now playing

start of Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ilk2CPKe94&list=OLAK5uy_nGeMhbT5G2kxmwFllhhk2vFFsp4a3pKB0&index=2

start of Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrCnmzVhwVk&list=OLAK5uy_nGeMhbT5G2kxmwFllhhk2vFFsp4a3pKB0&index=4

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nGeMhbT5G2kxmwFllhhk2vFFsp4a3pKB0

>Neither as muscular and assertive as Pollini's Emperor with Karl Böhm (Deutsche Grammophon) nor as stately as Alfred Brendel's set of the five concertos with James Levine (Philips), Sudbin takes a more lyrical, songlike approach in playing that nonetheless has plenty of the required force and energy.

>The very good Minnesota Orchestra has a rare rapport with its music director, and Vänskä is almost rapturously popular with both the players and the greater community. Here he leads performances of great energy, crispness and zest. There is careful attention to details of phrasing, but also an overriding exuberance that makes these performances sound spontaneous, never merely studied. ---- Melinda Bargreen

>10/10 ---- David Hurwitz

good night