Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos (2005)

• A terrific collection of five great piano concertos performed by Maurizio Pollini, one of the 20th centuries great virtuosos. • Filmed with the Vienna Philharmonic in the 1970s at the beautiful Musikverein in Vienna. • Karl Böhm conducts the Beethoven and Mozart concertos, while Claudio Abbado reads the Brahms.

TRACK LIST DVD1: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3, op 37 Piano Concerto No. 5, op 73 "Emperor" Vienna Philharmonic Karl Böhm, conductor DVD2: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19, KV 459 Piano Concerto No. 23, KV 488 Vienna Philharmonic Karl Böhm, conductor

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83 Vienna Philharmonic Claudio Abbado, conductor

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Maurizio Pollini is the best pianist lived, and maybe the best of the XX Century.

The emperor is wonderfull with Pollini's hands! So many details that only can be listened with Maurizio Pollini.
July 26, 2008

Stunning!

I've just watched the Mozart A Major Concerto from this DVD set. Pollini plays like an angel from heaven. Perfection. Piano playing this good I almost thought couldn't exist in reality, but here it does. I cannot understand those who say Pollini is too cool, unemotional, etc. While it is true that he never loses his composure for an instant, his playing is, in my opinion, full of feeling and the subtle nuances of a master. Throughout the viewing I had the feeling that something great was happening, and in the middle I had the feeling that music is a very special thing on this planet, that it comes from a higher realm. That it exists as a transport between this earth plane and higher levels of consciousness and reality. A performance that can make me feel that is very special to me. September 23, 2007

Beethoven,Mozarta and Brahms Piano Concerti

DVD arrived in New condtion. The recording is superb as are the performances, it is like being a "live" performance with the very best seats in the house. I only wish they had more DVD recordings like this one. February 8, 2007

A Celestial Experience.

We have here one of the very finest orchestras, under the baton of one of the very finest conductors, in sublime communion with one of the greatest of pianists, performing some of the best works of the greatest composers, and altogether presented in superb sound and video.

So then...additional notes:

1) Pollini becomes a genuine prodigy whenever the the music engulfs his fears (usually in the second and third movements).

2) Every Adagio is sublime and good for your heart.

3) The Maestro Bohm and the Vienna Philharmonic sincerely love one another and you can tell.

Very highly recommended. April 1, 2006

Pollini at his best

This is an extraordinary DVD. The music is excelent, Pollini is at his best level ever. I have really enjoyed it. March 27, 2006

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