Concertos, Brahms (composer)
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Johannes Brahms: Piano Concertos
RecommendedAndrás Schiff (piano/director), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Schiff conducts from the keyboard...securing crisp ensemble and cogent longer-term grasp of structure in his forward-moving tempos...The wiry tone of his restored circa-1859 Blüthner grand may... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th June 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Concerto
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Brahms: Piano Concertos & Solo Piano Op. 116-119
RecommendedIgor Levit (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Levit’s utterly compelling accounts of the late sets are the more impressive element in this collection. He does not put a foot wrong in any of them; each piece is perfectly shaped, its subtly... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Concerto
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In short, this highly recommendable collection represents a model of imaginative and provocative programming. —
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Brahms & Bartók: Violin Concertos
RecommendedJanine Jansen (violin)
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
The Bartok is a revelation.Somehow Jansen manages to coax this music out of its accustomed reticence, but without any sense of forcing it…at last, this concerto really does sing of unrequited... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th January 2016
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Special offer. Brahms: Double Concerto, Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22 & Dvořák: Silent Woods
In Memoriam Lars Vogt
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Paavo Järvi
Brother-and-sister team Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff are ideal soloists, and they’re splendidly supported by the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester under Paavo Järvi. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Schumann: Violin Concerto & Brahms: Double Concerto
Antje Weithaas (violin), Maximilian Hornung (cello)
NDR Radiophilharmonie, Andrew Manze
The Brahms receives a great performance from Weithaas, Hornung, and Manze, commanding and assertive without being overbearing. Musicianship is the key word here. Rather than take apart each... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - Concerto
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Special offer. Brahms: Double Concerto & Clarinet Quintet
RecommendedRenaud Capuçon (violin) & Gautier Capuçon (cello), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Aki Saulière (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello) & Béatrice Muthelet (viola)
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Myung-Whun Chung
The stellar young Capuçon brothers seem incapable of setting a foot wrong on disc and they put their considerable chamber-music experience to great use in Brahms's final orchestral work, with... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, October 2022, Recommended Recording
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
RecommendedVladimir Horowitz (piano)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, November 2022, Also Recommended - Tchaikovsky
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Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedIvan Moravec (piano)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Clearly working in absolute rapport with Mark Wigglesworth, they achieve together a lean, at times almost wiry sound...yet there is no lack of muscular force or orchestral power in the many... —
