Beethoven: Piano Concertos 2 & 5 "Emperor" Classical Alpha

Beethoven: Piano Concertos 2 & 5 "Emperor"

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Beethoven: Piano Concertos 2 & 5 "Emperor"

Label Catalogue Number:
Alpha 555

Running Time: 66:23

Release Date: September 2019

Genre:
Classical

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As the celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth approaches, and following a much-admired version of the Diabelli Variations (Alpha 386 – Gramophone Editor’s Choice), Martin Helmchen has decided to record his complete piano concertos in the company of musical partners with whom he has a special affinity, Andrew Manze and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. They devote this first volume to the Concertos nos. 2 and 5, giving lovingly polished performances of these two masterpieces of the piano repertory.

Composed even before Concerto ‘no. 1’, the ‘Second’ Concerto was premiered in Vienna in 1795, when Beethoven was only twenty-five years old, but underwent several revisions before being published in its final version in 1801. Concerto no. 5 is the last that Beethoven composed. Though completed in 1808, it was not premiered until 1811. Beethoven normally gave the first performance of his concertos himself, but this time his increasing deafness meant he was unable to do so.

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Nominee in the Concerto category

Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2020

",,, A sturdy, reliable recording of two great works." ****

Freya Parr - BBC Music magazine (Brief Notes section) - May 2020

Interpretation ***** Sound ***** Repertoire *****

Carsten Durer – Piano News (Germany) – March/April 2020

"... These are excellent performances - the interpretative gold is undeniable. This is the first volume of a set of complete concertos. Refreshing, uplifting Beethoven on a label that is defining itself by fine A & R."

Colin Clarke - International Piano magazine - January 2020

Editors' Choice - Orchestral Section

Michella Assay - Gramophone magazine - December 2019

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