Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.5 ’Emperor’
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Label: Piano 21
Cat No: P21051
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 28th July 2014
Contents
Works
Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major, op.73 'Emperor' (arr. Cyprien Katsaris for solo piano)Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major, op.73 'Emperor'
Artists
Cyprien Katsaris (piano)Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Conductor
Neville MarrinerWorks
Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major, op.73 'Emperor' (arr. Cyprien Katsaris for solo piano)Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major, op.73 'Emperor'
Artists
Cyprien Katsaris (piano)Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Conductor
Neville MarrinerAbout
This CD sees Cyprien Katsaris with Sir Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, united in a performance of Beethoven’s Concerto no.5, op.73 but also (and more importantly), featuring an arrangement by Katsaris for solo piano.
Why construct an arrangement for solo piano? Familiar from a very young age with a vinyl recording in his parents’ collection of the 'Emperor' Concerto by Vladimir Horowitz with the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner, Cyprien Katsaris had always felt a degree of frustration regarding the orchestral passages that he was appalled not to find in the piano score, hence his determination, at 55 years of age, to produce this transcription.
Maestro Katsaris performed this transcription to a standing ovation at the Wigmore Hall in London in June and appeared on BBC Radio 3's In Tune programme.
Reviews from the concert said of Katsaris' performance: "At turns uplifting, then restful, to an amazing extent – the conclusion of the first movement so brilliant that Katsaris had to shush the spontaneous applause it necessarily ushered. The Adagio proved arresting, and the Hall fell to stillness. No such formalised break before the Rondo which made for a staggering contrast. Cyprien stood to roars of approval, countless listeners also on their feet."
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