Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
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Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
It is appropriate that the peak of Beethoven’s orchestral artistry should be scaled by two musicians also at the height of their powers: these performances are as near-definitive as I ever expect... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th July 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos
Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles
…These are my type of performances—full-bodied-sounding modern instruments in up-tempo, sharply defined readings set in perfect balance between piano and orchestra. No detail—be it tempo indication,... — More…
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Record Review, 20th May 2023, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2023, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
Uchida takes enormous care over articulation, clarity, voicing and dynamics. And this is true in the simplest passages as well as the most virtuoso...Uchida’s fastidious articulateness makes... — More…
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Record Review, 26th January 2019, Disc of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
3 CDs + Blu-ray Audio + Blu-ray Video
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Beethoven: The Piano Concertos
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Hough’s individualities of phrasing and subtleties of pedalling are all contained within a relatively Classical sense of order. He brings splendour to the greater grandiosity of the Emperor... — More…
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Record Review, 2nd May 2020, Record of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Beethoven: The Piano Concertos RecommendedThe 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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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Harnoncourt - Beethoven RecommendedGidon Kremer & Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Another absorbing set, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt bringing his impeccable, historically-informed sensibilities to the modern instruments of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. The Eroica is mightily... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Recording of the Year
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
RecommendedMurray Perahia (piano)
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Classic accounts in which the soloist and orchestra are partners, responding raptly to one another — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Concerto
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Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
RecommendedArthur Rubinstein (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Classical Album of the Year
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Beethoven: Symphonies, Overtures & Piano Concertos
RecommendedMelvyn Tan (piano)
London Classical Players, Roger Norrington
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Period performance
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, December 2022, Also Recommended - Beethoven 9
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Building A Library, October 2023, Recommended Period Instrument Recording
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
RecommendedWilhelm Kempff (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul van Kempen
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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