Hannes Minnaar, Jan Willem de Vriend, The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
Release Date: 24 November 2023
Label: Challenge Classics
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 0608917297225
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
Challenge Classics presents a box containing Beethoven's five Piano Concertos performed by Hannes Minnaar and The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jan Willem de Vriend.
Two single volumes from the set have already been issued: while the one including Concertos nos. 4 & 5 was acclaimed by Gramophone as: "beginning a Beethoven cycle with the Fourth and Fifth Concertos is a bold move but one that pays offin all sorts of ways", the same magazine welcomed the disc with Concertos nos. 1 & 2 for "its pleasing mix of finesse and drive". Importantly, the set includes the so far unissued Concerto no. 3.
Despite the very large number of recordings already made of this musicalcorpus, Minnaar and de Vriend have proved that they have something new and totally their own to say about this collection of masterpieces. And it is indeed the peculiar blend of sheer energy andesprit de finessethat can be identified as the distinctive brand or these recordings.
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
