Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Yegveny Sudbin (piano), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Osmo Vänskä (conductor)
[ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 24 May 2017
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On two previous discs, Yevgeny Sudbin and Osmo Vänskä have released Beethoven's three last piano concertos to critical acclaim. For the final disc in their cycle, Sudbin and Vänskä have traveled to Helsinki to team up with Tapiola Sinfonietta, one of the top Nordic ensembles, and well suited for these earlier and more classical of Beethoven's concertos. Of the two, the one we now know as the Second was actually begun several years before Concerto No. 1, and indeed even before Beethoven left Bonn for Vienna. During the following decade, Beethoven returned to the score repeatedly and made substantial revisions - including composing a new final movement - and ultimately the C major concerto reached publication first. Both concertos were conceived long before Beethoven's involvement with the symphonic genre, and the influence of Mozart and Haydn is evident in the interaction between the orchestra and the soloist - but Beethoven's individual spirit is nevertheless unmistakable.
"It is impossible to hold back from admiration for Sudbin in whatever he plays, thanks to his brilliance and hallmark exuberance. He has much to say and he wants us to listen...Carl Czerny remarked that [Beethoven] 'brings out difficulties and effects on the piano that we could never have imagined'. Yvgeny Sudbin at his best is an artist capable of reminding us of that and there is plentiful evidence in these rondo finales" Gramophone
"there are many moments of great beauty, and the performing standards are excellent." Classical Ear
"Sudbin seems quite inspired by his collaborators, and turns in some of his crispest, most zestful, and contrapuntally astute work in each concerto's outer movements. Yet the focus and crystalline transparency of his slow movements should not go unnoticed. Here he spins out long lines with a variety of articulations that reflect the breath pauses, accents, and phrase shapes one experiences with great singers." ClassicsToday 9/9
"For pianist Yevgeny Sudbin and conductor Osmo Vänskä it's playfulness that prevails in the outer movements [of the Second Concerto]…Sudbin's cadenzas are highlights: hints of jazz harmonies and the later Romantics, but all done with a light ironic touch that sits elegantly with the performance of a whole" BBC Music
Tracks:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
