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From the Lucerne Festival 2011.
“What a find,” writes The Wall Street Journal about the dazzling young conductor Andris Nelsons, who appears here with pianist Yefim Bronfman in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, which follows a lively rendering of Beethoven’s The Ruins of Athens Overture. The second major work of the concert is Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, a spectacularly colorful symphonic suite that was inspired by the tales of the Arabian Nights. Commenting on the quality of the orchestra, a Spanish journalist wrote: “Tonight I had the impression that the Concertgebouw truly is the best orchestra.
Credits
Piano: Yefim Bronfman
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Director: Andris Nelsons
Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to “The Ruins of Athens”, Op. 113
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73
Frédéric Chopin: Étude in F major, Op. 10/8
Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dance in A flat major, Op. 46/3 From the Lucerne Festival 2011. Piano: Yefim Bronfman. Director: Andris Nelsons.
“What a find,” writes The Wall Street Journal about the dazzling young conductor Andris Nelsons, who appears here with pianist Yefim Bronfman in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, which follows a lively rendering of Beethoven’s The Ruins of Athens Overture. The second major work of the concert is Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, a spectacularly colorful symphonic suite that was inspired by the tales of the Arabian Nights. Commenting on the quality of the orchestra, a Spanish journalist wrote: “Tonight I had the impression that the Concertgebouw truly is the best orchestra.
Credits
Piano: Yefim Bronfman
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Director: Andris Nelsons
Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to “The Ruins of Athens”, Op. 113
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73
Frédéric Chopin: Étude in F major, Op. 10/8
Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dance in A flat major, Op. 46/3 From the Lucerne Festival 2011. Piano: Yefim Bronfman. Director: Andris Nelsons.