Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Triple Concerto
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Triple Concerto
Maria João Pires (piano), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
[ LSO Live / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 1 March 2019
LSO Live celebrates the 90th birthday of one of the conducting world's greats, Bernard Haitink.
Few artists have a deeper understanding of the music of Beethoven than the celebrated Dutch conductor, who is known for his mastery of the great symphonic repertoire. This album focuses on Haitink's interpretations of Beethoven's concerto writing, coupling a new recording of Piano Concerto No 2 by Maria João Pires with a virtuosic performance of the Triple Concerto by Lars Vogt, Gordan Nikolitch and Tim Hugh, which was originally made alongside Haitink's now iconic cycle of the composer's complete symphonies.
"Pires plays with the lightness, clarity and impeccable phrasing that have made her career...Haitink keeps the orchestra firmly in classical territory, helped by reduced instrumentation. Pires follows suit technically and stylistically but exploits every opportunity to remind us of the voice she is interpreting…[In the Second Concerto] Vogt shapes every keyboard utterance into a masterful line. The recording is, in every way, a classic." The Whole Note
