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Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.5, Piano Sonata No.28 | Newton Classics 8802050

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.5, Piano Sonata No.28

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Label: Newton Classics

Cat No: 8802050

Barcode: 8718247710508

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 28th February 2011

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Contents

Artists

Robert Casadesus (piano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

Conductor

Hans Rosbaud

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major, op.73 'Emperor'
Piano Sonata no.28 in A major, op.101

Artists

Robert Casadesus (piano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

Conductor

Hans Rosbaud

About

Two unlikely pairings at first sight (see the Gramophone quotation below): not just the French polish of Casadesus with the analytical precision of Rosbaud, old-school modernist, but the works themselves - Beethoven’s most public declamation and then one of his more abruptly ordered sonatas fully within his late style.

Casadesus and Rosbaud, though at first sight a rather unlikely partnership, agree very well on most points and produce an interpretation which is unsensational yet satisfying. The conductor shows extreme care, especially in the tuttis, yet is never unduly austere; in fact the serenity of the Adagio’s opening is most beautifully realised. The recording balance is such that woodwind solos can be heard properly over the piano, but surely what is most enjoyable is the refinement, in both concept and execution, of Casadesus’s playing.’ - Gramophone, May 1972

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