Ludwig van Beethoven

Beethoven: Concerto for Piano - Sonata No. 31 & No. 12

Cyprien Katsaris / Rudolf Barshai/Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Label: Piano 21
Format: CD
Barcode: 3448969246126

Catalog number: P21 014
Releasedate: 12-12-13

Cyprien Katsaris studied piano at the Paris Conservatoire with Aline van Barentzen and Monique de la Bruchollerie, and in 1969 he won the piano First Prize. As well as piano, Katsaris also studied chamber music with René Leroy and Jean Hubeau, and he won First Prize for this in 1970.

Katsaris gave his first public concert in Paris, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 8 May 1966. He performed theHungarian Fantasy by Liszt, with the Orchestre Symphonique d'Ile-de-France conducted by René-Pierre Chouteau. Since then he has carried on to perform with many orchestras and conductors.

Released to coincide with his performance at the Wigmore Hall earlier this month.

Concerto for Piano and orchestra No. 3 in C minor, opus 37

I. Allegro con brio

16:35

Concerto for Piano and orchestra No. 3 in C minor, opus 37

II. Largo

10:26

Concerto for Piano and orchestra No. 3 in C minor, opus 37

III. Rondo

08:39

Concerto for Piano and orchestra No. 3 in C minor, opus 37

Franz Liszt: cadenza for the first movement

03:15