Jonathan Biss - Beethoven 5, Vol. 4 (2025) [Official Digital Download]

It is a question without an answer – certainly not a fully satisfying answer. The way the chord is built is a contributing factor: its highest note is not the “root”, but the third, making it softer-edged, less definitive than it might be. That is something. And then there is the matter of context. This chord, played quietly by the piano alone, is how the work begins: It is the event that breaks the silence that precedes it. A classical concerto is not meant to start this way. In nearly every other example, the orchestra, not the soloist, plays first – it is the many, not the one, who set the scene. Amassed, they play all the main themes and build the concerto’s framework. The soloist’s silence creates an air of anticipation: when will this person, seated at the center of the stage at this conspicuously large instrument, finally do something? The piano’s inward-facing, unaccompanied opening statement tells the listener that Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto will be a work without precedent.

TRACKLIST

1. Jonathan Biss, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Omer Meir Wellber & Malin Broman - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, Op.58: Allegro moderato
2. Jonathan Biss, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Omer Meir Wellber & Malin Broman - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, Op.58: Andante con moto
3. Jonathan Biss, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Omer Meir Wellber & Malin Broman - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, Op.58: Rondo: Vivace
4. Jonathan Biss, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Omer Meir Wellber & Malin Broman - Sciarrino: Il Sogno di Stradella



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