Beethoven Trilogy 2: Childhood

Pianist See Siang Wong, the "subtle painter of sound" (Neue Zürcher Zeitung), continues his Beethoven trilogy. The second album "Childhood" presents a number of works from Beethoven's youth, some of which are unknown to a wider audience: See Siang Wong has chosen for "Childhood" the three rousing "Elector Sonatas", the lively Piano Concerto WoO 4 in E-flat major by the 14-year-old Beethoven, the energetic Rondo WoO 6 and the two-part Piano Sonata WoO 51. These early works already contain important elements that define Beethoven's work. "These early works already contain important elements that define Beethoven's genius and that were further developed in his later works," explains See Siang Wong. The pianist recorded the Piano Concerto and the Rondo together with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Roger Norrington. The album also features the "Nine Variations on a March by Ernst Christoph Dressler" - Beethoven's first published piano work, which he wrote when he was only 11 years old. Wong explains his Beethoven trilogy: "In my trilogy I try to place Beethoven's lesser-known works, which were important for his development, in a context. In this way I hope to make some aspects of his work understandable in a new way." An exciting concept with a number of almost completely unknown works by Beethoven.