Beethoven: The Piano Concertos
The 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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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
- Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
- Kölner Akademie
- Michael Alexander Willens
I. Allegro con brio
II. Largo
III. Rondo. Allegro
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
- Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
- Kölner Akademie
- Michael Alexander Willens
I. Allegro con brio
II. Adagio
III. Rondo. Molto allegro
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
- Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
- Kölner Akademie
- Michael Alexander Willens
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante con moto
III. Rondo. Vivace
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
- Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
- Kölner Akademie
- Michael Alexander Willens
I. Allegro con brio
II. Largo
III. Rondo. Allegro - Presto
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'
- Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
- Kölner Akademie
- Michael Alexander Willens
I. Allegro
II. Adagio un poco mosso
III. Rondo. Allegro