Bezuidenhout - Beethoven Piano Concertos 2 and 5

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Bezuidenhout/Heras-Casado/Freiburger Barockorchester
(Harmonia Mundi)
Kristian Bezuidenhout and Pablo Heras-Casado make these concertos sing in readings that feel both freewheeling and profound

Hopefully you are not sick of Beethoven yet in his 250th anniversary year, because there are plenty of recordings to come that you might not have realised you need to hear. The five Piano Concertos are hardly under-recorded, but it is well worth making space for this first release in a planned complete set by Kristian Bezuidenhout, the Freiburger Barockorchester and conductor Pablo Heras-Casado.