Schumann, Robert/Tchaikovsky, Peter: Barenboim plays… (Euroarts DVD)  

Schumann: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

Daniel Barenboim, piano
Münchner Philharmoniker
Sergiu Celibidache, conductor
Schumann: Recorded live at Stadthalle Erlangen, 1991
Tchaikovsky: Recorded live at the Gasteig, Munich, 1991

A new release of the series of Metropolitan Munich programs.

Today Daniel Barenboim is internationally recognized and revered as an orchestral and operatic conductor, pianist, and a musical ambassador and also as a humanitarian. Partnering him is the remarkable conductor Sergiu Celibidache. “He was one of the greatest musicians I ever encountered”, says Barenboim. Sergiu Celibidache has been called a musical giant, a magician, a brilliant lion-tamer and an enfant terrible of classical music. He was a legend in his own lifetime, mesmerizing orchestras audiences and critics with his intensity and brilliance.

Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 is one of the most popular of his compositions and among the best known of all piano concerti. The Schumann concerto is no less influential with its influence heard in Grieg’s Piano Concerto. Both works show Barenboim at his consummate best.