As smooth and delicious a performance of Beethoven's First Piano Concerto as has been released since the turn of the century, Ronald Brautigam's account of the work with Andrew Parrott and the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra compares with Richter's for sparkle, with Pollini's for cleverness, and with Michelangeli's for liveliness. Brautigam's opening Allegro con brio has velocity and control, his central Largo expressivity and refinement, and his closing Rondo wit and whimsy. Parrott, the English conductor famous for his ...
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As smooth and delicious a performance of Beethoven's First Piano Concerto as has been released since the turn of the century, Ronald Brautigam's account of the work with Andrew Parrott and the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra compares with Richter's for sparkle, with Pollini's for cleverness, and with Michelangeli's for liveliness. Brautigam's opening Allegro con brio has velocity and control, his central Largo expressivity and refinement, and his closing Rondo wit and whimsy. Parrott, the English conductor famous for his recordings of Baroque choral repertoire, and the skillful and characterful Norrköping Symphony supports Brautigam, but also challenges him, prodding him forward in developments, pulling back with him in pauses, surging together with him in climaxes. This, surely, is a model post-millennial Beethoven First Concerto. The performance of Beethoven's Third Concerto that follows is even better. While some listeners might miss the sheer power Richter brought to the work, they will have to...
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