Leif Ove Andsnes - Piano Concertos - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Over the course of almost 10 years, Yevgeny Sudbin has been recording Sergei Rachmaninov's works for piano and orchestra. The journey began in the U.S.A. in 2008 with the Fourth Piano Concerto in what Classic FM Magazine described as 'a glorious recording' with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra under Grant Llewellyn. For the Paganini Variations and Piano Concerto No. 1, Sudbin continued to Asia and highly praised collaborations with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and conductor Lan Shui. Reviewers remarked on the soloist's 'transcendental virtuosity and kaleidoscopic keyboard colour' (BBC Music Magazine) and enjoyed piano-playing with 'depth of tone, subtlety and richness of texture, and scintillating dynamism allied to acute lyrical sensibility' (Gramophone). The grand finale of the cycle combines the two most popular of Rachmaninov's concertos - No. 2 in C minor and No. 3 in D minor - but it also constitutes a home-coming of a kind, as it was recorded in London, Yevgeny Sudbin's base since 1997. For his partners in these monumental and almost iconic concertos, Sudbin has chosen the BBC Symphony Orchestra and it's chief conductor Sakari Oramo

Ingrid Jacoby has established herself as one of the most poetic and admired pianists of her generation. This recording of Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 marks her debut on ICA Classics 'Live' series. Beautifully recorded in the best digital sound there is a palpable feeling of the live performance being created in the Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio. Album Tracks 1. Allegro Con Brio 2. Adagio 3. Molto Allegro 4. Allegro Moderato 5. Andante Con Moto 6. Rondo Vivace

Album Tracks 1. Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso - Jorge Bolet/Ndr Sinfonieorchester 2. Andantino Simplice - Jorge Bolet/Ndr Sinfonieorchester 3. Allegro Con Fuoco - Jorge Bolet/Ndr Sinfonieorchester 4. Allegro - Jorge Bolet/Wiener Symphoniker 5. Adagio - Jorge Bolet/Wiener Symphoniker 6. Allegro Assai - Jorge Bolet/Wiener Symphoniker 7. Alla Turca - Allegretto - Evgeni Koroliov 8. Variations on a Theme By Paganini, Op. 35 - Wilhelm Backhaus 1. Allegro Non Troppo - Filippo Faes/Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra 2. Allegro Appassionato - Filippo Faes/Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra 3. Andante - Filippo Faes/Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra 4. Allegretto Grazioso - Filippo Faes/Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra 5. Allegro Moderato - Robert Casadesus/Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester 6. Andante Con Moto - Robert Casadesus/Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester 7. Rondo. Vivace - Robert Casadesus/Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester