℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited; A Warner Music Group Company
| Released | March 24, 2023 |
| Duration | 1h 12m 42s |
| Record Label | Warner Classics |
| Genre | Classical |
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4
Elisabeth Leonskaja, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
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I. Allegro moderato
Ludwig van Beethoven; Elisabeth Leonskaja; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse; Tugan Sokhiev |
19:49 | |||
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II. Andante con moto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Elisabeth Leonskaja; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse; Tugan Sokhiev |
5:03 | |||
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III. Rondo (Vivace)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Elisabeth Leonskaja; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse; Tugan Sokhiev |
10:54 | |||
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Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
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1.4
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I. Allegro moderato
Ludwig van Beethoven; Elisabeth Leonskaja; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse; Tugan Sokhiev |
17:20 | |||
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II. Largo
Ludwig van Beethoven; Elisabeth Leonskaja; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse; Tugan Sokhiev |
10:09 | |||
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III. Rondo (Allegro)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Elisabeth Leonskaja; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse; Tugan Sokhiev |
9:27 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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Elisabeth Leonskaja’s recordings of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos 3 and 4, with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse under its former music director Tugan Sokhiev, have their origins in the 2017-18 concert season in Toulouse. At the time, Bachtrack designated Leonskaja as a ‘guiding spirit’ for music-making in the city. In Autumn 2022 the Observer described her as “a septuagenarian with the energy and agility of a player half her age and the wisdom of ages in her playing … Leonskaja has a radiance in her presence, yet the muscularity and vigour of her playing has the power to shock.”
Just a few weeks earlier, her pre-eminence in Beethoven had been eagerly acknowledged by the Guardian, which praised her “ability to produce the most powerful sound and allow it to resonate fully … [deploying] a palette of tone-colours from gently muted to vibrant, and a similarly commanding dynamic range. Clarity of delineation and ease in every phrase allowed the structure to unfold organically … Here was innate pianism, with musical sensibilities and a daring honed by a lifetime of experience.”
“When I play, I am not presenting myself on the stage, but the music I am playing. It is the music that matters.”
- Elisabeth Leonskaja
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Warner Classics Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.13 -7.54 to -0.18 | -25.34 -28.84 to -22.97 | -21.78 -25.20 to -19.70 | 15 13 to 16 | |
| 1 | I. Allegro moderato | -0.20 | -24.26 | -21.0 | 16 |
| 2 | II. Andante con moto | -4.46 | -28.84 | -24.2 | 14 |
| 3 | III. Rondo (Vivace) | -0.20 | -23.66 | -20.2 | 15 |
| 4 | I. Allegro moderato | -0.20 | -23.89 | -20.4 | 15 |
| 5 | II. Largo | -7.54 | -28.44 | -25.2 | 13 |
| 6 | III. Rondo (Allegro) | -0.18 | -22.97 | -19.7 | 14 |