Classical Candor‘s Karl Nehring recommends Garrick Ohlsson, Sir Donald Runnicles, and the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra‘s recordings of The Complete Beethoven Concertos!
“warm and comfortable both in sound and performance. This is not the lean and swift sort of Beethoven playing that we have come to hear more often owing to the many “historically informed performance” and/or “original instruments” Beethoven recordings in the marketplace. Ohlsson’s playing on his Steinway sounds rich and expressive, and the sound quality is on the warm and full side. It just all sounds, well, comfortable – and quite enjoyable for all that.…This new release from Reference Recordings…is worthy of consideration by those looking for an entertaining and rewarding set of the Beethoven piano concertos. It’s a first-class set both musically and sonically.”
—Karl Nehring, Classical Candor