Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 - Sudbin, Vänskä
BIS BIS-2078
Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid
Classical - Orchestral
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Osmo Vänskä (conductor)
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Producer: Robert Suff
Sound engineer: Jens Braun (Take5 Music Production)
Equipment: BIS’s recording teams use microphones from Neumann and Schoeps, audio electronics from RME, Lake People and DirectOut, MADI optical cabling technology, monitoring equipment from B&W, STAX and Sennheiser, and Sequoia and Pyramix digital audio workstations.
Post-production: Editing: Jeffrey Ginn
Mixing: Jens Braun, Robert Suff
Executive producer: Robert Suff
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Comment by Waveform - February 5, 2017 (1 of 6)
WOOOW! The last album to Sudbin/Vänskä Beethoven Piano Concertos! Looks great!
Comment by [Current93] - February 5, 2017 (2 of 6)
hmmmm...why they did they change the orchestra?
Comment by Waveform - February 5, 2017 (3 of 6)
[Current93] I just wondered the same thing. There is already this one: Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 - Mustonen
Comment by William Hecht - February 5, 2017 (4 of 6)
I believe the change of venue has to do with the fact that the concerts with the Minnesota Orchestra that were to have preceded the recordings were cancelled during the lockout. I think the Brautigam series also on BIS is outstanding but presents the pieces rather in the form of large scale chamber music so I'm glad to see that Sudbin's set has been completed. Mustonen is enjoyable but quite idiosyncratic.
Comment by [Current93] - February 7, 2017 (5 of 6)
Personaly, I nevermind Tapiola Sinfonietta, they are terrific in the BIS Liszt concertos and Beethoven/Mustonen cycle as well, but orchestra replacement gives a whole cycle a touch of inconsistency.
Comment by hiredfox - February 7, 2017 (6 of 6)
By co-incidence we were listening to the Ondine disc on Sunday evening and thought the playing to be a little ragged and not all that inspiring. Mustonen conducts the ensemble from his seat at the piano which in my experience is not always a success having seen one or two conductor's do this at Bournemouth - notably Litton. It seems to me to be a better option for the soloist to focus on the expression of the keyboard part and leave the subtleties of accompaniment to a conductor.