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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 - Pizarro, Mackerras      (4 of 6 found this review helpful)
  May 10, 2009

Dear All, No hesitation recommending these discs at all. We´ve all heard this music a thousand times before but Pizarro and Mackerras manage to bring out a freshness and vitality not present on every Beethoven concerto recording. The SACD stereo sound from Linn is excellent and similar to the ... more

 
 
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