Having spent the last several weeks listening to a handful of performances, so far my favorite recording is by Claudio Arrau with the Staatskapelle Dresden and Sir Colin Davis. My second choice is Uchida.Also, I bought the one by Maria-Jo
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Topic - I can't get enough of Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4 - Jay Buridan 07:18:46 07/06/17 (29)
- RE: I can't get enough of Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4 - suretyguy 05:29:19 07/15/17 (1)
- RE: I can't get enough of Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4 - Jack D II 23:07:59 07/28/17 (0)
- Curzon/Knappertsbusch - briggs 08:17:41 07/08/17 (1)
- They turn in my favorite Brahms 2nd. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 08:21:23 07/08/17 (0)
- Indeed, a wondrous piece - Amphissa 17:58:54 07/07/17 (1)
- Ditto. Have the Van Cliburn too. Like both (LP's), but the Arau/Haitink a bit more. nt - Rick W 08:44:09 07/08/17 (0)
- My favourite 4th... - kuma 01:13:53 07/07/17 (3)
- I find it to be such a beautiful piece of music... - Jay Buridan 13:00:43 07/07/17 (2)
- RE: Maria-João Pires... - Ivan303 09:09:16 07/08/17 (0)
- I love Pires' Mozart work but haven't heard any of her Beethoven...... - kuma 20:15:39 07/07/17 (0)
- Interesting: my least favorite Beethoven PC. I like the 1, 3 and 5. But hey, it's nice to have something - jdaniel@jps.net 21:06:34 07/06/17 (0)
- RE: I can't get enough of Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4 - classfolkphile 15:01:09 07/06/17 (1)
- Weissenberg/Karajan is indeed a nice one - andy evans 13:46:14 07/07/17 (0)
- The Arrau/Davis is my fave as well... - Russell 14:30:06 07/06/17 (0)
- RE: I can't get enough of Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4 - Old Listener 13:42:20 07/06/17 (1)
- Goode, Fischer/Budapest - pbarach 14:30:46 07/06/17 (0)
- RE: I can't get enough of Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4 - docw 12:16:59 07/06/17 (1)
- Backhaus is spellbinding - andy evans 03:47:31 07/07/17 (0)
- Agree that many if not all are wonderful. - docw 11:57:12 07/06/17 (7)
- "am wondering if he ever plays LP's" - Chris from Lafayette 13:09:45 07/06/17 (6)
- RE: "am wondering if he ever plays LP's" - docw 20:41:56 07/06/17 (5)
- Nice idea about the LP wall mountings - Chris from Lafayette 21:30:06 07/06/17 (4)
- I used the real LP's and covers - docw 13:27:09 07/07/17 (3)
- RE: I used the real LP's and covers - docw 15:49:39 07/07/17 (0)
- Nice - I like it! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 15:08:46 07/07/17 (1)
- RE: Nice - I like it! [nt] - docw 15:52:37 07/07/17 (0)
- So many good recordings of that work - haven't heard Arrau/Davis though - Chris from Lafayette 09:56:44 07/06/17 (2)
- They're all wonderful. - Kal Rubinson 10:53:56 07/06/17 (1)
- I think I was about 4-5 years behind you! ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 11:24:36 07/06/17 (0)