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貝多芬:協奏曲全集【5CDs】
Beethoven: Complete Concertos
李希特、波里尼、慕特、馬友友, 等 / 卡拉揚指揮柏林愛樂管弦樂團
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
簡介:
為了公開演出,十四歲的貝多芬曾為自己寫過一首鋼琴樂團作品,後來陸續又創作五首鋼琴協奏曲,並且根據小提琴協奏曲改編成鋼琴協奏曲。逐漸失去聽力後,貝多芬再也無法公開演奏鋼琴,鋼琴協奏曲的必要性相對減少,這也是貝多芬在創作晚期沒有寫下協奏曲的主要原因。
貝多芬時代的鋼琴還是現在所謂的古鋼琴,這種鋼琴比較敏感而且聲音的持續度不長,音色也比現代的鋼琴單調。隨著樂器快速改良發展,這些外在的改變卻動搖不了貝多芬鋼琴協奏曲的地位,其中最主要的原因就是貝多芬所追求的「英雄式」創作風格。
「獨奏」與「樂團」是組成協奏曲的兩大音源,兩者間的關係並不是一般想像中的「對抗」或是「競爭」。然而貝多芬讓兩者和諧處的同時卻又帶有挑戰的意味。在最後一首鋼琴協奏曲裡,貝多芬或許是領悟到另一層「獨奏」與「樂團」關係的概念,第五號鋼琴協奏曲《皇帝》比第四號鋼琴協奏曲更強調兩者間相互挑戰的氣氛,更接近「英雄式」的創作風格。它成為貝多芬的代表作之一,也是音樂史上最富震撼力、最經常被演奏與錄音的協奏曲之一。貝多芬的小提琴協奏曲題獻給法蘭茲.克雷曼特。當時二十五歲左右的克雷曼特被譽為「莫札特以來最了不起的音樂天才」,但是1806年底的首演卻不很成功;十二歲的姚阿幸在孟德爾頌的指揮下演奏這首協奏曲後才確立這部作品的經典地位,被譽為「三大小提琴協奏曲」之一。
曲目:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
CD 1
Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, Op.15
[1] 1. Allegro con brio [17:28]
[2] 2. Largo [11:30]
[3] 3. Rondo (Allegro scherzando) [8:37]
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, Op.19
[4] 1. Allegro con brio - Cadenza: Ludwig van Beethoven [13:50]
[5] 2. Adagio [8:57]
[6] 3. Rondo (Molto allegro) [5:55]
Maurizio Pollini, Wiener Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum
Rondo in B flat for piano & orchestra, WoO6
[7] Fragment, ergänzt von Carl Czerny [9:22]
Sviatoslav Richter, Wiener Symphoniker, Kurt Sanderling
Total Playing Time [1:15:39]
CD 2
Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37
[1] 1. Allegro con brio [15:54]
[2] 2. Largo [9:37]
[3] 3. Rondo (Allegro) [9:06]
Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op.58
[4] 1. Allegro moderato [17:20]
[5] 2. Andante con moto [05:08]
[6] 3. Rondo (Vivace) [10:09]
Maurizio Pollini, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
[7] Romance cantabile for piano, flute and basson accompanied by two oboes and strings in E minor Hess 13 (fragment completet by Hess) [4:52]
Patrick Gallois, Pascal Gallois, Philharmonia Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
Total Playing Time [1:12:06]
CD 3
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major Op.73 -"Emperor"
[1] 1. Allegro [20:32]
[2] 2. Adagio un poco mosso [8:03]
[3] 3. Rondo (Allegro) [10:12]
Maurizio Pollini, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C, Op.56
[4] 1. Allegro [17:53]
[5] 2. Largo - attacca: [5:50]
[6] 3. Rondo alla Polacca [12:38]
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mark Zeltser, Yo-Yo Ma, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Total Playing Time [1:15:08]
CD 4
Violin Concerto in D, Op.61
[1] 1. Allegro ma non troppo [26:39]
[2] 2. Larghetto - [11:26]
[3] 3. Rondo (Allegro) [10:22]
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Concerto movement in C major for violin and chamber orchestra
Fragment completed by Wilfried Fischer
[4] Allegro con brio [15:45]
Gidon Kremer, London Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tchakarov
[5] Violin Romance No.1 in G major, Op.40 [6:13]
[6] Violin Romance No.2 in F major, Op.50 [7:38]
Gil Shaham, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Total Playing Time [1:18:03]
CD 5
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D major
(arranged by the composer from the Violin Concerto Op. 61)
[1] 1. Allegretto ma non troppo [24:09]
[2] 2. Larghetto - attacca: [10:55]
[3] 3. Rondo. Allegro [9:46]
English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Piano Concerto in E flat major, WoO 4
Arr. Willy Hess
[4] 1. Allegro Moderato [10:40]
[5] 2. Larghetto [9:15]
[6] 3. Rondo (Allegretto) [7:29]
Lidia Grychtolowna, Folkwang Kammerorchester, Heinz Dressel
Total Playing Time [1:12:14]