Brahms: The Piano Concertos Rudolf Buchbinder, Wiener Philharmoniker & Zubin Mehta

• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15:
• 1 I. Maestoso 21:16
• 2 II. Adagio 11:06
• 3 III. Rondo - Allegro non troppo 11:35
• Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83:
• 4 I. Allegro non troppo 17:08
• 5 II. Allegro appassionato 09:03
• 6 III. Andante 11:23
• 7 IV. Allegretto grazioso 09:01
• Total Runtime 01:30:32

Info for Brahms: The Piano Concertos

This recording unites pianist Rudolf Buchbinder with his friend and conductor Zubin Mehta with whom he has built an intimate musical rapport. They are joined on this album by the Wiener Philharmoniker, an orchestra with which Buchbinder has appeared over many decades and enjoyed some of the greatest triumphs of his career.

Approaching his 70th birthday, Buchbinder once more revisits the concertos as a result of his increasing awareness of Brahms’ music.

“With Brahms, most people are struck only by the idea that his music is incredibly difficult and complex. But sometimes it requires a whole lifetime to become intimate with Brahms’ sound world and achieve the maturity that gives you a new freedom as a performer.” (Rudolf Buchbinder).

“It is not every day that Brahms sounds as perfect as this,” enthuses the Kurier newspaper, describing Buchbinder’s performance with the Wiener Philharmoniker. The “phenomenal piano virtuoso” (Kurier) plays the First and Second Piano Concertos of Johannes Brahms in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein. On the rostrum is maestro Zubin Mehta, no less, who has long been intensively associated both with the orchestra and with soloist Rudolf Buchbinder. “What Rudolf Buchbinder, the Wiener Philharmoniker and conductor Zubin Mehta delivered at the Musikverein easily deserves the accolade ‘milestone’.” (Kurier)

Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
Wiener Philharmoniker
Zubin Mehta, conductor

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