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Piano Concertos - Richter, Rowicki, Wislocki, Sanderling, Karajan

Tower Universal Vintage  PROC-2196/8 (3 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Schumann: Piano Concerto*^, Introduction and allegro appassionato*^^
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20*^^
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5*^
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3**^^, Rondo in B flat**^^
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2^^
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1**^^^^

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra*
Wiener Symphoniker**
Witold Rowicki^, Stanislaw Wislocki^^, Kurt Sanderling^^^, Herbert von Karajan^^^^

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (8)

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in B flat major, WoO 6
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
• Serge Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano No. 5 in G major, Op. 55
• Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
• Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54
• Robert Schumann: Konzertstück (or Introduction & Allegro appassionato) in F for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 92
• Peter Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano No. 1 in B flat minor, TH 55 Op. 23