Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Tragic Overture - Cherubini: Éliza (Overture) Alexander Melnikov, Sinfonieorchester Basel & Ivor Bolton

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897):
• 1 Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81 15:25
• 2 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: I. Maestoso 23:50
• 3 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: II. Adagio 13:31
• 4 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo 12:45
• Luigi Cherubini (1760 - 1842):
• 5 Cherubini: Éliza, ou Le Voyage aux Glaciers du Mont Saint-Bernard: Overture 08:38
• Total Runtime 01:14:09

Info for Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Tragic Overture - Cherubini: Éliza (Overture)

A peak of the Romantic concerto: With his First Concerto, the young Brahms set his own course in the wake of Beethoven and Schumann and at the same time poured forth his personal emotions in this work of impressive dimensions. The Russian soloist has chosen an instrument contemporary with the premiere, a magnificent Blüthner piano from 1859, a perfect match for the Sinfonieorchester Basel under its British conductor. In addition to Brahms’s Tragic Overture, the programme also includes the much rarer Overture to Éliza, an opera by a composer whom Brahms greatly admired: Cherubini.

Alexander Melnikov, piano (Blüthner Grand Piano ca. 1859)
Sinfonieorchester Basel
Ivor Bolton, conductor

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