Special offer. Brahms: Haydn Variations & Piano Concerto No. 1
Plamena Mangova (piano)
National Orchestra of Belgium, Walter Weller
[a] serious and musicianly approach to Brahms's epic elegy, always suggesting the trauma Brahms suffered after the attempted suicide of his beloved Schumann. Everything unfolds with naturalness...
Special offer. Brahms: Haydn Variations & Piano Concerto No. 1
Plamena Mangova (piano)
National Orchestra of Belgium, Walter Weller
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[a] serious and musicianly approach to Brahms's epic elegy, always suggesting the trauma Brahms suffered after the attempted suicide of his beloved Schumann. Everything unfolds with naturalness...
About
Heir to the great tradition of the Viennese Philharmonic, where he was concertmeister in his youth, Walter Weller knows his Brahms. The Variations on a theme by Haydn have seldom sounded so natural and fluid. They open this programme, consisting of the two first orchestral scores written by the Hamburg master. After a stunning Burlesque by Richard Strauss, Walter Weller meets again with Plamena Mangova in a powerful 1st Concerto.
Contents and tracklist
- National Orchestra of Belgium, Walter Weller, Plamena Mangova
Brahms:
Konzert No. 1 fur Klavier und Orchester in D Moll, Op. 15
Work length50:17
This work is only available as an album download.
- National Orchestra of Belgium, Walter Weller, Plamena Mangova
I. Maestoso
Track length24:24
This track is only available as an album download.
Awards and reviews
February 2011
[a] serious and musicianly approach to Brahms's epic elegy, always suggesting the trauma Brahms suffered after the attempted suicide of his beloved Schumann. Everything unfolds with naturalness and dignity...Her poise and restraint in the central Adagio are unfaltering and, more generally, nothing tempts her into excess.
