What is the best recording of Arnold Schoenberg's Piano Concerto?
Glarb
it is available on Amazon. I am writing a paper on Schoenberg, and would
like to hear the best recording of his concerto. What do you all think is
the definitive recording?
Thanks,
Glarb
Belmont
Others will help you pick from the following:
Concerto, op. 42 (1942)
(piano, orchestra)
(dedicatee: Henry Clay Shriver)
Andante-Molto allegro-Adagio-Giocoso, moderato-Comodo grazioso-Stretto
[Moderate-Very fast-Slow-Jocular, moderate-Gracefully
comfortable-Strict]
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Claude Helffer, piano; Orchestre Radio-Symphonique de Paris; René
Leibowitz, conductor (18:56)
Renaissance X 48 mono (1952?) LP [never issued?]
*Period SPL 568 mono (1953) LP
Counterpoint MC 20044 mono (1955?) LP
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Glenn Gould, piano; CBC Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Marie Beaudet,
conductor (recorded: live broadcast, Canadian premiere, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, 21 December 1953) (4:39 + 2:16 + 6:57 + 5:48 = 19:42)
*CBC PSCD 2008 mono ADD (1995) CD
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Edward Steuermann, piano; Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks;
Hermann Scherchen, conductor (recorded: Frankfurt, West Germany, 1954)
(18:37)
*Arkadia CDGI 768.1 mono? ADD (1993) CD
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Alfred Brendel, piano; Sinfonie-Orchester des Südwestfunks,
Baden-Baden; Michael Gielen, conductor (recorded: 1957) (21:46)
*Vox PL 10 530 mono (1958) LP
*Belter 30.192 mono (1958?) LP
Turnabout TV 4051 mono (1966?) LP
*Turnabout TVS 34051 stereo (1966) LP
*La Musica Moderna MM-1057 stereo (1967) LP
*Vox Box CD6X 3601 mono A?D (2001) CD (20:58)
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Glenn Gould, piano; New York Philharmonic; Dimitri Mitropoulos,
conductor (recorded: live, New York, NY, 16 March 1958) (18:25)
*Nuova Era 013.6306 stereo A?D (1986) CD
*Nuova Era 2351/56 mono? or stereo? A?D (1989) CD
*Memories HR 4415/16 mono ADD (1992) CD
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Glenn Gould, piano; CBC Symphony Orchestra; Robert Craft, conductor
(recorded: Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada, 21 January 1961) (4:53 + 2:29
+ 6:47 + 5:29 = 19:34)
*Columbia ML 5739 mono (1962) LP
*Columbia MS 6339 stereo (1962) LP
*Columbia ML 6439 mono (1967) LP
*Columbia MS 7039 stereo (1968) LP
CBS S 72642 stereo (1968?) LP
CBS S 75642 stereo (1969?) LP
CBS 73323 stereo (1975?) LP
CBS (Japan) SONC 10341/42 (pre 1978) LP
*Sony Classical SM2K 52664 stereo ADD (1994) CD
Sony Classical 502353-2 stereo ADD (2001?) CD
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Peter Serkin, piano; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa,
conductor (23:54)
*RCA Red Seal LSC 3050 stereo (1968) LP
*RCA (Great Britain) SB 6816 stereo (1970?) LP
RCA Red Seal (France) 644 528 stereo (1972?) LP
RCA (Japan) SRA 2531 stereo (pre 1978) LP
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Alfred Brendel, piano; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Rafael
Kubelík, conductor (recorded: Munich, West Germany, December 1971)
(20:04)
*Deutsche Grammophon 2530 257 stereo (1972) LP
*Deutsche Grammophon L 3257 stereo (1973?) 4-track tape
*Deutsche Grammophon 2543 801 stereo (1982) LP
Deutsche Grammophon (Japan) MG 2480 (pre 1978) LP
*Deutsche Grammophon 2862 233 stereo (pre 1986) LP
*Deutsche Grammophon 431 740-2 GC stereo ADD (1991) CD
*Eloquence 469 606-2 stereo ADD (2000) CD (4:44 + 2:47 + 6:06 + 6:30 =
20:07)
Eloquence 445 118-2? stereo ADD (2000?) CD
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Alfred Brendel, piano; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bruno Maderna,
