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The Complete Piano Concertos (reissue)
Ludwig van Beethoven

The Complete Piano Concertos (reissue)

Hannes Minnaar | Jan Willem de Vriend | The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra

Label: Challenge Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917297225
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Catalog number: CC 72972
Releasedate: 06-10-23
- This box collects Beethoven’s Five Piano Concertos in 3CD's
- Concerto no.3 is here released for the first time
- Hannes Minnaar is by now recognized as a leading pianist of his generation after these Beethoven’s recordings, but also after his successful Fauré’s recital (CC 72731) and his recording of all Beethoven’s Piano and Violin Sonatas with Isabelle van Keulen (CC 72650)

 
Here is the box containing Beethoven’s five Piano Concertos performed by Hannes Minnaar and The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jan Willem de Vriend. So far two single volumes had 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 off in all sorts of ways", the same magazine welcomed the disc with Concertos nos. 1 & 2 for “its pleasing mix of finesse and drive”.

Now the box also offers the so far unissued Concerto no. 3.

Despite the very large number of recordings already made of this musical corpus, 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 and esprit de finesse that can be identified as the distinctive brand or these recordings.