Ronald Brautigam, Michael Alexander Willens, Kölner Akademie - Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (2019)
Ronald Brautigam, Michael Alexander Willens, Kölner Akademie - Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 652 Mb | Total time: 157:13 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-2274 SACD | Recorded: 2017, 2018
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 652 Mb | Total time: 157:13 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-2274 SACD | Recorded: 2017, 2018
As one of the finest pianists of his era and an improviser of genius, Ludwig van Beethoven’s preferred vehicle for musical exploration was the piano. His earliest composition, from 1782, was a set of piano variations and he continued to compose for solo piano until the last years of his life. His interest in the concerto form diminished as his deafness forced him to retire from performing. Nonetheless, with his five piano concertos composed between 1788 and 1809, Beethoven not only achieved a brilliant conclusion to the Classical piano concerto, but also established a new model for the Romantic era: a sort of symphony with obbligato piano which remained a reference point well into the beginning of the twentieth. Ronald Brautigam has already recorded these seminal works with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, in acclaimed performances released between 2008 and 2010. Since then he has also released all of Beethoven’s solo piano music on the fortepiano to universal praise. When Brautigam now returns to the concertos, it is in the company of conductor Michael Alexander Willens and Die Kölner Akademie playing on period instruments. The same team has previously partnered him in an 11-disc survey of Mozart’s piano concertos and it is plain to hear that all involved clearly relish the opportunity to congratulate Beethoven on the eve of his 250th anniversary.
Performer:
Ronald Brautigam, piano
Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
Track List:
CD1:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Largo
03. III. Rondo. Allegro
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
04. I. Allegro con brio
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Rondo. Allegro molto
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
07. I. Allegro moderato
08. II. Andante con moto
09. III. Rondo. Vivace
CD2:
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Largo
03. III. Rondo. Allegro
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Adagio un poco mosso
06. III. Rondo. Allegro
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Ronald Brautigam, Michael Alexander Willens, Kölner Akademie - Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (2019)
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