Alice Sara Ott brings her distinctive interpretive voice to Beethoven's symphonies alongside conductor Karina Canellakis and the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest. This 2023 recording from Deutsche Grammophon presents Beethoven not as museum artifact but as living, breathing music. Ott's pianism is characteristically thoughtful—she finds clarity in the densest passages without sacrificing warmth. Canellakis conducts with precision and flexibility, allowing the orchestra to breathe around the keyboard. The recording captures the architecture of these works while emphasizing their emotional core, striking that difficult balance between scholarship and immediacy. A modern Beethoven reading that trusts the music's power without trying to reinvent it.

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