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Radu Lupu – The Unreleased Recordings (6CD Box Set)

    Radu Lupu – The Unreleased Recordings (6CD Box Set)

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    Radu Lupu
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    Romanian pianist Radu Lupu commanded a legion of fans and connoisseurs all over the world. His rare appearances in the concert hall were packed with audiences which included top-drawer performers. He was the master of lyricism and could make the piano whisper like no other. Lupu shunned media attention, his discography is not large, but every recording he made had an aura of spirituality and distinction. Decca is proud to present a unique set of recordings – material that has never before been officially published – ranging from ‘lost tapes’ in the Decca archives to recordings sourced from radio stations around the world.

    Sanctioned by his estate, and presented in a 6-CD capbox, with bespoke jackets for each disc and digital album, Radu Lupu – The Unreleased Recordings is made up entirely of material not otherwise recorded by Lupu and is released to mark what would have been the pianist’s 80th birthday this November. The recordings in this set span more than 30 years, the earliest (Chopin) in the city of Leeds in 1970, following his triumph there the year before at the Leeds Piano Competition, the most recent (Debussy) given as an encore at a concert in Germany in 2002. The booklet includes a fascinating note by the renowned piano specialist Jessica Duchen, photographs from the Decca archive (several previously unpublished), as well as tributes from artists and friends who knew and worked with him, including Lang Lang, Daniel Barenboim, Stephen Hough and piano entrepreneur Marco Riaskoff.

    Tracklist

    DECCA RECORDINGS
    CD1: MOZART: Piano Quartets K. 478 & K. 493 (Tel Aviv String Quartet)
    CD2: SCHUBERT: Piano Sonatas in C major D. 840 and D major D. 850

    BBC RECORDINGS
    CD3: HAYDN: Andante & Variations in F minor; Piano Sonata 50 in D major; Piano Sonata 33 in C minor
    MOZART: Piano Sonata in C major K.545
    SCHUMANN: Etudes symphoniques, Op. 13

    CD4: CHOPIN: Scherzo No. 1; Nocturnes Op. 27 Nos. 1 & 2
    BARTÓK: Out of Doors
    COPLAND: Piano Sonata

    DUTCH RADIO RECORDINGS
    CD5: SCHUMANN: Faschingsschwank aus Wien
    MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition

    SWR RECORDINGS
    CD6: MOZART: Piano Concerto in B flat major, K.456 (Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg / Kazimierz Kord)
    SCHUMANN: Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 11
    DEBUSSY: D’un cahier d’esquisses

    ARTISTS
    Radu Lupu, piano

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    Artist
    Radu Lupu
    Release Date
    November 28, 2025
    Genre
    Classical
    Label
    Decca
    UPC
    0028948714940