℗ 2024 Anders Muskens
| Released | October 25, 2024 |
| Duration | 44m 42s |
| Record Label | Leaf Music Distribution |
| Catalogue No. | AM202401 |
| Genre | Classical (Romantic Era) |
Beethoven: The Forgotten Concerto for Pianoforte, Op. 61a
Anders Muskens, Rachael Beesley, Das Neue Mannheimer Orchester
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Piano Concerto in D major, Op. 61a
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1.1
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I. Allegro ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven; Anders Muskens; Rachael Beesley; Das Neue Mannheimer Orchester |
24:53 | |||
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1.2
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II. Larghetto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Anders Muskens; Rachael Beesley; Das Neue Mannheimer Orchester |
8:37 | |||
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III. Rondo. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven; Anders Muskens; Rachael Beesley; Das Neue Mannheimer Orchester |
11:12 | |||
This album features a fresh interpretation on period instruments of Ludwig van Beethoven's seldom-heard Piano Concerto in D major Op. 61a – Beethoven’s own piano transcription of his famous Violin Concerto Op. 61, completed during 1807. The solo is performed by Anders Muskens on an original fortepiano by John Broadwood & Sons in London c. 1806, restored by Paul Kobald in Amsterdam in 2022. He is accompanied by the ensemble Das Neue Mannheimer Orchester, jointly led by Muskens and Australian / British concertmaster Rachael Beesley. Our approach indulges in the expressivity and emotionality of early Romantic aesthetics, and we dare to engage and experiment with expressive devices of the nineteenth-century orchestra. Many of these devices, like tempo and rhythmic flexibility, dislocation, and portamenti are not commonly practiced by today’s orchestras; however, they were integral to the nineteenth-century orchestral performing practice. This album presents a new take on Beethoven, inspired by historical sources, that challenges the status quo.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Leaf Music Distribution Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.13 -6.60 to -0.96 | -27.49 -31.31 to -24.89 | -23.40 -27.30 to -20.70 | 15 14 to 15 | |
| 1 | I. Allegro ma non troppo | -1.84 | -26.27 | -22.2 | 15 |
| 2 | II. Larghetto | -6.60 | -31.31 | -27.3 | 15 |
| 3 | III. Rondo. Allegro | -0.96 | -24.89 | -20.7 | 14 |