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On this page, the great Polish pianist Jakob Gimpel plays concerti by Chopin, Beethoven Brahms, Tchaikovsky and the Burleske by Richard Strauss.
Beethoven Piano Concerto 4 in G major, Op 58
Arthur Rother conducting the Berlin Symphony Orchestra
i Allegro moderato
ii Andante con moto
iii Rondo - Vivace
Beethoven Piano Concerto 5 in E♭ major, Op 73 "Emperor"
Rudolf Kempe conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
i Allegro
recorded in 1956-57
ii Adagio un poco mosso
iii Rondo - Allegro
Chopin Piano Concerto 1 in E minor, Op 11
Georg Ludwig Jochum conducting the Berlin Symphony Orchestra
i Allegro maestoso
16:43 ii Romanze - Larghetto
27:14 iii Rondo - Vivace
recorded in 1950
Brahms Piano Concerto 1 in D minor, Op 15
Rudolf Kempe conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
recorded in 1958
i Maestoso
ii Adagio
iii Rondo - Allegro non troppo
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 in B♭ minor, Op 23
Otto Matzerath conducting the Berlin Symphony Orchestra
i Andante non troppo e molto maestoso. Allegro con spirito
ii Andantino semplice
iii Allegro con fuoco
Richard Strauss Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D minor
Karl Böhm conducting the North German Radio Orchestra
recorded in 1956
For those of you who enjoy murder mysteries, here is my first with a strong musical polemic as background
Murder in the House of the Muse
which is also available as an audiobook.
And this is the more recently published second mystery in the series:
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