Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
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Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
It is appropriate that the peak of Beethoven’s orchestral artistry should be scaled by two musicians also at the height of their powers: these performances are as near-definitive as I ever expect... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th July 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Concerto
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto Nos 1-5 Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles
…These are my type of performances—full-bodied-sounding modern instruments in up-tempo, sharply defined readings set in perfect balance between piano and orchestra. No detail—be it tempo indication,... — More…
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Record Review, 20th May 2023, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2023, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven: The Piano Concertos
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Hough’s individualities of phrasing and subtleties of pedalling are all contained within a relatively Classical sense of order. He brings splendour to the greater grandiosity of the Emperor... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Record Review, 2nd May 2020, Record of the Week
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
Uchida takes enormous care over articulation, clarity, voicing and dynamics. And this is true in the simplest passages as well as the most virtuoso...Uchida’s fastidious articulateness makes... — More…
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Record Review, 26th January 2019, Disc of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven: The Piano Concertos RecommendedThe five Beethoven piano concertos on period instruments
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Textures are bracingly lean, with a lightness and transparency that seems airborne...There’s nothing pompous or heavyhanded in these readings. Both Brautigam and Willens are alive to Beethoven’s... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Beethoven: The Solo Concertos
Stefan Vladar (piano), Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Isabelle van Keulen (violin) & Julian Steckel (cello)
Wiener KammerOrchester
From the orchestral overture of the first concerto, the Wiener KammerOrchester capture the attention with their dynamism and spirit. The piano itself responds with engaged playing, brilliant... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2017, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven: Symphonies, Overtures & Piano Concertos
RecommendedMelvyn Tan (piano)
London Classical Players, Roger Norrington
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Period performance
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, December 2022, Also Recommended - Beethoven 9
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Building A Library, October 2023, Recommended Period Instrument Recording
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
RecommendedMurray Perahia (piano)
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Classic accounts in which the soloist and orchestra are partners, responding raptly to one another — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Concerto
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Harnoncourt - Beethoven
RecommendedGidon Kremer & Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Another absorbing set, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt bringing his impeccable, historically-informed sensibilities to the modern instruments of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. The Eroica is mightily... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Recording of the Year
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Building a Library, January 2015, First Choice
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
there are the kinds of insights that made Harnoncourt's Beethoven Symphonies such a pleasure a decade ago: the crisp articulation, the attention to detail, the impeccably moulded phrasing, the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2003, Editor's Choice
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