Name: Johann Wilhelm Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol. 1
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Johann Wilhelm Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol. 1

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Brautigam and Willens plainly believe in this music: they collaborated on the editions used, and create performances of lightness and transparency, matched by the recording’s clarity. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Jul 2022
Catalogue No: BIS2504
Label: BIS
Length: 82 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

1st July 2022
Presto Recordings of the Year

Finalist 2022
International Classical Music Awards

2023

Nominated - Concerto

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Wilms: I. Allegro

Work length11:55

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Ronald Brautigam
Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens

Wilms: II. Poco adagio

Work length6:11

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Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens

Wilms: III. Rondo

Work length6:37

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Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens

Wilms: I. Allegro

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Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens

Wilms: II. Poco adagio

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Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens

Wilms: III. Rondo

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Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens

Wilms: I. Allegro

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Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens

Wilms: II. Poco adagio

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Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens

Wilms: III. Rondo alla pollacca

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Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens

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Recording of the Week, Ronald Brautigam performs piano concertos by Johann Wilhelm Wilms

1st July 2022

Fortepianist Ronald Brautigam is joined by the Kölner Akademie and conductor Michael Alexander Willens for the first of two volumes of concertos by the composer once described as "the Dutch Beethoven".

"Born in the vicinity of Cologne, only two years after and some sixty km distant from Beethoven, Johann Wilhelm Wilms was once a musical force to be reckoned with. In Amsterdam, where he lived from the age of 19, his music was actually performed more frequently than Beethoven’s at one period, and his orchestral works were played in such musical centres as Leipzig. Besides chamber music and solo sonatas Wilms composed several symphonies and solo concertos (for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and cello) as well as piano concertos for his own use, five of which were published between 1799 and 1820. (Two more have been lost.) He also appeared regularly as soloist in concertos by other composers. But already during his lifetime Wilms began to retreat from the public eye, whether because of setbacks in his private life or because he was disillusioned with the superficial tastes of the Amsterdam audiences. By the time of his death in 1847, he was remembered almost exclusively as the composer of the then national anthem. In time for the 250th anniversary of Wilms’ birth, Ronald Brautigam has edited the five extant piano concertos by ‘the Dutch Beethoven’ and presents the first three here, with nos 4 and 5 to follow in a second volume. As on a number of previous, highly acclaimed releases, he is supported by the Kölner Akademie and Michael Alexander Willens."

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September 2022

Brautigam and Willens plainly believe in this music: they collaborated on the editions used, and create performances of lightness and transparency, matched by the recording’s clarity.

September 2022

None of this music is going to challenge Mozart and Beethoven but all of it, and the C major Concerto in particular, is worth revisiting, especially in such committed and sympathetic performances as these.

1st July 2022

The well-established affinity between the artists reaps considerable rewards here: orchestra and soloist are completely attuned with one another. The balance between them is exemplary - everything from the smallest orchestral details to the liveliest bit of fortepiano business can be heard extremely clearly, combining to provide an overall sound that is a joy to listen to.

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