This new recording celebrates three anniversaries: The 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, the 20th birthday of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and the recording will be released 40 years after the legendary Triple Concerto recording made by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Yo-Yo Ma under Herbert von Karajan.
Beethoven: Triple Concerto And Symphony No. 7 was recorded at concerts held in Buenos Aires and Berlin – in July and October 2019 respectively – to mark the West-Eastern Divan’s 20th birthday. The orchestra, co-founded by Daniel Barenboim in 1999, now stands as a symbol of multicultural understanding, and is positive proof that working together for a shared goal can break down barriers and lead to reconciliation.
Daniel Barenboim considers Beethoven to have been probably the first truly unconventional composer and noted, “He couldn’t care less about what people thought.” He also underlines the real physicality and dedication Beethoven demands from his players, “He forces you to go to the edge, to the precipice and then the abyss. That takes a tremendous amount of courage.”
Here is The second movement from this recording:
