# Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

> Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 – Tapiola Sinfonietta, Olli Mustonen. Ondine ODE 1099-5, SACD / CD, released May 2007.

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1099-5

- **Composer:** Ludwig van Beethoven
- **Work(s):** Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
- **Performers:** Tapiola Sinfonietta; Olli Mustonen, piano and conductor
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 1099-5
- **Format:** SACD / CD
- **Release date:** 1 May 2007
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195109953
- **Tracks:** 6, total 61:31
- **Genres:** Instrumental, Orchestral

## Track listing

**Ludwig van Beethoven**

- *Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 1 in C major, Op. 15*
1. Allegro con brio (Cadenza: Olli Mustonen) (14:30)
2. Largo (9:34)
3. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza: Olli Mustonen) (9:15)
- *Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19*
4. Allegro con brio (14:02)
5. Adagio (7:28)
6. Rondo. Allegro molto (6:42)

## About this recording

This is the first of three volumes featuring the five Beethoven Piano Concertos and the piano version of the Violin Concerto on hybrid SACD, all performed by Olli Mustonen in the role as soloist and conductor of the Tapiola Sinfonietta.

Mustonen is known for delivering a fresh, visionary reading of popular standard repertoire music, such as Beethoven's concertos which he has never recorded before. The chamber orchestra Tapiola Sinfonietta and Olli Mustonen have maintained a close relationship for years, accompanying this ambitious recording project with acclaimed tour performances. Mustonen, who is also a published composer, is playing his own cadenzas in the First Concerto.

The booklet includes extensive liner notes written by the author of the new complete Piano Concerto Edition, Dr. Hans-Werner Küthen of the Beethoven-Archiv, Bonn.

## Features

Hybrid SACD (recorded in DXD; SACD Surround 5.0 / SACD Stereo / CD Stereo - playable on all SACD and CD players); booklet with liner notes in English, German, French, and Finnish

## Press

A stimulating new vision, not least because Mustonen's music making always remains well-grounded and never appears to be manneristic.

Ingo Harden, Fono Forum, January 2008, ****

(...) thoroughly refreshing and convincing. (...) these are invigorating performances, with no small degree of poise in Mustonen's pianism and in his handling of the orchestra.

Edward Bhesania, International Piano, July-August 2007

(...) proves that Beethoven's popular piano concertos can be newly experienced time and again - till the very last note.

NDR Info Kultur, July 26, 2007, CD-Tipp der Woche

When Olli Mustonen explores dynamic extremes, he never does it with violence, but with much sensitivity in his frail fingertips, and by all means in an elegant and flexible way. Especially in the romantic passages (...) he performs magic.

Miriam Stumpfe, Bayern 4 Klassik, July 7, 2007

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## Related pages

- [Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/beethoven-ludwig-van.md)
- [Tapiola Sinfonietta, Ensemble](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/tapiola-sinfonietta.md)
- [Olli Mustonen, Conductor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/mustonen-olli.md)

## Also recommended

- [Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 · Violin Concerto (version for piano)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1123-5.md): Tapiola Sinfonietta · Olli Mustonen, piano and conductor (ODE 1123-5, 2008)
- [Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1146-5.md): Tapiola Sinfonietta · Olli Mustonen, piano and conductor (ODE 1146-5, 2009)