Beethoven / Vetter / Ruzicka Piano Concertos 2 CD

Pianist Sophie-Mayuko Vetter presents the world premiere recording of a reconstruction of around 70 pages of sketches for Beethoven's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 6 in D major (fragment) by Nicholas Cook and Hermann Dechant. Another special feature of this release is that the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 0 in E flat major, WoO 4 is heard in period style, performed on a fortepiano made by the London piano manufacturer John Broadwood in 1806. The expressive and harmonically rich vocabulary of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 clearly demonstrates the young Beethoven's development as an autonomous Viennese classicist. Sophie-Mayuko Vetter has been praised as an artist of extraordinary expressivity and versatility by press and colleagues alike. Her previous recording on OehmsClassics received an ICMA nomination and was awarded a Supersonic rating by Pizzicato: 'Deeply felt performances of two Mozart concertos, where Sophie-Mayuko Vetter's playing can be compared with that of Clara Haskil, Geza Anda or the young Barenboim.'

1. Piano Concerto No. 6 in D Major, Hess 15 (fragment, completed by N. Cook and H. Dechant) 0:15:05 2. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19 3. I. Allegro con brio 0:14:47 4. II. Adagio 0:09:07 5. III. Rondo: Molto allegro 0:06:10 6. Piano Concerto in E-Flat Major, WoO 4 7. I. Allegro moderato 0:09:35 8. II. Larghetto 0:07:23 9. III. Rondo: Allegretto 0:06:17