Alfred Brendel, Claudio Abbado - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 / Bruckner: Symphony No.7 (2005)

Alfred Brendel, piano
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor

0h01'00" - 0h36'35"
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op. 37
01:03 I. Allegro con brio
17:58 II. Largo
27:25 III. Rondo. Allegro

0h39'45" - 1h40'55"
ANTON BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7 in E major
39:49 I. Allegro moderato
58:53 II. Adagio
1:19:32 III. Scherzo. Sehr schnell
1:28:56 IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht schnell

Recorded live in Lucerne at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Concention Centre, on 10-12 August 2005

Category:

Music

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• Beethoven
• Piano
• Concerto
• No
• Alfred
• Brendel
• Lucerne
• 2005
• Bruckner
• Claudio
• Abbado

[MrCapacitors]

Great sound,great orchestra,great conductor,great composer and Alfred Brendel.

Must admit the tears came.

[msg355]

@Vesivian well i agree the conductor is not the most flamboyant but he has one of the most impeccable reputations of any conductor of the past century. the pianist however is a God...

[MsSandtime]

I've see Brendel when I was ushering at the San Francisco Symphony [in person.I also have my autographe signed by him.Great pianist.

[photo161]

To me the Bruckner sounds almost casual... it lacks utterly the sense of foreboding, the sense of danger and primordial force that the best conductors find in this music...thin gruel really

[napper6162]

@msg355 - Yes, I'm pretty popular at parties, unlike you, and for obvious reasons. You are obnoxious, ill-spoken with poor manners. People who use words they don't actually understand get shunned. Apparently you still haven't learned a thing. Poor parenting perhaps?

[msg355]

@napper6162 christ i bet you're fun at parties. a), impeccable is universally recognised to mean flawless and near perfect, so fits the bill for Abbado. And b), yes, classical music is widely subjectively interpretated, but just because for example a group of people think Beethoven is bad, does that mean that he is? You're a moron...and slightly bitter due to possibly lack of life achievements. bye bye

[davlak2]

Probably this is the only way Beethoven would have liked this concerto to be played.

especially for the piano.

Brendel is unique...and really GREAT.

[FABrendel]

@napper6162 Did i ever mention something about interpretation in my comment? An interpretation is a personal view not entirely subjective, though. Have you ever read a review? No reviewer would give his opinion subjectively but with explicit argumentation based on common rules and applicable parameters. There MUST be a standard, otherwise you can judge nothing. Your take doesn't differentiate between the people that know and the people that ignore as everything is acceptable. THINK.

[napper6162]

@FABrendel - nonsense. As far as interpretation goes, there is no such thing as a universally accepted standard of good or bad. Interpretation is what makes artists artists. Seems that not only do you lack basic knowledge, you also lack common sense. Different people like different music and different styles. That's something I learned back when I was 6 year old. Looks like you've got a lot of catching up to do. LOL

[FABrendel]

@napper6162 "There is no universally accepted standard of good or bad"... That is a great lie. There are standards and rules for everything, always. That doesn't mean that the standard is better than the non-standard, though. 

[napper6162]

@msg355 - looks like you tend to be careless in your choice of words. "Impeccable" is generally used to mean the opposite of words like "scandalous", "promiscuous", "unscrupulous" etc when referring to a person's reputation or character. Similarly, "musical intelligence" is a poor choice of words because directing classical music involves a lot of interpretation that is inherently subjective. There is no universally accepted standard of good or bad.

[msg355]

@napper6162 i'm simply saying this guy is renowned worldwide as a conductor, and despite not being overtly flamboyant in his conducting, if you had any musical intelligence you'd find him fascinating to watch. whilst you ask if i'd care to cite as examples a few conductors with less than impeccable reputations, my answer to that is that others are not as highly regarded as him... do you have some problem with accepting that he is a good musician and conductor?!