Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3; 32 Variations in C minor


Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3; 32 Variations in C minor
Radu Lupu; Lawrence Foster
Label
Decca
Catalogue No.
4666902
Barcode
00028946669020
Format
1-CD
About

One of Radu Lupu’s earliest Decca recordings, this couples two of Beethoven’s most dramatic C minor works. The performance with Lawrence Foster receives its first CD release while the C minor Variations have, time and again, been recognised as classic recordings.

TRACK LISTING / ARTISTS

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Radu Lupu, piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence Foster

32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80

Radu Lupu, piano

Reviews

highly spontaneous’ Penguin Guide to CDs (2000 Yearbook)

‘Lupu delivers an urgent, exhilarating performance full of poetry and drama … a terrific disc that any Beethoven lover should snap up’ CMW Classics

‘a precious rarity for admirers of this pianist’ Répertoire