23 Sep 2013
Beethoven · Die Symphonien
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Beethoven: The Piano Concertos
Beethoven: The Piano Concertos
Leonard Bernstein filmed Piano Concertos 3, 4, and 5 in 1989, but did not live to film the first two. He died in 1990. So Krystian Zimerman, the pianist, paid tribute to Bernstein and rounded out the set in 1991 by both playing and conducting Concertos 1 and 2.
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