The incomparable pianist Murray Perahia delves into the details of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos in a two part special. These episodes were originally produced to accompany the 'Perahia Plays Beethoven' series at London's Barbican over the 2016/17 classical season.

In Part 1, Murray focuses on Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3.

Musical extracts heard in this episode are from Murray and the Academy’s live recording of the Beethoven Piano Concertos under the baton of Sir Neville Marriner in 1988, reproduced here with the kind permission of Sony (available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/B001IMFHUM).

Episode 7: Murray Perahia talks Beethoven - Part 1

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