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Beethoven - Piano Concertos No.1 & No.3

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISSACD1692

Barcode: 7318599916927

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 30th June 2008

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Concerto no.1 in C major, op.15
Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, op.37

Artists

Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Andrew Parrott

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Concerto no.1 in C major, op.15
Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, op.37

Artists

Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Andrew Parrott

About

This is the first disc in Ronald Brautigam’s Beethoven Piano Concertos cycle; part of his ongoing cycle to record all of Beethoven’s music for solo piano.

With five discs released so far in the cycle, Brautigam’s massive project has been greeted with enormous interest by reviewers. One contributing factor has been the choice of instrument, which has brought new perspectives to the music. But more important for the critical success have been the direct and immediately engaging interpretations. International Record Review, writing about the Moonlight Sonata: 'a Presto agitato from hell; such controlled fury and unrelenting intensity, yet musical to the core, and never banged out. It took sometime before I was able to unpin myself to the wall...’

Brautigam now takes on Beethoven’s complete works for piano and orchestra, choosing to do so on a modern piano and with a modern instrument orchestra: the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, internationally acclaimed for its many fine recordings on BIS. Conducting the series is Andrew Parrott who, together with the soloist, brings all his expertise in period performance practice to bear in interpretations that in many ways are as fresh and revolutionary as those of the sonata cycle.

As Ronald Brautigam explains in the liner notes: ‘I truly believe that what Beethoven wanted was chamber music rather than a battle between orchestra and soloist, and this makes for a wonderfully interactive set-up, where individual players have far more contact with the pianist than in a regular concert set-up’.