conductor (recorded: Royal Festival Hall, London, England, 5 November
1973) (20:41)
*Stradivarius STR 10071 stereo ADD (1993) CD
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Ádám Fellegi, piano; Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Iván Fischer,
conductor (22:41)
*Hungaroton SLPX 12021 stereo (1979) LP
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Peter Serkin, piano; London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Boulez,
conductor (recorded: Studio EMI, Abbey Road, London, England, October
1985) (21:02)
*Erato NUM 75256 (RC 350) digital stereo (1986) LP
*Erato MCE 75256 (RC 490) digital stereo (1986) cassette
*Erato ECD 88175 stereo DDD (1986) CD
Erato ZL 30995 AS digital stereo (1986) LP
RCA ZL 30995 AW digital stereo (1987?) LP
RCA ECD 88175 QA stereo DDD (1987?) CD
Erato 2292-45244-2 stereo DDD (1991?) CD
*Erato 3984-24241-2 stereo DDD (1998) CD
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Anatolii Vedernikov, piano; Bolshoi Simfonicheskii Orkestr
Tsentralnogo Televideniia i Vsesoyuznogo Radio; Igor Blazhkov,
conductor (21:29)
*Melodiia 33S10-12217/18 stereo (1986?) LP
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Maurizio Pollini, piano; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Claudio
Abbado, conductor (recorded: Philharmonie, Berlin, West Germany,
September 1988) (4:37 + 2:31 + 6:02 + 6:02 = 19:11)
Deutsche Grammophon 427 771-1 stereo (1990) LP
*Deutsche Grammophon 427 771-2 GH stereo DDD (1990) CD
Deutsche Grammophon 289 471 350-2 stereo ADD & DDD (2001) CD
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Theo Bruins, piano; Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam; Riccardo
Chailly, conductor (19:06)
*Radio Nederland 8919/920 stereo (1989) LP
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Emanuel Ax, piano; The Philharmonia; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
(recorded: Watford Town Hall, London, England, 20-21 December 1992)
(4:23 + 2:42 + 6:15 + 6:14 = 19:41)
*Sony Classical SK 53289 stereo DDD (1993) CD
*Sony Classical SMK 62022 stereo DDD (1995) CD
Sony Classical SM4K 62364 (SMK 62019-022) stereo DDD (1996?) CD
*Sony Classical SSK 6343 stereo DDD (1996) CD (excerpt)
*Sony Classical SSK 6344 stereo DDD (1996) CD (excerpt)
*Sony Classical SSK 6346 stereo DDD (1996) CD (excerpt)
*Sony Classical [s.n.] stereo DDD (1998) CD (excerpt)
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Alfred Brendel, piano; Sinfonie-Orchester des Südwestfunks,
Baden-Baden; Michael Gielen, conductor (recorded: Hans-Rosbaud-Studio,
Baden-Baden, Germany, September 1993) (4:39 + 2:45 + 6:28 + 6:27 =
20:19)
*Philips 446 683-2 PH stereo DDD (1996) CD
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Amalie Malling, piano; Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra;
Michael Schřnwandt, conductor (recorded: Danish Radio Concert Hall,
Copenhagen, Denmark, 31 May, 1 & 6 June 1994) (4:34 + 2:40 + 6:41 +
6:25 = 20:20)
*Chandos CHAN 9375 stereo DDD (1995) CD
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Mitsuko Uchida, piano; Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
(recorded: Masonic Hall, Cleveland, OH, April-May 2000) (4:28 + 2:31 +
6:34 + 6:17 = 19:50)
*Philips 289 468 033-2 PH stereo DDD (2001) CD
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Christopher Oldfather, piano; Philharmonia Orchestra; Robert Craft,
conductor (recorded: Abbey Road Studio One, London, England, October
2000) (6:57 + 6:29 + 6:07 = 19:33)
*Koch International Classics 3-7475-2 H1 stereo DDD (2001) CD
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Glarb
> Others will help you pick from the following:
Uchida seems the most popular choice. Gould's playing has never inspired
me...
Thanks,
Glarb
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