Beethoven: Sinfonie No. 5 & Triplekonzert
Album Photography by Sonja Werner
9/28/2012 • 7 tracks • 1 hour 9 minutes
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op. 56 “Triple Concerto”
1. I. Allegro 17:26
2. II. Largo (Attacca) 4:47
3. III. Rondo alla polacca 13:35
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Jan Vogler, cello
Antti Siirala, piano
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
4. I. Allegro con brio 7:21
5. II. Andante con moto 9:52
6. III. Scherzo. Allegro 5:06
7. IV. Allegro 11:19
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“Ludwig van Beethoven’s influence on humanity is only just beginning. If mankind finds a way to maintain its existence on earth for the coming centuries, the titans of music history will play a decisive role in the communication and socialization of subsequent generations. Even now, at the beginning of the 21st century, music has become perhaps the most important form of profound and substantial communication among individuals. With its annual concerts, the Dresden Music Festival celebrates this power of music in the destroyed and reconstructed city of Dresden. The particular interest is the search for new, extraordinary and powerful voices on the international music scene. I met The Knights in New York in 2008, when the orchestra played a Beethoven symphony. I was struck immediately by the fresh and innovative interpretation, but also by the musicians’ treatment of each other, by the ideals of a true communality which hold this orchestra together.
I began to give concerts with the orchestra and invited it to open the Dresden Music Festival in 2009. In the meantime, I have performed with these young musicians in many cities in Germany and the USA, and working with them has only deepened my respect for and my friendship with these knights of music.
To me and to the Dresden Music Festival, this album carries a wonderful message; one that speaks for itself. Beethoven is rediscovered in a new way, and through his music and its interpreters, it emanates the very values which the composer – a glowing admirer of the French Revolution – expressed for eternity.”
Jan Vogler, July 2012