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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Kuhlau: Piano Concerto

10/2/2012, 6 Tracks, 1:07:30

Featuring

  • Michael Francis
  • Marianna Shirinyan
  • Rolf Gupta
  • Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Friedrich Kuhlau

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Performer Biography

Marianna Shirinyan, the pianist on this album, won five prizes at the 2006 ARD International Music Competition in Munich, launching her career as a soloist and chamber musician.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The Copenhagen Phil, the orchestra on this recording, has developed a unique Beethoven 'sound' for their ongoing Beethoven project, using original metronome markings, less vibrato, faster bowing, and historical brass instruments and timpani.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Friedrich Kuhlau, the composer of the C major piano concerto on this album, fled to Denmark in 1810 to avoid military service in Napoleon's Army.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Both Ludwig van Beethoven and Friedrich Kuhlau came from German musician families; Beethoven was deaf, while Kuhlau was blind in one eye.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Friedrich Kuhlau, though trained in the north German tradition, dreamed of modern music and considered Beethoven his hero, vigorously inspired by Beethoven's first piano concerto.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Marianna Shirinyan, the soloist on this recording, improvises her own cadenzas in Kuhlau's concerto, a practice common among pianists of the era, including Kuhlau and Beethoven themselves.

Source: Booklet

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