Nino Gvetadze, Phion, Orchestra Of Gelderland & Overijssel & Benjamin Levy
Release Date: 22 April 2022
Label: Challenge Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 608917282023
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
Challenge Classics' pivotal pianist Nino Gvetadze confronts two Beethoven's grand concertos. The famous no 4, opus 58, is coupled with Beethoven's contemporary transcription for piano of the violin concerto op 61.
The album "Aufgelebt" is all about revival, rebirth and recreation, the promise of new beginnings. Beethoven worked on his Piano Concerto No. 4 and the Op. 61a (piano version of a violin concerto) in the same period of his life. Both concertos were neglected and would have been forgotten had it not been for the attention of Felix Mendelssohn, who revived the Fourth Piano Concerto in 1836 and conducted the violin concerto, in 1844. Since then, these two concertos have been considered to be masterpieces of classical music literature. The Violin Concerto had yet another chance of rebirth long before young Joachim's success. After attending the premier of the piece, Muzio Clementi asked Beethoven to transcribe the work for piano and orchestra. His wish was promptly fulfilled by the composer, who at the same time enriched the Concerto with authentic cadenzas, of which the first - in the First Movement - is very special as the piano is accompanied by timpani!
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"I was especially not expecting a Schumann album that so immediately goes to the top of my future recommendation list." - CC72855, Fanfare (USA)
"Nino Gvetadze gives a memorable and perfectly executed account of these diverse pieces. CC 72768 (Chopin), Scherzo (SP): Chopin, in the hands of Gvetadze, is almost a prayer to universal beauty." - CC72819 Musicweb (UK)
Tracklisting
Narratio Quartet
Piano Duo Scholtes & Janssens
Matteo Cicchitti, Musica Elegentia
Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull, Sollazzo Ensemble
La Sfera Armoniosa, Oscar Verhaar, Mike Fentross
Simona Marchesi, Bartolomeo Dandolo Marchesi
Ben Kim, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
Josef Krips; Various Orchestras
Josef Krips
Atalanta Fugiens Orchestra; Vanni Moretto
The Orchestra Now; Leon Botstein
Yannick Nezet-Seguin; Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
Brussels Philharmonic, Kazushi Ono
Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonie, Friedrich Kleinhapl, Robert Kruzik
Sibylle Mahni; Andreas Spering; Brandenburger Symphoniker
