Ronald Brautigam, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Parrott - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 & in D, Op. 61 (2009)

Posted By: tirexiss

Date: July 9, 2017

The apparently insatiable Dutch pianist Ronald Brautigam continues to gobble up standard and not-so-standard Beethoven with this 2009 disc featuring the composer's Fourth Piano Concerto and the piano transcription of his Violin Concerto, a recording that should please fans of the pianist's previous Beethoven recordings. Performing on a modern concert grand rather than the fortepianos he had favored in some earlier releases, Brautigam delivers readings that sparkle in the outer movements, sing in the central movements, and never resort to technical or emotional grandstanding to make their points. As always with this pianist, one can take his virtuosity as a given and simply sit back and enjoy the interpretations. In Brautigam's hands, the Fourth Concerto is full of light and energy in its outer movements, which the central Andante con moto's heavy shadows and lugubrious rhythms only make more brilliant. Even better is his take on the composer's arrangement of his Violin Concerto. Other pianists have taken up the unusual transcription, most notably Daniel Barenboim, but no other has been able to make the work sound so natural in its transformed state. Accompanied with taste and understanding by the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Andrew Parrott, Brautigam's performances are fully worthy to stand beside his previous Beethoven's performances. BIS' super audio sound is clear, deep, and real.

AllMusic

Track List:

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
1. I. Allegro moderato
2. II. Andante con moto
3. III. Rondo. Vivace

Piano Concerto in D major (after the Violin Concerto, Op. 61), Op. 61a
4. I. Allegro, ma non troppo
5. II. Larghetto
6. III. Rondo. Allegro

Performers:
Ronald Brautigam, piano
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Andrew Parrott

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