Piano Enregistrements De Jeunesse [CD de audio] London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orches

Today, most people know Christoph Eschenbach as the gray-haired director who was a crucial mentor to young artists like Lang Lang. Only a few remember the great pianist Christoph Eschenbach. In the 1970s and 1980s, Eschenbach was often Justus Frantz's duet partner. Together with Helmut Schmidt, the two recorded Mozart. But then the two pianists parted ways, whose best was, and probably still is, Christoph Eschenbach. Therefore, it is incomprehensible that today he only plays with a thin stick. This interesting 6-CD box set of early Eschenbach recordings shows that he can do it on the keys at least as well. As one of the few truly exciting German pianists of his generation, he has also remained outside the classical repertoire. It is difficult to imagine Eschenbach as sensitive and slavish with Chopin's Preludes; Schubert's last two sonatas in A major and B major also surprise with transcendent depth. But also Hans Werner Henze's second piano concerto is masterfully performed despite being uncomfortable. Henze also conducts the (withering) recording of Beethoven's third concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra, which along with the fifth (Emperor) is here under Seji Ozawa. Like Barenboim, one would want to advise Eschenbach after this cult box: go back to the piano...