Beethoven/5 Vol. 5

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Jonathan Biss concludes his most ambitious and innovative Beethoven cycle! "Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto is many things, but above all, it is an exciting and tense construction that grabs the listener by the collar and never lets go. It is the first work to fully exploit the dramatic potential inherent in the concerto genre, pitting the soloist against the orchestra in a often difficult confrontation. In its slow movement, it becomes something completely different, the tonality transporting us to a distant place, time suddenly becoming elastic, ferocity giving way to spirituality. The entire piece is a marvel. It is therefore very exciting to hear a voice as singular as Caroline Shaw's engage with Beethoven's concerto and the process that presided over its conception. This album closes the Beethoven/5 project, which has challenged and stimulated me over the past decade. I look forward to spending the rest of my life with the ten remarkable pieces that comprise it."