant 93761 review
Emil Gilels, Société des Concerts du Conservatoire O/André Vandernoot
EMI 3877392 review
Myra Hess, Scottish Ntl O/Alexander Gibson BBC Legends BBCL41782 review
Wilhelm Kempff, Berlin PO/Paul van Kempen DG 4765299 review review
Evgeny Kissin, London SO/Colin Davis EMI 2063112 review
John O’Conor, London SO/Andreas Delfs Telarc CD80675 review
Mikhail Pletnev, Russian NO/Christian Gansch DG 4776416 review
Mikhail Pletnev, Russian Ntl O/Christian Gansch DG 4777475 review
Melvyn Tan, London Classical Players/Roger Norrington Virgin 5220142 review
Christian Zacharias, Staatskapelle Dresden/ Hans Vonk EMI 5009272

Piano Concerto 3

Claudio Arrau, Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy Naxos 8.111263 review review
Daniel Barenboim, New PO/Otto Klemperer EMI 3615252 review review
Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin Euroarts 2056778 review
Ronald Brautigam, Norrkopping SO/Andrew Parrott BIS BISSACD1692 review
Alfred Brendel, Lucerne Fest O/Claudio Abbado Euroarts 2054649 review
Alfred Brendel, Vienna SO/Heinz Wallberg Brilliant 93761 review
Rudolf Firkusny, New York PO/Guido Cantelli Andromeda ANDRCD5092 review
Leon Fleisher, Cleveland O/George Szell Sony 82876 787672 review
Bruno Gelber, New PO/Ferdinand Leitner
EMI 3877392 review
Wilhelm Kempff, Berlin PO/Paul van Kempen DG 4765299 review review
Evgeny Kissin, London SO/Colin Davis EMI 2063112 review
Mikhail Pletnev, Russian Ntl O/Christian Gansch DG 4776415 review
Mikhail Pletnev, Russian Ntl O/Christian Gansch DG 4777475 review
Solomon, Philharmonia O/Herbert Menges EMI 2061022 review
Melvyn Tan, London Classical Players/Roger Norrington Virgin 5220142 review
Christian Zacharias, Staatskapelle Dresden/ Hans Vonk EMI 5009272

Piano Concerto 4

Wilhelm Backhaus, Vienna SO/Karl Böhm Eurarts 2072058 review
Wilhelm Backhaus, Vienna PO/Hans Knappertsbusch Tahra TAH606-09 review
Wilhelm Backhaus, New York PO/Guido Cantelli Andromeda ANDRCD5092 review
Daniel Barenboim, New PO/Otto Klemperer EMI 3615252 review review
Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin Euroarts 2056778 review
Boris Berezovsky, Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard Simax PSC1280 review
Alfred Brendel, Vienna SO/Heinz Wallberg Brilliant 93761 review
Robert Casadesus, Koln RSO/Gunter Wand Profil PH06006 review
Leon Fleisher, Cleveland O/George Szell Sony 82876 787672 review
Walter Gieseking, Cologne RSO/Joseph Keilberth Medici MM0172 review
Emil Gilels, Philharmonia O/Leopold Ludwig
EMI 3877392 review
Emil Gilels, Philharmonia O/Leopold Ludwig EMI 4768282 review
Wilhelm Kempff, Berlin PO/Paul van Kempen DG 4765299 review review
Evgeny Kissin, London SO/Colin Davis EMI 2063112 review
Lang Lang, Paris O/Christoph Eschenbach DG 4776719 review
Mikhail Pletnev, Russian NO/Christian Gansch DG 4776416 review
Mikhail Pletnev, Russian Ntl O/Christian Gansch DG 4777475 review
Artur Rubinstein, London PO/Antal Dorati BBC Legends BBCL42162
Melvyn Tan, London Classical Players/Roger Norrington Virgin 5220142 review
Christian Zacharias, Staatskapelle Dresden/ Hans Vonk EMI 5009272 review

Piano Concerto 5

Wilhelm Backhaus, Cologne RSO/Georg Solti Medici MM0062 review
Daniel Barenboim, New PO/Otto Klemperer EMI 3615252 review review
Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin Euroarts 2056778 review
Alfred Brendel, Vienna SO/Zubin Mehta Brilliant 93761 review
Robert Casadesus, New York PO/Guido Cantelli Andromeda ANDRCD5092 review
Bruno Gelber, New PO/Ferdinand Leitner
EMI 3877392 review
Emil Gilels, Philharmonia O/Leopold Ludwig EMI 4768282 review
Hélène Grimaud, Staatskapelle Dresden/ Vladimir Jurowski DG 4777149 review
Wilhelm Kempff, Berlin PO/Paul van Kempen DG 4765299 review review
Evgeny Kissin, London SO/Colin Davis EMI 2063112 review
John O’Conor, London SO/Andreas Delfs Telarc CD80675 review
Mikhail Pletnev, Russian Ntl O/Christian Gansch DG 4777475 review
Artur Schnabel, London SO/Malcolm Sargent Pristine PASC001 review
Solomon, Philharmonia O/Herbert Menges EMI 2061022 review
Melvyn Tan, London Classical Players/Roger Norrington Virgin 5220142 review
Christian Zacharias, Staatskapelle Dresden/ Hans Vonk EMI 5009272

Triple concerto

Christian Ferras, Paul Tortelier, Eric Heidsieck, Ntl RSO France/Jean Martinon Doremi DHR7716 review
Christian Zacharias, Heinrich Schiff, Ulf Hoelscher, Leipzig Gewandhaus O/Kurt Masur EMI 5009272
Gordan Nikolitch, Tim Hugh, Lars Vogt, London SO/Bernard Haitink LSO Live LSO0078 review
David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Knushevitzky, Lev Oborin, Philharmonia O/Malcolm Sargent EMI 3814872 review
David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Knushevitzky, Lev Oborin, Philharmonia O/Malcolm Sargent EMI 3877392 review
Gil Shaham, Truls Mørk, Yefim Bronfman (piano); (violin); (cello); Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/ David Zinman    

Violin concerto

Adolf Busch, New York PSO/Fritz Busch Music & Arts CD1183 review
Guila Bustabo, Concertgebouw O/Willem Mengelberg Tahra TAH640 review
Kyung-Wha Chung, Royal Concertgebouw O/Klaus Tennstedt EMI 5034102
Jascha Heifetz, New York Phil SO/Dmitri Mitropoulos IDIS 6528 review
Jascha Heifetz, NBC SO/Arturo Toscanini Guild GHCD2248/9 review
Leonid Kogan, Turin RAI SO/Rudolf Kempe Archipel ARPCD0349 review
Min-Jin Kym, Philharmonia O/Sir Andrew Davis Sony 88697 144422 review
Yehudi Menuhin, Lucerne Festival O/Wilhelm Furtwängler Naxos 8.110996 review
Nathan Milstein, London PO/Adrian Boult EMI DVB38845690 review review
David Oistrakh, French Radio Ntl O/Andre Cluytens EMI 3877392 review
David Oistrakh, French Radio Ntl O/Andre Cluytens EMI 5008992 review
Rachel Barton Pine, Royal PO/Jose Serebrier Cedille CDR90000106 review
Vadim Repin, Vienna PO/Riccardo Muti DG 4776596 review review
Eric Rohn, Berlin PO/Wilhelm Furtwangler Melodiya MELCD1001105 review
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, London SO/Istvan Kertész BBC Legends BBCL42172 review
Berl Senofsky, Boston SO/Pierre Monteux Cembal d'Amour CD126 review



 

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