Longtime fans of reclusive Romanian pianist Radu Lupu will no doubt already know his handful of recordings of Brahms' piano music made in the '70s and early '80s for Decca -- his recklessly imperious F minor Sonata, romantically dramatic D minor Concerto, inwardly brooding D minor Variations, and richly autumnal late rhapsodies, ballades, and ...
There are only three things wrong with this collection of Beethoven's Piano Concertos featuring Romanian pianist Radu Lupu -- 1. Zubin Mehta on the podium, 2. the Israel Philharmonic is on-stage, and 3. Lupu has said he will never again record these or any other works. Nevertheless, Lupu's collection of Beethoven's Piano Concertos belongs on the ...
The title is Romantic Adagios II. The description is "Over 2 1/2 hours of the world's most passionate music." What these are, in other words, are two discs of seduction music, which is fine. Using music for seductive purposes is the oldest ploy in the world. From Orpheus up to Ol' Blue Eyes, music hath charms to arouse, inflame, and incite ...
Seekers of a good collection of soothing classical music have a wealth of choices available since every major label has contributed to the category of "chill-out" compilations. Among the most likely to please, Decca's The #1 Adagios Album offers a broad range of serene, contemplative music in a variety of styles, from the charming airs of the ...
This CD of Mozart works used in hit films, presumably released in conjunction with the Mozart 250th birthday hoopla, actually stands out from among EMI's reduce-reuse-and-recycle CD releases as a compilation that's both enjoyable and useful. The value of the collection lies in its scope and in its quality of being current -- all the films whose ...
A full portrait of Daniel Barenboim would cover his careers as a soloist, accompanist, and conductor, but this Warner Classics disc is concentrated on his keyboard performances. Granted, Barenboim is an eminent pianist, so this album at least gives a partial profile of this versatile artist. Yet the brevity of the selections and this sampler's ...
Already a CD of extraordinary value and popular appeal, this album of Mozart's concertos and shorter works for two pianos is only marginally improved in the 2004 Masterworks Expanded Edition. Murray Perahia and Radu Lupu give magnificent performances with the English Chamber Orchestra of the Concerto for pianos (2) in E flat major, K. 365, and the ...
Although Radu Lupu's 1973 LP coupling of Grieg and Schumann's piano concertos with André Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra has been released twice before on CD -- a barely remastered mid-priced reissue in 1987 and a slightly more remastered mid-price reissue in 2000 -- neither can compare with this superbly remastered full-price-and-then ...
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