BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 5, Emperor
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Composer or Director: Ludwig van Beethoven, Cyprien Katsaris
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Piano 21
Magazine Review Date: 09/2014
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 76
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: P21 051N
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, 'Emperor' |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Cyprien Katsaris, Composer Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Neville Marriner, Conductor |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, 'Emperor' - Solo Piano version |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Composer Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer |
Author: Harriet Smith
Transcriptions can allow the listener to glimpse a much-loved work from a different perspective (Stravinsky’s Rite is a good example). Here, I’m less sure about the benefits (apart from Katsaris finally getting his hands on that tune). He has a tendency to play at the limits of the piano’s tone rather too often when attempting to convey the heft of Beethoven’s tuttis. But more disturbing is some of the passagework, which is rather jerkily surmounted, particularly in the finale. And it’s impossible for a keyboard instrument to recapture the sublime string scoring that opens the second movement, though Katsaris does his best to emulate the double bass pizzicatos by slightly desynchronising his left hand. One for transcription nuts only.
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