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Piano Concerto 1

Claudio Arrau, Philharmonia O/Carlo Maria Giulini EMI 5094212 review
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink Decca 4705192
Clifford Curzon, London SO/George Szell London 4176412 review
Nelson Friere, Leipzig Gewandhaus O/Riccardo Chailly Decca 4757637 review
John Lill, Halle O/James Loughran Resonance CDRSB204 review review
Artur Rubinstein, BBC SO/Colin Davis BBC Legends BBCL41872 review

Piano Concerto 2

Geza Anda, RAI Rome O/Herbert von Karajan Tahra TAH611-13
Claudio Arrau, Philharmonia O/Carlo Maria Giulini EMI 5094212 review
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vienna PO/Bernard Haitink Decca 4705192
Robert Casadesus, New York PO/Arturo Toscanini Guild GHCD2337/8 review
Misha Dichter, Leipzig Gewandhaus O/Kurt Masur Pentatone PTC5186125 review
Edwin Fischer, Berlin PO/Wilhelm Furtwangler Melodiya MELCD1001107 review
Nelson Friere, Leipzig Gewandhaus O/Riccardo Chailly Decca 4757637 review
Marc-Andre Hamelin, Dallas SO/Andrew Litton Hyperion CDA67550 review
Stephen Hough, BBC SO/Andrew Davis Virgin 3913662 review review
John Lill, Halle O/James Loughran Resonance CDRSB204 review review
John Ogdon, Hallé Orchestra/John Barbirolli BBC Legends BBCL41832 review
Joshua Pierce, Martinu PO/Kirk Trevor MSR MS1148 review review
Peter Rösel, Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau/Golo Berg Antes BMCD31.9204 review
Artur Rubinstein, Warsaw PO/Witold Rowicki Altara Archive ALT1021 review

Violin Concerto

Julia Fischer, Netherlands PO/Yakov Kreizberg Pentatone PTC5186066 review
Arthur Grumiaux, Concertgebouw O/Eduard van Beinum
Eloquence 4429788 review
Gioconda De Vito, Torino della RAI SO/Wilhelm Furtwängler IDIS 6532 review
Jascha Heifetz, New York PO/Arturo Toscanini IDIS 6528 review
Philippe Hirschhorn, Stuttgart RSO/Jiri Starek Doremi DHR7906/8 review
Nathan Milstein, Paris NO/André Cluytens Claves 50-2708
Ginette Neveu, Phil. O/Issay Dobrowen EMI 4768302 review
David Oistrakh, Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin BBC Legends BBCL41972 review
David Oistrakh, Radiodiffusion Française O/Otto Klemperer EMI 5094212 review
Joseph Szigeti, New York P-SO/Dmitri Mitropoulos Music & Arts CD1197 review
Victor Tretiakov, USSR State Academy SO/Yuri Temirkanov
Brilliant 93005 review
Thomas Zehetmair/Nthn Sinf Avie AV2125 review

Violin & Cello Concerto

Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Gustav Mahler Youth O/Myung-Whun Chung

Virgin 3951472
Christian Ferras, Janos Starker, Ntl RSO France/Charles Bruck Doremi DHR7716 review
Julia Fischer, Daniel Müller-Schott, Netherlands PO/Yakov Kreizberg Pentatone PTC5186066 review
Jean Fournier, Antonio Janigro, Vienna State Opera O/ Hermann Scherchen Pristine PASC042 review
Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, RCA Victor SO/Alfred Wallenstein BMG RCA 88697 040652 review
David Oistrakh, Pierre Fournier, Philharmonia O/Alceo Galliera EMI 3814872 review
David Oistrakh, Pierre Fournier, Philharmonia O/Alceo Galliera EMI 3457582 review
David Oistrakh, Pierre Fournier, Philharmonia O/Alceo Galliera EMI 5094212 review
David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich, Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin BBC Legends BBCL41972 review
Albert Spalding, Gaspar Cassadó, New York PO/Sir John Barbirolli Guild GHCD2330-31 review

 



 

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