Ludwig van Beethoven, Géza Anda, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Pierre Fournier, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay – Tripelkonzert = Triple Concerto (VG+/VG+) – LP, DE 1961

Tripelkonzert = Triple Concerto is an LP by Ludwig van Beethoven, Ferenc Fricsay, Géza Anda, Pierre Fournier, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Wolfgang Schneiderhan from 1961 released on the Deutsche Grammophon label.

About this album

Beethoven’s Triple Concerto is given a poised, finely argued reading in this classic 1961 performance by Ferenc Fricsay with Géza Anda, Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Pierre Fournier. The work’s unusual scoring for piano, violin and cello can easily become a display piece, but here it feels balanced and symphonic, with each soloist contributing to a closely integrated musical conversation. Recorded with the Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the performance brings clarity, elegance and rhythmic lift to one of Beethoven’s most distinctive concertante works. It remains a notable example of mid-century Central European Beethoven interpretation.