Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
Performer: Nino Gvetadze
Orchestra: Phion Orchestra
Conductor: Benjamin Lévy
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Challenge Classics
Release: 2022
Size: 630 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Andante con moto
03. III. Rondo. Vivace
Piano Concerto, Op. 61a
04. I. Allegro ma non troppo
05. II. Larghetto
06. III. Rondo
The album “Aufgelebt” is all about revival, rebirth and recreation, the promise of new beginnings. Beethoven worked on his Piano Concerto No. 4 and the Op. 61a (piano version of the Violin Concerto) in the same period of his life. Both concertos were neglected and would have been forgotten had it not been for the attention of Felix Mendelssohn, who revived the Fourth Piano Concerto in 1836 and conducted the Violin Concerto, in 1844. Since then, these two concertos have been considered to be masterpieces of classical music literature.
The Violin Concerto had yet another chance of rebirth long before young Joachim’s success. After attending the premiere of the piece, Muzio Clementi asked Beethoven to transcribe the work for piano and orchestra. His wish was promptly fulfilled by the composer, who at the same time enriched the new piano version with authentic cadenzas, of which the first – in the first movement – is very special and modern as the piano is accompanied by timpani!