The Beethoven Journey Vol.1
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Label: Sony
Cat No: 88725420582
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 1st January 1970
Contents
Artists
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Works
Piano Concerto no.1 in C major, op.15Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, op.37
Artists
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)Mahler Chamber Orchestra
About
Over the next four seasons, the celebrated Norwegian pianist and newly-signed exclusive Sony Classical artist Leif Ove Andsnes will devote the majority of his performing and recording activities to the music of Beethoven.
‘The Beethoven Journey’ is a collaboration with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, one of the world´s most acclaimed touring orchestras, on the move approximately 200 days each year. The 45 core members of the MCO come from 20 different countries and live all over Europe.
The journey began with the live recording of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3 at Prague Spring Festival in the historic Rudolfinum building, where Andsnes is not only playing the piano but also directing the orchestra.
Although Andsnes has an extensive discography ‘The Beethoven Journey’ is his first Beethoven recording. An extensive tour by Andsnes and the MCO will follow over the next three years, to major venues in North America, Europe and Asia, where they will perform the complete Beethoven concerto cycle. Recordings of the other concertos are planned for 2013 & 2014, culminating in the release of a box set of the complete concertos in 2015.
Born in 1970 in Karmøy, Norway, Leif Ove Andsnes studied at the Bergen Music Conservatory and has been performing internationally since he was 19 years old. He gives recitals and plays concertos each season in the world’s leading concert halls and with the foremost orchestras, and served as Music Director of the 2012 Ojai Music Festival in California. He has been nominated for eight Grammys and awarded many international prizes, including five Gramophone Awards.
Andsnes currently lives in Copenhagen and Bergen, and also spends much time at his mountain home in Norway’s western Hardanger area. He is a Professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, a Visiting Professor at the Royal Music Conservatory of Copenhagen, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
“A pianist of magisterial elegance, power and insight.” - New York Times
“One of the most gifted musicians of his generation.” - Wall Street Journal
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