Description
Disc 1
Piano concerto no.1 in C major op.15
Piano concerto no.2 in Bb major op.19
Piano concerto no.4 in G major op.58
Disc 2
Piano concerto no.3 in c minor op.37
Piano concerto no.5 in Eb major op.73 (Emperor)
Ronald Brautigam, Hammerklavier
Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
Michael Tanner –
Classical music /BBC
David A. McConnell –
The classic review
Rainer W. Janka –
Klassik -Heute
Dr. Jürgen Schaarwächter –
Klassik.com
Warwick Arnold –
Limelight
Gramophone –
Both Brautigam and Willens are alive to Beethoven’s every indication on the page, and that most precious of all commodities in music, the life of the phrase, is sacrosanct.
Gramophone