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Brahms - Piano Concerto No.1 | Deutsche Grammophon 4779882

Brahms - Piano Concerto No.1

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Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Cat No: 4779882

Barcode: 0028947798828

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 31st October 2011

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Contents

Artists

Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Staatskapelle Dresden

Conductor

Christian Thielemann

Works

Brahms, Johannes

Piano Concerto no.1 in D minor, op.15

Artists

Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Staatskapelle Dresden

Conductor

Christian Thielemann

About

In June this year, after an absence of a quarter-century, the legendary Maurizio Pollini returned to Dresden’s Semperoper to play Brahms’s First Piano Concerto under the baton of Christian Thielemann. Not at all surprisingly, they brought the house down.

Pollini’s energy and clarity were thrilling...Poignant colours in the slow movement...profound poetic moments in the Rondo. The utter naturalness of Pollini’s playing never felt the least bit detached, and in the brief cadenza the piano part bloomed breathtakingly. Thielemann’s precision and alertness in fusing the solo and orchestral parts was astonishing, the product of true greatness...The ovation that followed acknowledged that.” - Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten

Conductor, soloist and orchestra all showed a special feeling for the work’s uniqueness. Pollini mastered the dreaded piano part with a complete understanding of the composer’s intentions. His astonishing technique seemed merely the foundation on which he unfolded the concerto’s stirring content and communicated it to his rapt listeners.” - Der neue Merker

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