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Clarinet Concerto

Richard Hosford, CO Europe/Alexander Schneider COE CD811
Sharon Kam, Czech PO/Manfred Honeck Euroarts 2055158 review
Peter Schmidl, Vienna PO/Leonard Bernstein Euroarts 2072088 review

Piano Concertos
Complete

Viviana Sofronitzki, Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense/Tadeusz Karolak Pro Camerata Musica 041-51 review

Individual

5 Malcolm Frager, Orchestra della Radiodiffusione della Svizzera Italiana/Marc Andreae Euroarts 2010248 review
7 Mira Yevtich, Ksenia Bashmet, Russian PO/Dmitry Yablonsky Bel Air BAM2037 review
8 Artur Balsam, Winterthur SO/Walter Goehr Bridge 9196A/B review
8 Christian Zacharias, Stuttgart RSO/Gianluigi Gelmetti Euroarts 2010248 review
9 Felicja Blumental, Mozarteum O Salzburg/ Leopold Hager Brana BR0008 review
9 Alfred Brendel, I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro Brilliant 93761 review review
9 Imogen Cooper/Nthn Sinf Avie AV2100 review
9
Clara Haskil, Cologne RSO/Otto Ackermann
Medici MM0042 review review
9 Mikhail Pletnev/Deutsche Kammerphil Virgin 3654672 review
9 Pascal Roge, Indianapolis SO/Raymond Leppard Onyx 4013 review
9 Michael Studer, Tibor Varga CO/Tibor Varga Claves 50-2713-18 review
11
Mark Bebbington, Orchestra of the Swan/David Curtis
Somm 066 review
11 Michael Studer, Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl Claves 50-2713-18 review
12
Mark Bebbington, Orchestra of the Swan/David Curtis
Somm 066 review
12 Michael Studer, Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl Claves 50-2713-18 review
12 Maurizio Pollini/Vienna PO DG 4777167 review
13 Artur Balsam, Concert Hall SO/Henry Swoboda Bridge 9196A/B review
13
Mark Bebbington, Orchestra of the Swan/David Curtis
Somm 066 review
13 Mitsuko Uchida/Camerata Salzburg DG 0734129 review
14 Artur Balsam, Haydn O/Harry Newstone Bridge 9217 review
14 Alfred Brendel, I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro Brilliant 93761 review review
14 Rudolf Buchbinder/Vienna PO Euroarts 2055908 review review
14 Rudolf Serkin, English CO/Alexander Schneider BBCL Legends BBCL42272 review
15 Artur Balsam, Haydn O/Harry Newstone Bridge 9217 review
15 Robert Levin, AAM/Christopher Hogwood ArkivCD 55814 review
16 Geza Anda/English CO BBC Legends BBCL42472 review
16
Cyprien Katsaris, Salzburg CPO/Yoon Kuk Lee
Piano 21 P21025N review
17 Geza Anda/English CO BBC Legends BBCL42472 review
17
Vladimir Ashkenazy/Padova Veneto O Exton OVCL00170 review
17 Artur Balsam, Haydn O/Harry Newstone Bridge 9217 review
17 Leonard Bernstein/Vienna PO Euroarts 2072098 review
17 Alfred Brendel, Vienna Volksoper O/Paul Angerer Brilliant 93761 review review
17 Maurizio Pollini/Vienna PO DG 4775795 review
17 Dezsö Ránki, English CO/Jeffrey Tate Euroarts 2010248 review
17 Lausanne CO/Christian Zacharias MDG 94014886 review
18 Artur Balsam, Haydn O/Harry Newstone Bridge 9217 review
18 Lausanne CO/Christian Zacharias MDG 94014886 review
19 Alfred Brendel, Vienna Volksoper O/Wilfried Boettcher Brilliant 93761 review review
19
Clara Haskil, Cologne RSO/Ferenc Fricsay
Medici MM0042 review review
19 Clara Haskil, Lausanne CO/Victor Desarzens Claves 50-2617 review review
19 Clara Haskil, Société des Concerts du Conservatoire O/Jerzy Katlewicz Tahra TAH628 review
20
Vladimir Ashkenazy/Padova Veneto O Exton OVCL00170 review
20 Daniel Barenboim/English CO CFP 2282782 review
20 Alfred Brendel, Vienna Volksoper O/Wilfried Boettcher Brilliant 93761 review review
20 Alfred Brendel, Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras Philips 4757185 review
20 Rudolf Buchbinder/Vienna PO Euroarts 2055908 review review
20 Dino Ciani, Torino RAI SO/Piero Bellugi Arts 430822 review
20 Clara Haskil, Philharmonia O/Herbert von Karajan Tahra TAH628 review
20 Wilhelm Kempff, Venezuela SO/Rios Reyna IDIS 6481-2 review
20 Mitja Nikisch, Berlin PO/Rudolf Schulz-Dornburg Tahyra TAH595-98 review
20 Michael Rische, WDR SO Köln/Howard Griffiths Profil PH09006 review
20 George Solti, English CO Eloquence 4762451 review
20 Martin Stadtfeld, NDR SO/Bruno Weil Sony 82876737142 review
20 Martino Tirimo/Prague CO Regis RRC1273 review
20 Mitsuko Uchida/Camerata Salzburg DG 0734129 review
21 Joanthan Biss/Orpheus CO EMI 2172702 review review
21 Felicja Blumental, Mozarteum O Salzburg/Leopold Hager Brana BR0027 review
21 Monique Haas, SWF SO/Hans Rosbaud Tahra TAH629 review
21
Cyprien Katsaris, Salzburg CPO/Yoon Kuk Lee
Piano 21 P21025N review
21 Stephen Kovacevich, London SO/Colin Davis Philips 4765316 review review
21 Dinu Lipatti, Lucerne Festival O/Herbert von Karajan EMI 2073182 review
21 Maurizio Pollini/Vienna PO DG 4775795 review
21 Rudolf Serkin, English CO/Alexander Schneider BBCL Legends BBCL42272 review
22 Daniel Barenboim/Berlin PO Euroarts 2055308 review
22 Daniel Barenboim/English CO CFP 5218682 review
22 Joanthan Biss/Orpheus CO EMI 2172702 review review
22 Alfred Brendel, Vienna CO/Paul Angerer Brilliant 93761 review review
22 Rudolf Buchbinder/Vienna PO Euroarts 2055898 review review
22 Robert Levin, AAM/Christopher Hogwood ArkivCD 452052 review
22 Sviatoslav Richter, English CO/Benjamin Britten BBC Legends BBCL42062 review
22 Martino Tirimo/Prague CO Regis RRC1273 review
23 Daniel Barenboim/English CO CFP 5218682 review
23 Rudolf Buchbinder/Vienna PO Euroarts 2055898 review review
23 Robert Casadesus, Cologne RSO/Georg-Ludwig Jochum Medici Arts MM0322 review
23 Imogen Cooper/Nthn Sinf Avie AV2100 review
23 Monique Haas, NDR SO/Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Tahra TAH629 review
23 Robert Levin, AAM/Christopher Hogwood ArkivCD 452052 review
23 Artur Rubinstein, English CO/Colin Davis BBC Legends BBCL41872 review
23 Mira Yevtich, Russian PO/Dmitry Yablonsky Bel Air BAM2037 review
24 Daniel Barenboim/English CO CFP 2282782 review
24 Rudolf Buchbinder/Vienna PO Euroarts 2055898 review review
24 Robert Casadesus, RFT NO/Pierre Monteux Music Arts CD1182 review
24 Imogen Cooper, Northern Sinf Avie AV2175 review
24 Sir Clifford Curzon, BBC SO/Sir John Pritchard BBC Legends BBC41812 review
24 Clara Haskil, Lausanne CO/Victor Desarzens Claves 50-2617 review review
24 Mikhail Pletnev, Deutsche Kammerphil Virgin 3654672 review
24 Maurizio Pollini, Vienna PO DG 4777167 review
24 Solomon, Philharmonia O/Herbert Menges EMI 2061022 review
24 Martin Stadtfeld, NDR SO/Bruno Weil Sony 82876737142 review
25 Alfred Brendel, Vienna CO/Paul Angerer Brilliant 93761 review review
25 Rudolf Buchbinder/Vienna PO Euroarts 2055908 review review
25 Dino Ciani, Napoli RAI SO/John Barbirolli Arts 430822 review
25 Imogen Cooper, Northern Sinf Avie AV2175 review
25 Stephen Kovacevich, London SO/Colin Davis Philips 4765316 review review
25 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, O Filarmonica della RAI di Roma /Franco Caracciolo Altara ALT1023 review
25 Philharmonia O/Bernard Pommier Warner 2564 619852 review
25 Pascal Roge, Indianapolis SO/Raymond Leppard Onyx 4013 review
26 Robert Levin, AAM/Christopher Hogwood ArkivCD 455814 review
26 Philharmonia O/Bernard Pommier Warner 2564 619852 review
27 Alfred Brendel, Vienna Volksoper O/Paul Angerer Brilliant 93761 review review
27 Aleksandar Madzar, Royal PO/André Previn Euroarts 2010248 review
27 Sviatoslav Richter, English CO/Benjamin Britten BBC Legends BBCL42062 review
27 Artur Schnabel, London SO/John Barbirolli Naxos 8.111294 review

