Thank you to Anthony Kershaw and @audiophilia for his in-depth review of Garrick Ohlsson, Sir Donald Runnicles, and the @grandtetonmusic Festival Orchestra`s recordings of The Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos!

“From the first notes of Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15, to the final joyous music-making of the “Emperor”, Ohlsson beguiles the listener with flawless technique and sparkling tone. … I was never less than captivated.… After a few hours of glorious music-making, you’ll arrive at the mighty Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, and mighty it sounds. Ohlsson’s sound rings deep into the soundstage and his technique is sure-footed. A fabulous performance to cap off a great cycle. The orchestra is a wonderful accompanist throughout… Very highly recommended.”

See the link to the full review in our story!

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Garrick Ohlsson, the @grandtetonmusic Orchestra, and Sir Donald Runnicles` new album of The Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos is BBC Radio 3`s Record Review Album of the Week AND made its debut on the UK`s @officialcharts at #18! Thank you to all of our listeners and followers in the UK for supporting this special new release!

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“Sir Donald Runnicles and Garrick Ohlsson… support wholeheartedly the stars of today and those of tomorrow, making the Grand Teton Music Festival one of the finest festivals around… the fruit of a week’s labour, or should I say ‘joy’, which is condensed and now contained in a 3-SACD box, for us to savour. … this one is special… music-making at the highest level!” —Adrian Quanjer, #HRAudio

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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. Available worldwide today from referencerecordings.com (or see our bio link for all your favorite streaming services)

“To perform all five Beethoven piano concertos as a cycle is to ascend one of the repertoire’s proverbial Everest-like peaks. … a winning combination of factors sets apart this new contender by Garrick Ohlsson with Sir Donald Runnicles and the @grandtetonmusic… an inspired collaboration of strong-willed personalities.… Combine all that with the superb quality of the engineering from the Reference Recordings label and this cycle, which the GTMF has chosen for its first commercial release, is in a class of its own.” —@gramophonemagazine

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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. Available worldwide today from referencerecordings.com (or see the link in our comments to all your favorite streaming services)

“To perform all five Beethoven piano concertos as a cycle is to ascend one of the repertoire’s proverbial Everest-like peaks. … a winning combination of factors sets apart this new contender by Garrick Ohlsson with Sir Donald Runnicles and the Grand Teton Music Festival… an inspired collaboration of strong-willed personalities.… Combine all that with the superb quality of the engineering from the Reference Recordings label and this cycle, which the GTMF has chosen for its first commercial release, is in a class of its own.” —Gramophone

Thank you highresaudio.com for presenting Friday’s The Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos release from Garrick Ohlsson, Sir Donald Runnicles, and the Grand Teton Music Festival with a #ListeningTIPP distinction!

See it when you click on the HighResAudio button at listn.fm/ohlssonbeethoven (link in bio)

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“I started at the very end, with Beethoven’s Prometheus Overture, to get a feel for recorded sound and the orchestral playing: both excellent, Sir Donald setting a dignified opening against a bustling allegro, an appreciable entrée to Garrick Ohlsson and the five Piano Concertos, beginning (for me) with the ‘Emperor’, a majestic account with considered conducting, a lively orchestra, and fastidious solos from Ohlsson, an architect, a lyricist, and a dynamic purveyor of the notes, the sort of address that takes the listener into the music without performer artifice or intervention for its own sake; thus No.5 is essayed with character, a trust in – and a focus on – the music, and vivid communication, the well-balanced recording capturing enthusiastic camaraderie between the musicians and the resulting spontaneous music-making, the slow movement being especially sublime, and the Finale an exhilarating and rhythmically vital ride, nicely modulated along the way.…

Throughout, not a note is out of place during these invigorating and searching readings – a collection of performances that revive the appetite for these works while denying any notion that they can ever be taken for granted.” —Colin Anderson, Colin’s Column

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