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All Music Guide - James Manheim The presence of the young Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the decision by pianist Leif Ove Andsnes to conduct it from the keyboard may lead you to expect a smaller-scale performance than listeners actually get here, in this second album of Andsnes' "Beethoven Journey." Certainly this isn't keyboard-pounding Beethoven. The slow movement of the "Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58," has none of the giant-stomping-around quality it often received in golden-age recordings. But neither is the chamber-sized Beethoven. Instead, Andsnes and his young musicians focus on lithe dialogue between piano and orchestra, with grand gestures played down in favor of the threads that run ... See more details below Eligible for .



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