Beethoven opens his Piano Concerto No. 4 not with a traditional orchestral introduction but with a solo piano; and not even dramatically, but “softly, sweetly” as he noted in the score. No one had ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 Jonathan Biss, Piano Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Malin Broman, Conductor Il sogno di Stradella Jonathan Biss, Piano Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Omer ...

A piano concerto Beethoven was working on when he was 18 years old premiered Feb. 1 in Rotterdam. Reconstructed by Dutch musicologist Cees Nieuwenhuizen, the work was found in 2004 among a group of ...

Watch Emmanuel Ax and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven's Piano Concertos 3 and 4 at the Sydney Opera House. Beethoven composed his 3rd and 4th Piano Concertos between 1800 and 1806 – a ...

A hitherto unknown chamber version of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, made by the composer and a leading Viennese arranger of the time, was recorded live in Vilnius, Lithuania, last year. It’s a ...

Coriolan Kristian Bezuidenhout, Piano Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 Kristian Bezuidenhout, Piano Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Pablo ...

Classical music can be carved up in all sorts of ways, but one way seems ideally clear-cut. There’s music, and there’s music for opera. One takes place in concert halls, and is listened to for its ...

After his sold-out Bangkok debut performance six years ago, Polish concert pianist Krystian Zimerman will make his second highly-anticipated appearance with the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra for a ...

One of my favorite pianists, the majestic Mitsuko Uchida plays Beethoven's lyrical Fourth Piano Concerto. Listening to her speak about the piece is almost as mesmerizing as hearing her play. "He's ...

Pianist Pierre Laurent Aimard is back, this time with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra behind him. They play the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 during a tour concert at the University of Massachusetts.