Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4

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[No. 4] With Helmchen the gentle start belies how powerful and exciting he is in the first movement once Beethoven really challenges the pianist. It’s an unexpectedly complete reading, too, offering... — Fanfare, September/October 2020 More…

Release Date: 24th Apr 2020
Catalogue No: ALPHA575
Label: Alpha
Length: 69 minutes

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

Work length34:48

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Martin Helmchen (piano)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Andrew Manze

I. Allegro con brio

Track length15:10

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II. Largo

Track length10:26

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$2.30

$3.05

III. Rondo. Allegro

Track length9:12

$1.50

$2.30

$3.05

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Work length34:44

Album only

Martin Helmchen (piano)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Andrew Manze

I. Allegro moderato

Track length18:58

Album only

II. Andante con moto

Track length5:21

$1.00

$1.50

$2.05

III. Rondo. Vivace

Track length10:25

$1.50

$2.30

$3.05

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Beethoven’s piano concertos are a precious source for understanding the history of the practice of this instrument, which, in the early nineteenth century, permanently replaced the harpsichord in the hearts of composers. Thus one can still hear the galant influence of Mozart in the First Concerto (1795-1800), whereas the Fourth (1805-06) reveals the introspective personality, at once vigorous and generous, of a Beethoven at the height of his artistic maturity. In the second instalment of his recording of the complete concertos, the German pianist Martin Helmchen performs these two contrasting works with Andrew Manze and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.

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September/October 2020

[No. 4] With Helmchen the gentle start belies how powerful and exciting he is in the first movement once Beethoven really challenges the pianist. It’s an unexpectedly complete reading, too, offering delicacy where wanted and turning the cadenza into a solo piano piece as involved as a middle-period Beethoven sonata. I haven’t heard better in a long time. Strongly recommended.

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4

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