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Music : Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Septet

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0723721207151
Label: Arte Nova Classics
Manufacturer: Arte Nova Classics
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Arte Nova Classics
Release Date: April 11, 2006
Sales Rank: 80744
Studio: Arte Nova Classics

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FOUR GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ARTISTS ON ONE DISC. As Beethoven himself was well aware, his Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello – commonly called the 'Triple Concerto' – was unique in musical literature. No one had ever written for this combination of solo instruments and orchestra. The Triple Concerto was first performed in Vienna in 1804, and apparently never again in Beethoven’s lifetime! The work was neglected for years and is still a little overshadowed by the other Beethoven concertos, but this is in large part because it is seldom heard due to its extraordinary requirements for three major virtuosi. This recording offers three of today’s leading soloists along with conductor David Zinman, whose Beethoven recordings have already become first choices with many listeners. Since making his debut at London’s Festival Hall in 1981, pianist Yefim Bronfman has regularly played with the most renowned European, American and Far Eastern symphony orchestras. He was! awarded the Avery Fisher Prize in 1991. Israeli-American violinist Gil Shaham (b. 1971) studied at Juilliard and in 1990 was awarded the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant. Since then, he has pursued an extremely active international career and made numerous CD recordings. Gil Shaham plays a Stradivarius dating from 1699. Truls Mørk has long been one of the most renowned international cellists and plays with the world’s leading symphony orchestras and conductors. An enthusiastic chamber musician, he undertook a successful tour of the U.S. with violinist Gil Shaham and pianist Yefim Bronfman in 2003. Born in 1936, American conductor David Zinman has risen to the pinnacle of his career in the last decade. His discography of some 100 recordings has won five Grammys and two Grands Prix du Disque. Founded in 1868, the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra is Switzerland’s oldest symphony orchestra. Included as a major bonus is a splendid performance of Beethoven’s early and massive chamber work masterpiece, the Septet, Op. 20.

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- Another Winner from Zinman and Friends
David Zinman achieved his great reputation with recent recordings of Beethoven's symphonies and he continues to enhance it with more recordings of Beethoven. Here we have the somewhat ignored triple concerto for cello, violin and piano, and the seldom heard septet for violin, viola, clarinet, horn, bassoon, cello and double bass.
The triple concerto is something of a grand chamber work, or perhaps a modern concerto grosso with a concertino of cello, violin and piano; the conversation between ... Read More

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- Classics Today 10-10
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- Zinman, Tonhalle, Shaham, Mork & Bronfman: Brilliant Beethoven 2
Here we get part two of the ongoing series that seems to aim at getting all the Beethoven piano concertos, safely in the can. The familiar bottom line for this series? Get this CD right away. No matter who else already sits on your fav shelf for this music, you will find it quite easy to add this new recording of the Beethoven Triple Concerto, and the early Septet. Cheap price, too. But nothing cheap, nothing cheap at all about either the recorded sound, or the quality of these performances.
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