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The Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos

Garrick Ohlsson

Classical - Released May 12, 2023 | Reference Recordings

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Musical careers last longer than they used to, and here, it is difficult to detect any weakening of the long-impressive technique of pianist Garrick Ohlsson, 74 years old, when this album was recorded in the summer of 2022. The feat is especially impressive in that all five of the Beethoven concertos (plus the Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43, with no piano) were performed live within a single week. Ohlsson is backed by the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra under the direction of veteran conductor Donald Runnicles, who points out that he and Ohlsson had very little discussion about interpretation prior to the performances. It is here that Ohlsson's expertise is evident. He doesn't blaze any new paths in these works, but one has the feeling that he holds the performances, to borrow a phrase from John Le Carré, like a thrush's egg in his hand. His readings are simple in the best way. Sample the arresting opening of the first movement of the Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58; it is direct, yet there are micro shapings that bespeak long familiarity. In fact, it is in the first two concertos, where the lengthy expositions make it less possible for Ohlsson to control the flow of events, that are less effective. The partnership between Ohlsson and the orchestra, though, is lively throughout, and Runnicles gets excellent results from what is likely essentially a pickup group; the orchestra is moderately sized and agile. Superb live recording from Reference Recordings, discussed in detail in the booklet, is another draw. © James Manheim /TiVo
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4

Freiburger Barockorchester

Classical - Released August 21, 2020 | harmonia mundi

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In their own way Beethoven’s five piano concertos relate a part of their composer’s life. In the previous volume of this complete recording, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Pablo Heras-Casado and the musicians of the Freiburger Barockorchester explored the beginning (Concerto No. 2, a springboard to Viennese fame) and the end (the ‘Emperor’) of the story; they now turn to the most personal of all the Beethoven concertos, the Fourth, which, at a time when the spectre of total deafness threatened his career, shattered the conventions of the genre – as did such orchestral works as Coriolan and the Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus. © harmonia mundi
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4

Elisabeth Leonskaja

Classical - Released April 7, 2023 | Warner Classics

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Over the years, long-time collaborators Elisabeth Leonskaja (pianist) and Tugan Sokhiev (conductor) have developed an artistic partnership that has frequently brought them together with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Sokhiev had the pleasure of being the appointed music director from 2008 until 2022 when he was forced to resign for political reasons due to the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. Recorded in 2017 and 2018 in the legendary Halle au Grains, the place the Orchestre du Capitole calls home, this record, devoted to Piano Concerto No. 3 and 4, exudes an aura of fresh nonchalance. The pianist and orchestra converse in perfect symbiosis under the watchful baton of a keen-eared conductor who seeks to capitalise on every inch of the score. The sound recording only magnifies Leonskaja’s skill, wrapping it in silky orchestration. What a delight!The Third Concerto, published at the dawn of the 19th century, forms part of a vision of Beethoven’s homage to the elders of the classical period (predominantly Mozart). Commencing with an atmosphere of heroic tragedy, the work finds a much more triumphant conclusion in its last movement. The approach of the Fourth Concerto is more surprising. It opens with a solitary piano cadenza, which sets the general tone of the piece before developing further to combine with the orchestra. The piece provides a glowing example of the natural balance between a solo instrument (piano) and an ensemble. The work can, at times, take the form of a symphonic poem with an abundance of imagery that reveals a dazzling discourse, a testament to the composer’s profound humanism. ©Pierre Lamy/Qobuz
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Beethoven: Pianos concertos 1 & 4

Martin Helmchen

Classical - Released April 17, 2020 | Alpha Classics

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Beethoven’s Piano Concertos are a precious source for understanding the history of the practice of this instrument, which, in the early nineteenth century, permanently replaced the harpsichord in the hearts of composers. Thus one can still hear the galant influence of Mozart in the First Concerto (1795-1800), whereas the Fourth (1805-06) reveals the introspective personality, at once vigorous and generous, of a Beethoven at the height of his artistic maturity. In the second instalment of his recording of the complete concertos, the German pianist Martin Helmchen performs these two contrasting works with Andrew Manze and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. © Alpha Classics
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 & Piano Concerto No. 4

Lahav Shani

Classical - Released November 27, 2020 | Warner Classics

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Alexander Scriabin : Intégrale des Etudes pour piano

Andrei Korobeinikov

Solo Piano - Released October 6, 2014 | Mirare

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58

Rudolf Buchbinder

Classical - Released September 3, 2021 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Chopin, Schubert & Prokofiev

