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Originally recorded in 2021
Classical
Piano
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These works share the common key of E flat major but represent two very different stages in the composer’s life. The Piano Concerto No. 0, WoO 4, written when Beethoven was 13 years old, is one of his earliest works. With the orchestral score lost, this extant version for piano solo written in Beethoven’s hand includes the tutti sections reduced for piano. The radiant ‘Emperor’ Concerto shows the 38-year-old Beethoven at the peak of his creative powers, and remains a glorious example of his spirit triumphing over life’s adversities.
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“Giltburg and Petrenko make a superb team in the ‘Emperor’ Concerto, with the bonus of a fascinating coupling.”
Interpretation ****** Sound ***** Repertoire *****
“There have been many attempts to free Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto from the Empereur-pathos… Boris Giltburg and Vasily Petrenko show how to do it right. Giltburg’s clear articulation and Petrenko’s transparent reading allow us to follow compositional structures, but in this beautiful architecture and its well-kept interior, there are always particularly beautiful tonal sensitivities, a very lively, sparklingly alert and always spontaneous discourse and, above all, a delightful cantabile…” *****
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