Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Brett Dean
Performer: Jonathan Biss
Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: David Afkham
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Orchid Classics
Catalogue: ORC100291
Release: 2024
Size: 615 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 ‘Emperor’
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio un poco mosso
03. III. Rondo. Allegro
Dean: Piano Concert “Gneixendorf Music – A Winter Journey”
04. I. Gneixendorf? That Sounds Like a Breaking Axle!
05. II. Difficult Decisions. Must It Be?
06. III. Applause, Friends, the Comedy Is Over
Biss’ assured command of the demanding keyboard-writing and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra’s bracing proficiency are well captured… I find much of Biss’ pearly, intimately scaled phrasing tasteful and on point.
Orchestral textures are exceptionally clean… This extreme clarity of texture and articulation spills over into the orchestra’s interaction with the soloist… Biss puts in an astonishing performance of what sounds like a fiendish technical and musical challenge… I cannot recommend this disc too highly.