Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev
While never making an ugly sound, her playing is weighty and forceful...She voices Beethoven’s writing with total clarity and a natural with total clarity and a natural sense of phrasing.
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev
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While never making an ugly sound, her playing is weighty and forceful...She voices Beethoven’s writing with total clarity and a natural with total clarity and a natural sense of phrasing.
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“When I play, I am not presenting myself on the stage, but the music I am playing. It is the music that matters.”- Elisabeth Leonskaja
• Second recording with Elisabeth Leonskaja - Beethoven’s Piano Concertos 3 & 4 recorded with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse under conductor Tugan Sokhiev
• One of the most celebrated pianists of our time, remaining true to herself and to her music, and in doing so following in the footsteps of great Russian musicians such as Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels
• French magazine Diapason has written: "Elisabeth Leonskaja’s journey leads from one peak to another. By constantly excelling herself, driven by her own personal demands, by her passion and her intelligence, she has earned a place among the greatest, not just of today, but of the past.”
• Winner of Germany’s prestigious Opus Klassik Award in 2020, she is admired as an interpreter who respects the truth of the music.
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Awards and reviews
July 2023
While never making an ugly sound, her playing is weighty and forceful...She voices Beethoven’s writing with total clarity and a natural with total clarity and a natural sense of phrasing.
September 2023
Listening to them, two things are immediately striking: what fine fettle Elisabeth Leonskaja is in, pianistically speaking, and the warmth of her relationship with Tugan Sokhiev and his Toulouse musicians.
