Maria Joao Pires joins ONYX. Her first release for the label is of two Beethoven concertos she has played often, but never before recorded. After giving concerts in Stockholm last October, she went directly into the studio with Daniel Harding and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. This remarkable recording is the result. These are performances of such passion, poetry and drama – Beethoven as he should sound, just as if you are hearing these great concertos for the first time!
Maria Joao Pires has provided a personal note on her approach to these works.