Beethoven - Piano Concerto no.3; Brahms - Symphony no.3, etc.
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Label: Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or
Cat No: C916172A
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 13th October 2017
Contents
Works
Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, op.37Symphony no.3 in F major, op.90
Variations on a theme by Haydn, op.56a 'St Anthony Variations'
Euryanthe, J291
Artists
Geza Anda (piano)Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Conductor
Hans KnappertsbuschWorks
Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, op.37Symphony no.3 in F major, op.90
Variations on a theme by Haydn, op.56a 'St Anthony Variations'
Euryanthe, J291
Artists
Geza Anda (piano)Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Conductor
Hans KnappertsbuschAbout
The programme of this concert is again a Beethoven piano concerto, the passionate Third in C minor. The pianist Géza Anda, then aged 41, was - as a performer - the diametric opposite to the 74-year-old Knappertsbusch; technically 'modern' and flawless, musically strict, fresh and 'objective'. The sense of foreboding sometimes felt in this day and age when such repertoire can seem stale and lacking in any sense of tense anticipation is simply not present in the musical riches released by this electrically-charged meeting of symphonic forces and a musician who revelled in his virtuosity.
The concerto is then followed by the principal work: Brahms’s Third Symphony, which was so close to the conductor’s heart. He combines an inimitable sense of dramatic dimensions with audacious spontaneity. This is preceded by a wonderfully spirited reading of the Euryanthe Overture by Carl Maria von Weber. The Brahms Symphony is then followed by an encore in the form of his Haydn Variations recorded the following year, in which Knappertbusch again demonstrates his mastery in a devotional immersion in each single variation.
Mono recordings: 14 May 1962 (Weber, Beethoven, Brahms Symphony) & 10 May 1963 (Brahms Haydn-Variations), Funkhaus, Köln
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