BaL 2.11.13 - Brahms Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor

[DoctorT]

Fond memories of a youthful Barry Douglas (flush with the laurels from his Tchaikovsky success) going full knots at the solo part, with Skrowaczewski and the LSO lending a restraining hand on the tiller

I'm hoping that he records the concertos as part of his new complete Brahms piano music series on Chandos

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Well, I did say it was a big list...

[Thropplenoggin]

Well, I did say it was a big list...

Godspeed you, Harriet Smith!

[Nick Armstrong]

Harriet Smith

[amateur51]

Ogdon with Stokowski live on M & A. Simply phenomenal on every level.

Agreed - I've only heard it on youtube, mind

[amateur51]

Gilels/Jochum almost every time, though I did/do like the Zimerman/Rattle recording too.

[amateur51]

Brendel also recorded it with Haitink in the 1970s I think, available as a download on a three-fer.

[Barbirollians]

I am amazed that this excellent performance from 2008 appears already to be deleted ! Worrying signs of what Warners may be doing to the EMI/Virgin catalogue ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brahms-Piano-Concerto-Hungarian-Dances/dp/B0013D8K2S/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1383080811&sr=1-3&keywords=angelich

[akiralx]

Zimerman/Rattle for me every time, simply phenomenal.

Apparently KZ listened to over a hundred recordings of the work before laying it down himself - so maybe they should get him to do the BaL...

[akiralx]

I assume Rittner's is HIP-ish as he has recorded the solo works on SACD on a piano of the relevant periods.

[Barbirollians]

I recall the Zimerman/Rattle got some rather lukewarm reviews and a typically bitchy one from Hurwitz on Classics Today .

That live Brendel is indeed a striking performance that may surprise some of his critics. I found a cheap used copy of the Zimerman/Bernstein Brahms 1 - not a library choice ! It has much beautiful playing in it from both Zimerman and orchestra and for much of it there is a chamber music like delicacy which is very different to many barnstomers . It is pretty slow though and in places almost comes to a full stop - glad to have it though.

[amateur51]

The Horowitz./Walter performance was recorded live and there's a missing 78 in the first movement. However the playing of the slow movement and finale make it well worth hearing - a treasure.

[Nick Armstrong]

there's a missing 78 in the first movement

... is that rhyming slang?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I found a cheap used copy of the Zimerman/Bernstein Brahms 1 - not a library choice ! It has much beautiful playing in it from both Zimerman and orchestra and for much of it there is a chamber music like delicacy which is very different to many barnstomers . It is pretty slow though and in places almost comes to a full stop - glad to have it though.

Bernstein already had "history" with slow Brahms' D minor performances:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvWPM783TOE

[amateur51]

... is that rhyming slang?

78? Is that a record?