Maurizio Pollini - Beethoven: Piano Concerto in G major, op. 58

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Concerto in G major, op. 58 (1806).

Maurizio Pollini (piano), Claudio Abbado (conductor), Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
Live from the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre, Lucerne (18-19/08/2004).

Performers’ entrance 00:04
1. Allegro moderato 00:32 (cadenza by Beethoven 13:54)
2. Andante con moto 17:22
3. Rondò. Vivace 21:55 (cadenza by Beethoven 29:25)

[AlessandroLora-mmkw]

Beethoven è sempre meraviglioso, ha una musica che a momenti ti eleva lo spirito

[TheAknirad]

Maurizio Pollini, riposa in pace tra gli angeli. 🖤

[GiulianaMerlini-gg]

Tanta bellezza toglie il respiro.! Grandiosa interpretazione! Grazie a Claudio e a Maurizio, interpreti meravigliosi del grande Beethoven!

[riccardopini]

Un pianista indimenticabile che ho avuto la fortuna d' ascoltare molte volte . Mi auguro che l' Italia avverta pienamente il lutto della sua scomparsa di oggidì e possa elaborarlo con cultura, aprendo voglio dire l' intero proprio tessuto ad una realtà musicale più ampia di quella che da troppo tempo si deve sconsolatamente constatare .

[MarcdeDiv]

Absolutely sublime performance by 2 excellent artists !!!

[giovannidellalibera]

Un tedesco + due grandi italiani❤ first class!

[Juscz]

Just love that Pollini plays the Beethoven's first cadenza so brilliantly in the first movement (the composer wrote two for the first movement and it is usually the second one that is performed). One has to just marvel at those trills in the latter part of the cadenza.

[강경호-bo]

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 gives overwhelming emotion, and No. 4 gives boundless beauty.

[michaelchang]

Op.58 is the best Piano Concerto. Abbado and Pollini just make it perfect.

[lionelthiebaud]

Quelle merveilleuse complicité que ces deux sublimes artistes qui se connaissent depuis plusieurs décennies
Interprétation superlative comme très souvent avec eux et surtout merci Beethoven

[wendylouisehall]

Congratulations posthumously to Maurizio and Claudio on this amazing, memorable performance supported by a superb orchestra! It's heavenly!
Wendy Louise Hall (Pianist, and personal friend)

[southpark]

Outstanding. Excellent vid. Will never be forgotten.

[楓香]

Brilliant performance!
It's a shame that they both are no longer with us. R.I.P.

[alexandrumoisiuc]

Kein unerfüllter Wünsch! Sensationell! ❤❤❤

[gabriellacastiglioni]

Che meravigliosi bravissimi artisti i un concerto straordinario!!! ❤❤

[philippecartondetournai]

La cadence au 1er mouvement procure une somptueuse émotion....

[sharegreats]

At first I thought the cadenzy from 13:52 was a mistake, because I had known this concert just without it, but then it became clear. The cadenza can be played but is obviously not essential. An extremely difficult part but well played.

[OlimpiaRuggeri]

Pianoforte Fabbrini di Pescara, una vera eccellenza👏

[thomasrollig]

Bisschen viel Werbung, besonders innerhalb der Sätze, finden Sie nicht?

[opale]

Extraordinaria interpretación, como siempre en Pollini. Qué lástima que en el primer movimiento haya optado por esa cadencia, y no por la otra, que suele ser la que mayoritariamente se toca (y que a mí, particularmente, me gusta más y me parece más "impresionante").