Yulianna Avdeeva

Classical - Released September 8, 2014 | Mirare

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Fauré: Nocturnes pour Piano, Theme et Variations Op. 73 by Eric Heidsieck

Eric Heidsieck

Classical - Released February 9, 2023 | Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58 & Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 19

Rudolf Serkin

Classical - Released January 1, 1955 | Sony Classical

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 - Gould Remastered

Glenn Gould

Classical - Released July 1, 1961 | Sony Classical

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Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 was the piece with which Glenn Gould made his orchestral debut when he was 13, and he performed it more often than any of the composer's other concertos. This recording, with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic, was made in 1961. Gould's performance is thoughtful, nuanced, and not at all eccentric. What's most striking about his playing is the degree to which he's able to bring out the individuality of the contrapuntal lines. His performance is extremely graceful. The opening of the first movement is luxuriantly fluid and sensuous, and the rhythmically driven sections are delicate and cleanly articulated. It's an understated performance that perfectly suits the character of this most subtle of Beethoven's piano concertos and Gould hides the work's technical demands by making the music seem effortless and spontaneous. Bernstein leads a soulful reading that's not at all flashy, which reveals the work's substance without putting a hugely individualistic stamp on it. The New York Philharmonic's sound is warm and full, and the playing is absolutely secure. Gould's characteristic humming is occasionally audible, but at such a low level that only the purist who demands absolutely clean sound is likely to be offended. A minor quibble: the CD only lasts a little over 35 minutes, and since Sony is reissuing all Gould's Columbia recordings, it would have made sense to pair the concerto with another piece to fill out the disc.© TiVo
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 - Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 & Ballade No. 4 (Live)

Eric Lu

Classical - Released September 21, 2018 | Warner Classics

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Pianist Eric Lu, the Massachusetts-raised son of Chinese immigrants, has been winning competitions since he was 13, and he has won two big ones: the Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and, in 2018 at age 20, the Leeds International Piano Competition in Britain. His prize for the latter was this release of his competition performances on Warner Classics. The Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, was his finals entry, and he played the Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35, in the semifinals. Some competition winners are good at pleasing judges, while others please audiences, and you get a bit of both here. There are some problems: the very slow funeral march of the Chopin tends to collapse under its own weight. And Lu is miked too closely; the coughing of someone in the front rows is captured clearly just at the critical moment where the tritone scales build to a climax in the slow movement of the Beethoven concerto. But the Beethoven is very strong: Lu has power and clean technique, and he interacts spontaneously with the Hallé Orchestra under Edward Gardner. This is something that eludes young pianists, and it gives his performance a charismatic X factor that seems, judging from the included applause at the end, to have made an impact on the restrained British crowds. The Chopin sonata, given a big, Beethovenian reading, and the Ballade in F minor, Op. 52, are a bit more conventionalm, but Lu is plainly a young pianist to watch.© TiVo

The Legacy Of Charles Munch

Charles Munch

Classical - Released April 20, 2020 | Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 & Piano Concerto No. 4

San Francisco Symphony

Classical - Released February 8, 2011 | SFS Media

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Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 5

Ludwig van Beethoven

Classical - Released February 20, 2015 | Challenge Classics

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La Folle Journée 2016 - La Nature

Orchestre d'Auvergne

Classical - Released January 22, 2016 | Mirare

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Aufgelebt

Benjamin Levy

Classical - Released February 4, 2022 | Challenge Classics

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The album “Aufgelebt” is all about revival, rebirth and recreation, the promise of new beginnings. Beethoven worked on his Piano Concerto No. 4 and the Op. 61a (piano version of the Violin Concerto) in the same period of his life. Both concertos were neglected and would have been forgotten had it not been for the attention of Felix Mendelssohn, who revived the Fourth Piano Concerto in 1836 and conducted the Violin Concerto, in 1844. Since then, these two concertos have been considered to be masterpieces of classical music literature. The Violin Concerto had yet another chance of rebirth long before young Joachim’s success. After attending the premiere of the piece, Muzio Clementi asked Beethoven to transcribe the work for piano and orchestra. His wish was promptly fulfilled by the composer, who at the same time enriched the new piano version with authentic cadenzas, of which the first - in the first movement - is very special and modern as the piano is accompanied by timpani! © Challenge Records

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 & Mendelssohn: Double Concerto

Min-Jung Kym

Concertos - Released June 1, 2018 | Signum Records

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58

Arthur Rubinstein

Classical - Released November 4, 2016 | RCA Red Seal