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Beethoven with a velvet touch: Krystian Zimerman in stylish cycle with the LSO

By Mark Pullinger, 22 December 2020
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“everything was meticulous, not a hair nor a quaver out of place”
Reviewed at LSO St Lukes, London on 22 December 2020
Programme
Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, Op.15
Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major, Op.19
Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Op.37
Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op.58
Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat major "Emperor", Op.73
Performers
Krystian Zimerman, Piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
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Krystian ZimermanLondon Symphony OrchestraLudwig van BeethovenPiano Concerto no. 1 in C major, Op.15Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major, Op.19Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Op.37Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op.58Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat major "Emperor", Op.73Sir Simon Rattle
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.