While many historic editions focus on a performer, a less obvious but sometimes more artistically resonant choice is to focus on a conductor, one of those musical minds which shapes so much of what we hear. The Genter Wand Edition focuses on that great personality of the German music world, and this recording of Wand over the NDR Sinfonie Orchester and Jorge Bolet in his final years is filled with great musical moments. Wand once said "The older one gets, the clearer one's vision of perfection becomes," a sentiment befitting his masterful interpretation of Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky.

Tracklist:

Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso - Allegro Con Spirito
Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23: II. Andantino Semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I
Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23: III. Allegro Con Fuoco
Pictures At An Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel) : Promenade
Pictures At An Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel) : I. The Gnome
Pictures At An Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel) : Promenade
Pictures At An Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel) : II. The Old Castle
Pictures At An Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel) : Promenade
Pictures At An Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel) : III. Tuileries
Pictures At An Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel) : IV. Bydlo
Pictures At An Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel) : Promenade
Pictures At An Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel) : V. Ballet Of The Unhatched Chicks
Pictures At An Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel) : VI. Samuel Goldenberg And Schmuyle
Pictures At An Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel) : VII. The Market Place At Limoges
Pictures At An Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel) : VIII. Catacombae: Sepulchrum Romanum
Pictures At An Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel) : Cum Mortuis In Lingua Mortua
Pictures At An Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel) : IX. The Hut On Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
Pictures At An Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel) : X. The Great Gate Of Kiev

UPC: 881488902952
Label: Profil - G Haenssler
Release Date: 6.26.12
Format: CD

Jorge Bolet - Guenter Wand Edition 20 (CD)