Garrick Ohlsson The Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos (3 Hybrid Multichannel SACD)

Outstanding Performances on Hybrid Multi-Channel & Stereo 3-Disc SACD!
Reference Recordings is proud to present The Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos played by Grammy®-winning Garrick Ohlsson, performing with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles. This album was recorded during live Festival performances in July 2022.
A student of the late Claudio Arrau, Mr. Ohlsson is especially noted for his masterly performances of the works of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, as well as the Romantic repertoire. To date, he is the only American ever to win first prize in the International Chopin Piano Competition. Ohlsson has also been nominated for three Grammy Awards®, winning one in 2008 for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) for Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3. This new recording represents a pinnacle in his career.
More than 60 years since its humble beginnings performing in a tent at the base of the Tetons, the Festival is now sought after for both listeners and performers alike as a destination to experience the finest in classical music throughout the summer. The Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra consists of top talent from across the world, including more than 220 musicians from 90 orchestras and 65 institutions of higher learning, many performing together each summer for over 25 years. The Festival, founded in 1962, also welcomes yearly some of the most soughtafter soloists and visiting artists in classical music today. Under the baton of world-renowned conductor Sir Donald Runnicles since 2005, these musicians come together to gather inspiration from the mountain setting and to provide spectacular music for Festival audiences.
In addition to being Music Director of GTMF, Sir Donald Runnicles is General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin (DOB) since 2009, and in his final season as Principal Guest Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony since 2001. Runnicles enjoys close and enduring relationships with many of the most significant opera companies and symphony orchestras. His recording of Wagner arias with Jonas Kaufmann and the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin won the 2013 Gramophone prize for Best Vocal Recording, and his recording of Janáèek's Jenùfa with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin was nominated for a 2016 GRAMMY® award for Best Opera Recording.
Reference Recordings, founded in 1976 in San Francisco, has won multiple GRAMMY® awards and a catalog that includes numerous American and international orchestras, ensembles and choruses. FRESH! is part of Reference Recordings' mission to encourage unique and fine artists, and give them a strong platform for promotion and sales nationally and internationally.
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson thrilled the audience at the "Grand Teton Music Festival" in Wyoming, USA in July 2022 with a masterful performance of Beethoven's complete piano concertos. Grammy Award winner Ohlsson is still the only American to have won first prize at the "International Chopin Piano Competition"; but he has also made a name for himself worldwide with his interpretations of Beethoven. He learned his craft from the Chilean pianist legend Claudio Arrau, among others.
The renowned festival with its more than 50-year history is considered a guarantee for high-quality classical music, which gathers top musicians from all over the world for its in-house orchestra, the "Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra". Under the baton of Sir Donald Runnicles, General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, a great recording has been made that unfolds its sound wonderfully in SACD format and moves not only Beethoven fans.
3 hybrid SACDS with stereo SACD, 5.0 surround SACD and stereo CD track.
Recording date: July 5 – 9, 2022
Location: Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village, Wyoming
Producer: Vic Muenzer
Sound Engineer: Kevin Harbison
Mastering: Graemme Brown, Zen Mastering

Features:

• Super Audio CD
• 3 discs
• Hybrid
• Stereo SACD Layer
• 5.0 Surround SACD Layer
• Stereo CD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
• Recorded July 5-9, 2022 at Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village, Wyoming
• Producer: Vic Muenzer
• Sound Engineer: Kevin Harbison
• Mastering Engineer: Graemme Brown, Zen Mastering
• Total Playing Time: 3:05:56
• Made in Germany

Musicians:

• Garrick Ohlsson, piano
• Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra
• Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor

Selections:

Disc 1
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto No.1 In C Major, Op.15 (1795/1800)
1. I. Allegro con brio
2. II. Largo
3. III. Rondo-Allegro
Piano Concerto No.2 In B-Flat Major, Op.19 (1788/1795)
4. I. Allegro con brio
5. II. Adagio
6. III. Rondo-Allegro molto
Disc 2
Piano Concerto No.3 In C Major, Op.37 (1800)
1. I. Allegro con brio
2. II. Largo
3. III. Rondo-Allegro
Piano Concerto No.4 In G Major, Op.58 (1808)
4. I. Allegro moderato
5. II. Andante con moto
6. III. Rondo-Vivace
Disc 3
Piano Concerto No.5 IN E-Flat Major "Emperor", Op.73 (1809)
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Adagio un poco moto
3. III. Rondo-Allegro, ma non troppo
4. Overture to "The Creatures of Prometheus", Op.43