PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
LIVE FROM THE PHILHARMONIE IM GASTEIG, MUNICH, 2011

MITSUKO UCHIDA Piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 IN C MINOR
RICHARD STRAUSS
EIN HELDENLEBEN

SYMPHONIEORCHESTER DES BAYERISCHEN RUNDFUNKS
Beethoven wrote his Piano Concerto No. 3 around 1800, at a time in which the ambitious composer had created his rst important works in Vienna, such as the "Pathétique" Sonata and the "Moonlight" Sonata personal works full of power and passion, with which he distanced himself from his mentor and model, Haydn. This performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under the direction of its principal conductor Mariss Jansons stars the distinguished pianist Mitsuko Uchida, who is known the world over for her outstanding interpretations of the piano works of Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven, as well as of 20th century masters such as Schoenberg, Berg, Webern and Boulez.

Richard Strauss wrote his tone poem for large orchestra Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) in 1898, shortly before he left Munich for the Berlin Court Opera, where he was appointed house conductor. In the imaginary hero whose eventful life is described in the work, the young Strauss apparently envisioned the freelance artist of his time, who was exposed to considerable hostility during the Wilhelminian era, just as Strauss himself in his early Munich period.

Sound Format: PCM Stereo, DD 5.0, dts-HD Master Audio 5.0
Picture Format: 16:9, 1080i FULL HD
Format: DVD 9 / NTSC
Running Time: 90 mins

REVIEW
The Brahms Symphony in Jansons s hands is certainly an idyll. Darker passages come and go without disturbing the orchestra;s mellifluous warmth or Jansons s exquisite phrasings. --BBC Music Magazine November, 2013