REFERENCE RECORDINGS is proud to present The Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos played by Grammy®-winning Garrick Ohlsson, performing with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles. This album was recorded during live Festival performances in July 2022.
A student of the late Claudio Arrau, Ohlsson is especially noted for his masterly performances of the works of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, as well as the Romantic repertoire. To date, he is the only American ever to win first prize in the International Chopin Piano Competition. Ohlsson has also been nominated for three Grammy Awards, winning one in 2008 for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) for Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3. This new recording represents a pinnacle in his career.
Reference Recordings, founded in 1976 in San Francisco, has won multiple Grammy awards and a catalog that includes numerous American and international orchestras, ensembles and choruses. FRESH! is part of Reference Recordings’ mission to encourage unique and fine artists, and give them a strong platform for promotion and sales nationally and internationally. Reference Recordings are distributed in North America by Naxos USA, and internationally through a network of independent distributors. For more information, visit: ReferenceRecordings.com.
The recording release date is May 12, 2023.
Tracks
DISC 1 (69:28)
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 IN C MAJOR, OP. 15 (1795/1800)
flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings, and solo piano
- I. Allegro con brio
- II. Largo
- III. Rondo-Allegro
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 IN B-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 19 (1788/1795)
flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, strings, and solo piano
- I. Allegro con brio
- II. Adagio
- III. Rondo-Allegro molto
DISC 2 (72:09)
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 IN C MINOR, OP. 37 (1800)
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings, and solo piano
- I. Allegro con brio
- II. Largo
- III. Rondo-Allegro
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 4 IN G MAJOR, OP. 58 (1808)
flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings, and solo piano
- I. Allegro moderato
- II. Andante con moto
- III. Rondo-Vivace
DISC 3 (44:19)
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 5 IN E-FLAT MAJOR “EMPEROR,” OP. 73 (1809)
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings, and solo piano
- I. Allegro
- II. Adagio un poco moto
- III. Rondo-Allegro, ma non troppo
Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, OP. 43 (1801)
- Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, OP. 43
