Brahms: The Piano Concertos; Fantasia

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Description: These performances mount the only serious competition as a complete set to the Leon Fleisher/George Szell versions on Sony Classical. Emil Gilels was an extraordinary virtuoso who decided to place his technical wizardry in the service of the most disciplined and demanding classical masterpieces. No piano concertos live up to this description more than the two by Brahms. Himself a pianist, Brahms placed every purely musical stumbling block that he could in front of the soloist--only audiences never notice because there's no gratuitous display at all. A performer who has not mastered these pieces doesn't necessarily miss ... (more)

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
Release date: 17 September 1996
Number of discs: 2
EAN: 0002894474462 UPC: 028944744620

Tags: Brahms (1), Gramophone Top100 (1), Jochum (1)

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