Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 Kristian Bezuidenhout, Freiburger Barockorchester & Pablo Heras-Casado

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37:
• 1 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: I. Allegro con brio 16:39
• 2 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: II. Largo 08:31
• 3 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: III. Rondo. Allegro 09:29
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15:
• 4 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: I. Allegro con brio 14:34
• 5 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: II. Largo 09:16
• 6 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando 08:46
• Total Runtime 01:07:15

Info for Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3

After the first two installments, highly praised by the press – ‘one of the finest, most . . . thrilling performances of [the] Fourth Concerto’, wrote Gramophone – Kristian Bezuidenhout, Pablo Heras-Casado and the Freiburger Barockorchester close their Beethoven trilogy with the classical yet already eminently personal Concerto no.1, and that masterpiece of intensity and drama, Concerto no.3. Once again, period instruments and historically informed performance practice reveal the astonishing modernity that early listeners found in these works!

On the face of it, I was seriously attracted by the idea of spending so much time with Beethoven – after all, I had done a similar thing with the solo music of Mozart and have become convinced that true immersion in the language of a composer (particularly in the recording studio) is only really possible when one has no distractions. With the benefit of hindsight, however, the plan and the entire experience now seems utterly deranged, lunatic, nigh-impossible and physically exhausting at times to the point of despair. Yet, somehow, and with equal power, an experience of such magic, and deep spiritual enrichment.” (Kristian Bezuidenhout)

Kristian Bezuidenhout first gained international recognition at the age of 21 after winning the first prize, and audience prize, in the Bruges Fortepiano Competition. His rich and award-winning discography on Harmonia Mundi includes the complete keyboard music of Mozart (Diapason d’Or de L’année, Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, & Caecilia Prize); Mozart Violin Sonatas with Petra Müllejans; Mendelssohn and Mozart Piano Concertos; and songs by Beethoven, Mozart, and Schumann with tenor Mark Padmore.

Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
Freiburger Barockorchester
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

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