BEETHOVEN: PIANO CONCERTOS NOS. 4 & 6 - ENSEMBLE RESONANZ / MINASI,RICCARDO

With Beethoven’s Piano Concertos no. 4 and op. 61a, the latter being the composer’s own transcription of his Violin Concerto, Gianluca Cascioli, Riccardo Minasi and Ensemble Resonanz present two milestones of the piano literature. Basing their interpretation on intensive source research in the archives of the Vienna Musikverein and on handwritten notes by Beethoven, the performers suggest an alternative, more varied and virtuosic version of the piano part in Concerto no. 4.

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN [1770-1827]
Piano Concerto No. 4 Op. 58
G major / Sol majeur / G-Dur
(Manuscript A 82 b, 1808, Vienna Musikverein)
· I. Allegro moderato (17'25)
· II. Andante con moto (5'29)
· III. Rondo. Vivace (10'47)

Piano Concerto "No. 6" Op. 61a
D major / Ré majeur / D-Dur
(composer's transcription of the Violin Concerto, Op. 61)
· I. Allegro ma non troppo (24'55)
· II. Larghetto (9'33)
· III. Rondo (9'58)