The Swedish label BIS Records has released the first recording of Minnesota Orchestra's Beethoven piano concertos series, featuring the composer's final two piano concertos, the Fourth and Fifth (Emperor), conducted by Music Director Osmo Vänskä and featuring Russian soloist Yevgeny Sudbin at keyboard. This disc is the newest chapter of the highly-acclaimed collaboration between BIS, Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra.

Vänskä, Sudbin and the Orchestra recorded the concertos at Minneapolis' Orchestra Hall in sessions during January 2009 and June 2010. The BIS team, led by producer Rob Suff, recorded the album as a Super Audio CD (SACD), using surround sound recording technology to reproduce the sound of the concert hall as faithfully as possible. BIS Hybrid SACDs are playable on all standard CD players.

Watch a BIS-produced video about the recording: