Seiji Ozawa
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Krystian Zimerman plays Liszt
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Coinciding with the death of his mother and the birth of his daughter, these recordings were intensely personal for Zimerman. The Concertos are scintillating, the Sonata Olympian. —
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Building a Library, April 2013, First Choice
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Building A Library, July 2021, Also Recommended
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61
RecommendedKathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, Judi Dench, Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd November 2009
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Building a Library, June 2005, First Choice
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
The catalogue may bulge with recordings of these two concertos, yet the verve and poetry of these performances somehow forbid comparison, even at the most exalted level. Zimerman claims that... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2004, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
RecommendedJessye Norman (soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo), James McCracken (tenor), David Arnold (baritone), Kim Scown (tenor), Werner Klemperer (speaker)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Seiji Ozawa
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Choral
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Building a Library, March 2017, Also Recommended
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Richard Strauss
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Wiener Symphoniker, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Petr Popelka, Seiji Ozawa
The Vienna Symphony is luxurious in the Concerto, against which Capuçon’s poise and precision contrast beautifully. There’s a mournful simplicity to the Sonata and the Piano Quartet channels... —
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Liszt - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
This is playing in the grand manner. From the start of First Concerto you're aware of a consciously leonine approach. Zimerman even deliberately takes risks in a few technically perilous places... —
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Building a Library, April 2013, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Berg & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos
RecommendedItzhak Perlman (violin)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Perlman's account of the Berg Violin Concerto with the Boston orchestra under Ozawa has long occupied a respected place in the catalogue. The original reviewer in Gramophone in March 1980 was... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Collection
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Building a Library, June 2000, Second Choice
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Grammy Awards, 23rd Awards (1980), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Franck: Symphony & Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Simon Preston (organ)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
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Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin & Concerto for Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Rafael Kubelik
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New. Takemitsu: Quatrain; A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden
Ensemble Tashi, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
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