A sizzling collaboration between the young comet of the romantic piano and Richard Tognetti’s superstar ensemble. Over the course of a dozen performances of Beethoven’s mighty fourth during their 2009 tour, Dejan Lazić and Tognetti – both accomplished composer/arrangers – honed a unique new arrangement melding the symphonic version with Beethoven’s own rarely heard arrangement for piano and string quartet. Lazić plays with abandon and passion, including his own cadenzas. This is a performance of pure poetry, and one can feel the communication between minds and hearts at the creation of something new. Lazić adds sensitive accounts of two Beethoven sonatas: No. 31 and No. 14, Moonlight.