A concerto, most people would agree, is typically a showpiece in which a solo instrument is pitted against the full orchestra, and is called upon to sing out with either all the dazzling virtuosity or ...

Beethoven Triple Concerto: arguably the least successful of any of Beethoven's mature concertos in the concert hall. It's one of those pieces that never seems to get a performance that does it justice ...

To inaugurate the new Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, conductor Leonard Slatkin leads the Nashville symphony in the world-premiere performance of a new triple concerto for an unlikely ...

Part of Naxos's 20th-century Italian classics series, this presents us with a pair of radically different mid-century triple concertos, though both, inevitably perhaps, glance back to Beethoven's ...

Hear a trio of classical stars – violinist Nicola Benedetti, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Benjamin Grosvenor – tackle Beethoven's Triple Concerto in this week's Feature Album. The three ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: Beethoven: Triple Concerto by ...

Bernard Haitink celebrates his 90th birthday this week, and so we nod to the great conductor with a magnificent recording of his. Here, he conducts Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2, Triple Concerto ...

It’s rare that Beethoven’s “Triple Concerto” is performed, because it requires three soloists who can work as a tight ensemble and collaborate together with an orchestra. It is rarer still when the ...

Beethoven composed his Triple Concerto, Op. 56, during an intensely creative period when he was also working on his opera Fidelio, the Waldstein piano sonata, and the Eroica symphony. Yet, Beethoven ...

Stephen Johnson explores Beethoven's Triple Concerto, Op. 56, a work which broke new ground with its combining of a piano trio with an orchestra. Show more Beethoven composed his Triple Concerto, Op.