Nino Gvetadze | Phíon | Benjamin Levy
Piano Concertos Op. 58 & Op. 61
- Type CD
- Label Challenge Classics
- UPC 0608917282023
- Catalog number CC 72820
- Release date 04 February 2022
About the album
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 a 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 premier 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 Concerto with authentic cadenzas, of which the first - in the First Movement - is very special as the piano is accompanied by timpani!
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11Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58 Allegro moderato
18:51 -
12Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58 Andante con moto
04:34 -
13Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58 Rondo. Vivace
10:02 -
14Piano Concerto, Op. 61a Allegro ma non troppo
22:20 -
15Piano Concerto, Op. 61a Larghetto
08:06 -
16Piano Concerto, Op. 61a Rondo
09:08