Leif Ove Andsnes: The Beethoven Journey (Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3)

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It's an all-round winner of a disc, with superlative playing from both soloist and orchestra, and a recorded sound to match. Andsnes's view of the music is fairly traditional...[his] pedalling... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 17th Sep 2012
Catalogue No: 88725420582
Label: Sony
Series: Leif Ove Andsnes The Beethoven Journey
Length: 68 minutes

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November 2012

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December 2012

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

Work length32:44

Album only

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Leif Ove Andsnes

I. Allegro con brio

Track length13:49

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II. Largo

Track length10:26

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III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando

Track length8:29

$1.30

$1.70

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Work length35:24

Album only

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Leif Ove Andsnes

I. Allegro con brio

Track length16:40

Album only

II. Largo

Track length9:54

$1.30

$1.70

$2.00

III. Rondo. Allegro

Track length8:50

$1.30

$1.70

$2.00

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Over the next four seasons, the celebrated Norwegian pianist and newly-signed exclusive Sony Classical artist Leif Ove Andsnes will devote the majority of his performing and recording activities to the music of Beethoven.

‘The Beethoven Journey’ is a collaboration with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, one of the world´s most acclaimed touring orchestras, on the move approximately 200 days each year. The 45 core members of the MCO come from 20 different countries and live all over Europe. The journey began with the live recording of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 at Prague Spring Festival in the historic Rudolfinum building, where Andsnes is not only playing the piano but also directing the orchestra. Although Andsnes has an extensive discography ‘The Beethoven Journey’ is his first Beethoven recording.

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December 2012

It's an all-round winner of a disc, with superlative playing from both soloist and orchestra, and a recorded sound to match. Andsnes's view of the music is fairly traditional...[his] pedalling is a shade cautious, but he plays the piece so beautifully that there are no grounds for complaint...Overall, this looks set to be a highly enjoyable journey.

4th December 2012

some of the best Beethoven playing you will ever hear...clearly, this is music that Andsnes has been living with for many years – and it now emerges with an impressive maturity...The crisp, well-sprung playing in the introductions to both concertos could easily be mistaken for that of a period-instrument orchestra

November 2012

there's a palpable sense of discovery, of living the music...You know you're in remarkable musical company before the piano has sounded a note...Of course, this isn't just down to the players: it's Andsnes's conception right from the start...What's also very striking is that these performances are not simply about elan and energy: they have a sense of gravitas, too, of rightness, that you find in the greatest Beethoven interpreters.

December 2012

has he gone forward or backward to Beethoven? The answer provided by these superb performances is: both. He has all of the power that Beethoven's writing often requires, yet his playing is also elegant and sometimes even understated...Let the journey continue!

4th October 2012

What these performances also have is a quality that is not always quite so obvious when he is alone on the concert platform – a real sense of enjoyment in playing, and the business of communicating that enjoyment to an audience...The incidental beauties – the articulacy of Andsnes's left hand is a marvel in itself, for instance – are all part of that, too.

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