Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus
Orchestra: RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Audite
Catalogue: AUDITE95610
Release: 2009
Size: 198 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Andante con moto
03. III. Rondo. Vivace
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major Op. 60
04. I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace
07. IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Karl Böhm and Wilhelm Backhaus enjoyed an especially harmonious artistic partnership.The two musicians worked together frequently, both on the concert platform and in the recording studio: their cooperation is well documented in the form of recordings for the radio and on disc.These interpretations of the Fourth Piano Concerto and the Fourth Symphony with the RIAS Symphony Orchestra from the early 1950s are amongst the first Beethoven recordings made by Karl Böhm after the Second World War.The G major Piano Concerto by Beethoven was a favourite of Wilhelm Backhaus. Serene, tranquil and at peace with himself, he presents a congenial realisation of the score together with Böhm. Karl Böhm’s virtues as a conductor, such as his precision, discipline and kapellmeister-like rigour, find an equal counterpart in the clear pianism of the 66-year-old Wilhelm Backhaus.