Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout
Orchestra: Freiburger Barockorchester
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Size: 809 MB
Recovery: +3%
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01. Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
02. I. Allegro moderato
03. II. Andante con moto
04. III. Rondo. Vivace
05. The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43
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.