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Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos - Choral Fantasy (1988)

Classical | Label: Decca | RAR 3% Rec. | RS/Hotfile/Fileserve

Terry Cook (Performer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Vladimir Ashkenazy (Conductor, Performer), Cleveland Orchestra (Orchestra), Mary Shearer (Performer), Jon Garrison (Performer)

Review: In its best passages, this recording achieves true greatness. In particular, the slow movement of the Emperor is a perfect dream, into which Ashkenazy draws the wonderful Cleveland players. Who needs a conductor when the musicians know the notes by heart and when unity can only be achieved in any case by careful listening to the soloist and to each other, not by following a conductor's second-hand intuition of where the soloist is going. There is a downside of not having a conductor, however, namely that during the solo passages the orchestra lacks a force driving it to huge fortissimos and dynamic changes in the interwoven accompaniment. While one has to assume that Ashkenazy's dynamic interpretation won out overall, the result is a somewhat restrained execution. But Ashkenazy's playing is wonderfully expressive throughout, and this set can be recommended for definitive performances free from the idiosyncratic excesses of some other renditions.

Tracklisting:

1 Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Performed by Cleveland Orchestra

Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy

2 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Performed by Cleveland Orchestra

Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy

3 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Performed by Cleveland Orchestra

Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy

4 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Performed by Cleveland Orchestra

Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy

5 Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major ("Emperor"), Op. 73

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Performed by Cleveland Orchestra

Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy

6 Fantasia for piano, chorus, and orchestra ("Choral Fantasy"), Op. 80

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Performed by Cleveland Orchestra

with Mary Shearer, Jon Garrison, D'Anna Fortunato, Terry Cook

Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy

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