Interview
“It’s a Venture – an Adventure” – Mitsuko Uchida and the Beethoven Concertos Part I Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 with Mitsuko Uchida and Simon Rattle
With his second and third piano concertos, the young Beethoven established himself as a virtuoso performer and composer who struck a tone of unprecedented self-confidence in his music. Mitsuko Uchida and Simon Rattle present the works as part of their acclaimed cycle of Beethoven concertos. The middle work of the programme is Jean Sibelius’s Third Symphony which combines Nordic timbre with concentrated modernity.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle
Mitsuko Uchida
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