After winning the Leeds International Piano competition in 1969, Radu Lupu went on to become one of the most admired and respected classical pianists of his generation.

He was noted for his unique blend of sensitivity and musical insight and was heard frequently at concert halls throughout the world.

Lupu made relatively few recordings for an artist of his eminence, therefore these live performances presented here in Doremi's Volume 7 are of particular interest: Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto with von Karajan from the Salzburg Festival, 1978; from a recital in Amsterdam, 1970 - the Brahms Sonata in F minor. Included also are works Lupu never recorded in the studio: the Schumann Symphonic Etudes, Bach's Partita No.1 and the Mozart sonata K.533/494.