| Just in time for his 80th birthday, Daniel Barenboim was honoured with the Gramophone Award 2022 for his life’s work. The career of the famous Argentinian-Israeli pianist and conductor began early, Wilhelm Furtwängler already said about him: “The eleven-year-old Daniel Barenboim is a phenomenon”. Later, as chief conductor, Barenboim led world-class orchestras such as the Orchestre de Paris, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and, since 1992, the Staatskapelle Berlin. With the founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the UN peace ambassador united musicians from Israel, Palestine and the Arab states. As a soloist, the pianist has worked with renowned conductors; with Sir John Barbirolli, for example, he recorded Brahms’ piano concertos. Barenboim’s discography is impressive; with his first wife, the cellist Jacqueline Du Pré, he formed a musical dream team. Other legendary recordings of works by Mozart, Beethoven, Bruckner and Wagner were made with the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berlin Philharmonic, among others.
01. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 I. Allegro con brio (Cadenza by Barenboim)
02. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 II. Largo
03. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando
04. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19 I. Allegro con brio (Cadenza by Beethoven)
05. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19 II. Adagio
06. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19 III. Rondo. Molto allegro
07. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 I. Allegro con brio (Cadenza by Beethoven)
08. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 II. Largo (Cadenza by Beethoven)
09. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 III. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza by Beethoven)
10. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 I. Allegro moderato (Cadenza by Beethoven)
11. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 II. Andante con moto (Cadenza by Beethoven)
12. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 III. Rondo. Vivace (Cadenza by Beethoven)
13. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 Emperor I. Allegro
14. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 Emperor II. Adagio un poco mosso
15. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 Emperor III. Rondo. Allegro
16. Fantasia in C Minor, Op. 80 Choral Fantasy I. Adagio
17. Fantasia in C Minor, Op. 80 Choral Fantasy II. (a) Finale. Allegro
18. Fantasia in C Minor, Op. 80 Choral Fantasy II. (b) Allegro molto
19. Fantasia in C Minor, Op. 80 Choral Fantasy II. (c) Adagio, ma non troppo
20. Fantasia in C Minor, Op. 80 Choral Fantasy II. (d) MarcIa, assai vivace – Allegro
21. Fantasia in C Minor, Op. 80 Choral Fantasy II. (e) Allegretto, ma non troppo – Presto
22. Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 |
