| Beethoven Bagatelles op 126, Piano Concerto No 1 - The Guardian |
| Thursday 27 March 2008 |
Piotr Anderszewski's unusual pairing of early and late Beethoven is presented with all the clarity and rhythmic variety that are the outstanding qualities of his playing. The six Bagatelles Op 126 are wonderfully subtle and concentrated, with the essence of late Beethoven distilled into each. In the First Concerto, Anderszewski's playing is peerless [...] Anderszewski seems to view the concerto from the perspective of later, more extreme Beethoven. Yet his exquisitely weightless shaping of the main theme of the slow movement, and his account of the finale, seem to push at the expressive boundaries of what an 18th-century concerto could encompass. |
| Source: The Guardian |
