Album insights
Jan Lisiecki, the acclaimed pianist, received high praise from the press for his album "Mendelssohn," noted for his impressive technique and poetic musical sensibility, as described by the Washington Post. Following this success, Lisiecki is set to release his new album "Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos" with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields on September 13, 2019, marking the beginning of the Beethoven Year 2020. In these five concertos, Lisiecki explores Beethoven's diverse facets, starting from the early influences of Mozart in the first two concertos to the majestic Es-Dur Concerto, capturing the composer's immense complexity. Lisiecki's main aim in this recording was to achieve musical clarity, allowing listeners to grasp the sum of Beethoven's diverse ideas. This album serves as a milestone at the outset of the Beethoven Year 2020, reaffirming Lisiecki's position at the forefront of the classical music world with his exceptional performance that embodies spontaneity and intellectual depth, as praised by Der Tagesspiel.