In Reply to: Your favourite Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1? posted by kuma on August 7, 2012 at 16:25:25:
Fleisher/Szell - yes. Richter/Munch - for sure. (Richter/Kondrashin is also tremendous, but the recording quality can't compete with the RCA Living Stereo.) I also have Zimerman playing and conducting the VPO, which I'd also add to this list.I'm sure someone will mention one of Martha's recordings too, and I wouldn't argue with that - I particularly like the Bavarian Radio recording with Ozawa and the Concertgebouw recording with Wallberg. Both of these seem more "alive" than the studio recording with Sinopoli - although that DG recording is by no means bad.
I'm afraid I haven't kept up with a lot of the more recent recordings - I sure didn't like what I heard from Pletnev in this concerto.
Edits: 08/07/12
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Follow Ups
- I think the other posters have hit the nail on the head - Chris from Lafayette 21:10:21 08/07/12 (3)
- Zimerman: Is that the one with Bernstein? or... - kuma 22:31:22 08/07/12 (2)
- 1 & 2, Zimerman is conducting - 3, 4, & 5, Bernstein is conducting [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 22:37:16 08/07/12 (1)
- Nod (nt) - kuma 22:39:06 08/07/12 (0)