Brahms Piano Concertos 1 & 2 CD 2018 Maltempo Performance-image
Brahms Piano Concertos 1 & 2 CD 2018 Maltempo Performance-image
Brahms Piano Concertos 1 & 2 CD 2018 Maltempo Performance-image

Brahms Piano Concertos 1 & 2 CD 2018 Maltempo Performance

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Item Height: 0.40 in Item Weight: 0.25 lb Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Release Title: Piano Concerto 1 & 2 Record Label: Picl, Piano Classics Genre: Classical Artists Number of Discs: 2 Notes: Crowning the very summit of the piano concerto literature are the two examples by Brahms, posing as stern a test of technique, temperament and poetic feeling to the interpreter now as they did when they were composed over a century and a half ago. The urgent, impulsive drama of the First, which propelled Brahms into international standing as a performer as well as a composer, was answered more than 20 years later by the more spaciously conceived Second, often more light-hearted in character yet making even more strenuous demands upon it's performers as a fully symphonic concerto. Those demands are met here by the Italian pianist Vincenzo Maltempo (b.1985), whose recordings of Romantic piano music have won critical superlatives. Of his debut on the label with the notoriously exacting music of Alkan, PianoNews considered Maltempo to be "one of the greatest contemporary interpreters of this composer... no other pianist as Maltempo has managed to dominate in a so well thought-out and orchestral way the enormous difficulties." According to Andrew Clements in The Guardian, the album is "Exhilarating, demonic, a real revelation." Four further albums of Alkan's music followed for the label, as well as the Hungarian Rhapsodies by Liszt and the 12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante Op.11 of Lyapunov. As Maltempo's first concerto recording, this album is sure to be welcomed by not only his many followers but also all those listeners with their ear to the ground for modern virtuoso pianists. Here he is partnered by the Italian-based Mitteleuropa Orchestra under it's principal conductor, Marco Guidarini, who is an experienced opera conductor across Europe and the US. This album presents the live registration of both the Brahms piano concertos, as played by Vincenzo Maltempo on two consecutive nights with the Mitteleuropa Orchestra, conducted by Marco Guidarini. Item Length: 5.60 in gtin13: 5029365101455 Number of Tracks: 7 Artist: Brahms / Maltempo Format: CD UPC: 5029365101455 Tracks: 1.1 I. Maestoso 1.2 II. Adagio 1.3 III. Rondo: Allegro 2.1 I. Allegro Non Troppo 2.2 II. Allegro Appassionato 2.3 III. Andante 2.4 IV. Allegretto Grazioso brand: Picl Release Year: 2018 Item Width: 4.90 in

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Further Details Title: Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Condition: New Artist: Johannes Brahms Format: CD Edition: Album No Of Discs: 2 Record Label: Piano Classics Release Date: 05/18/2018 Performer Orchestra: Mitteleuropa Orchestra Composer: Johannes Brahms Conductor: Marco Guidarini Genre: Classical Style: Concerto EAN: 5029365101455 MPN: PCL10145 Release Year: 2018 Tracks: Disc 1 1: I. Maestoso 2: II. Adagio 3: III. Rondo: Allegro Disc 2 1: I. Allegro Non Troppo 2: II. Allegro Appassionato 3: III. Andante 4: IV. Allegretto Grazioso Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

  1. This CD is a must-have for Brahms lovers! Maltempo’s performance is powerful yet nuanced, perfectly capturing the emotional depth of both concertos. The Mitteleuropa Orchestra under Guidarini’s direction shines with rich, dynamic energy. Crisp recording quality brings out every detail, making it feel like a live concert. A stunning addition to any classical collection.

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