Concerto for two pianos K365

Paul Badura-Skoda, Reine Gianoli, Vienna State Opera O/Hermann Scherchen Tahra WEST3005-6 review
Daniel Barenboim, George Solti, English CO Eloquence 4762451 review
Håvard Gimse, Vebjørn Anvik, Norwegian CO/Iona Brown Chandos CHAN10570X review
Emil Gilels, Yakov Yak, USSR State Orchestra/Kirill Kondrashin APR 5664 review
Alexei Lubimov, Ronald Brautigam (fp), Haydn Sinfonietta Wien/Manfred Huss BIS SACD1618 review
Jon Kimura Parker, Ian Parker, CBC Radio O/Mario Bernardi CBC SMCD5240 review
Earl Wild, Zaidee Parkinson, National PO/Richard Dufallo Ivory 76002 review

Concerto for three pianos

Daniel Barenboim, Andras Schiff, George Solti, English CO Eloquence 4762451 review
Emil Gilels, Yakov Yak, USSR State Orchestra/Kirill Kondrashin APR 5664 review
Alexei Lubimov, Ronald Brautigam, Manfred Huss (fp), Haydn Sinfonietta Wien/Manfred Huss BIS SACD1618 review
Jon Kimura Parker, Ian Parker, James Parker, CBC Radio O/Mario Bernardi CBC SMCD5240 review



 

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