Credits:

Elizabeth Sombart

Description:

RPO Beethoven 250th Anniversary Series! Elisabeth Sonbar plays the Piano Concerto! Elisabeth Sonbar (Elisabeth Sonbert), a renowned female pianist from Strasbourg, France, will appear on Signum Classics. To commemorate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, a series of piano concertos with Pierre Vallee & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is launched. Eliezabet Sombard founded the "Resonance Foundation" in 1988 to share classical music with diverse audiences, and currently performs over 500 concerts a year in various venues such as hospitals, orphanages, and prisons in seven countries around the world. In 2006, he was awarded the French National Order of Merit, and in 2008, the Order of Arts and Letters. Sombard has a strong relationship with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, having recorded the Chopin piano concerto and a unique album featuring only the "Adagio" movement of the famous piano concerto. They will continue this cycle of Beethoven piano concertos over the next few months. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15~I. Allegro con brio
2.Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15~II. Largo
3.Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15~III. Rondo allegro
4.Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat, Op. 19~I. Allegro con brio
5.Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat, Op. 19~II. Adagio
6.Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat, Op. 19~III. Rondo: Molto allegro