Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 & 2 Overtures

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I have never heard this concerto sound so interesting and surprising. It is, of course, known as Beethoven’s most introspective. Here it fascinates anew for the sheer sounds it makes and for... — Fanfare, Jan/Feb 2021 More…

Release Date: 21st Aug 2020
Catalogue No: HMM902413
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 45 minutes

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October 2020

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Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

Work length7:29

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Kristian Bezuidenhout (soloist)
Freiburger Barockorchester
Pablo Heras-Casado

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

Work length33:14

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Kristian Bezuidenhout (soloist)
Freiburger Barockorchester
Pablo Heras-Casado

I. Allegro moderato

Track length18:35

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II. Andante con moto

Track length4:55

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III. Rondo. Vivace

Track length9:44

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Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43

Work length4:53

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Kristian Bezuidenhout (soloist)
Freiburger Barockorchester
Pablo Heras-Casado

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In their own way Beethoven’s five piano concertos relate a part of their composer’s life. In the previous volume of this complete recording, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Pablo Heras-Casado and the musicians of the Freiburger Barockorchester explored the beginning (Concerto no.2, a springboard to Viennese fame) and the end (the ‘Emperor’) of the story. They now turn to the most personal of all the Beethoven concertos, the Fourth which, at a time when the spectre of total deafness threatened his career, shattered the conventions of the genre - as did such orchestral works as Coriolan and the Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus.

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Jan/Feb 2021

I have never heard this concerto sound so interesting and surprising. It is, of course, known as Beethoven’s most introspective. Here it fascinates anew for the sheer sounds it makes and for unexpected contrasts to be found within it. Heras-Casado is a perfect collaborator, eliciting growling thrust from his strings and fruity sonorities from the Freiburg winds.

October 2020

Repeated listening has convinced me this is one of the finest, most deeply perceptive and thrilling performances of Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto on record. But make no mistake, Bezuidenhout’s triumph could only be achieved by the hand-in-glove support and interplay provided by Heras-Casado and the Freiburgers… If you love Beethoven, delight in the sound of precise and imaginative ensemble and revel in brilliant piano-playing, whatever you do, do not miss this.

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