More Maurizio Pollini today. This time a complete, recent recording of Brahm’s First Piano Concerto, accompanied by the Staatskapelle Dresden under the baton of Christian Thielemann.
A fine recording by a great pianist – though I favour the Emil Gilels recording and (perhaps predictably) the bootleg Carnegie Hall recording of Gould/Bernstein, this one holds up quite well in comparison.
The first book of the Well-Tempered Clavier, by J. S. Bach.
As interpreted by pianist Maurizio Pollini.
Glenn Gould would no doubt have spat out his milk and arrowroot biscuits in distaste at being made to listen to this particular recording, but for those with a broader aesthetic taste there is much to admire here.
A real treat today. A complete performance of Handel’s “Messiah” oratorio, performed by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge under the direction of Stephen Cleobury:
“My Song Is Love Unknown”, hymn by Samuel Crossman (1664), tune by John Ireland (1879-1962).
Performed here to great effect by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.
Piano Sonata no. 31 (Op. 110), first movement, by Ludwig van Beethoven:
This pure, incandescent live performance is by the inimitable Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, recorded in Stockholm in 1958.
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