IDAGIO | Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19 - Ustvolskaya: Concerto for Piano, Strings & Timpani (Live) 4260005910964

Featuring

Peter Leipold
Patricia Hase
Jonas Krause
Ensemble Galina
Audience
Ludwig van Beethoven

Galina Ustvolskaya
Miscellaneous

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Compositional Technique

Galina Ustvolskaya's Concerto for Piano, Strings and Timpani is a single-piece form, described by the composer as cohesive yet contrasting, and marks the beginning of her official list of works.

Compositional Technique

The third movement of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 features an unusual syncopation where the main theme's first note appears on the first metric beat, not as an upbeat.

Performer Biography

Conductor Peter Leipold, born in 1987, specialized in 20th and 21st-century music during his conducting studies at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Galina Ustvolskaya, a Russian composer, chose to live as an outsider, never accepting commissions and sometimes refusing interpretations of her work if they didn't appear "real" to her.

Performer Biography

Pianist Patricia Hase, born in 1989, was educated at the Hanover University for Music, Drama and Media, a "talent-hotbed of the international piano elite."

Composition History

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 went through four different versions before its first printing in 1801, with its origins dating back to 1790 when he was 19.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded using a "Direct 2-Track Stereo Digital" method in a concert setting at the Richard-Jakoby-Hall of the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media.