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Directed by Humphrey Burton
DVD-VIDEO NTSC 073 4332 |G|H|
STEREO: PCM / SURROUND: DTS 5.1
Picture Format: 4:3
A production of UNITEL
* Between 1981 and 1984 Leonard Bernstein recorded nearly all of Brahms´s orchestral works with the Wiener Philharmoniker to honor the 150th anniversary of the composer´s birth in 1983.
* For the concertos, Bernstein enlisted the services of some of the finest Brahms interpreters of the time: the violoninst Gidon Kremer, the cellist Mischa Maisky and the pianist Krystian Zimerman.
R E V I E W S
"Nobody conducts Brahms with as much originality and imagination as Leonard Bernstein. Nobody but Bernstein summons
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such warmth, humanity and sheer inspiration from the Wiener Philharmoniker." - USA Today
"Humphrey Burton captures the relationship these players have with their instruments and their music. The camera revisits them so frequently from one performance to the next, it’s like getting to know the secondary characters in a drama." - USA Today
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Works on This Recording
1.
Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Krystian Zimerman (Piano)
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1854-1858; Germany
2.
Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Krystian Zimerman (Piano)
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878-1881; Austria
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