ベートーヴェン生誕250周年記念。
二人の巨匠によるベートーヴェン録音第2弾!!

2019年5月に水戸芸術館で行われた水戸室内管弦楽団第103回定期演奏会で実現した、小澤征爾とアルゲリッチの共演をライヴ録音。前作、ベートーヴェン:ピアノ協奏曲第1番に続く今回は、ピアノ協奏曲第2番を収録。ベートーヴェンのピアノ協奏曲の中で最も室内楽的な作品を、二人の巨匠とスーパー・ソリスト・アンサンブルが、珠玉の演奏を披露しています。カップリングには小澤征爾が最も得意とするモーツァルトのディヴェルティメントK.136の第1楽章と、小澤征爾にとって初録音となるグリーグの組曲《ホルベアの時代から》を収録しています。
ユニバーサル・ミュージック/IMS

発売・販売元 提供資料 （2020/03/20）

Conductor Seiji Ozawa was 82 in 2017 when this live recording was made, and pianist Martha Argerich 76, but anyone expecting any diminution in powers, or even any kind of an autumnal quality, can forget about it. The performances have, to begin with, entirely characteristic work from both of the principals, and, further, a bit of the excitement of the new. The latter comes mostly from Ozawas work with the Mito Chamber Orchestra, a Japanese group that he has nurtured over the years; its not the English Chamber Orchestra, but the players bring the kind of liveliness and commitment sometimes missing from performances with better-known groups during the later parts of Ozawas career. The neoclassic Holberg Suite, Op. 40, of Grieg, akin to the French music that was one of Ozawas specialties, is a real joy here and offers a reason to pick this album over the earlier Argerich-Ozawa release from the same set of concerts, containing only Beethoven. As for Argerich, fans will recognize her immediately in the stretched-out, playful piano opening to the finale of the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19, and she seems to be having a good time throughout. Released at the height of the 2020 coronavirus epidemic, this album brought joy and should continue to do so for some time to come.

Rovi