Brahms: Piano Concertos; Music for Solo Piano / Levit, Thielemann, VPO

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Label
SONY CLASSICS
Release Date
November 22, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Brahms, Johannes
    • CONDUCTOR
      Christian Thielemann
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Igor Levit
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 22, 2024
    • UPC
      196588976520
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      19658897652
    • LABEL
      SONY CLASSICS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic

      Performer: Igor Levit (Piano)

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    2. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic

      Performer: Igor Levit (Piano)

      Conductor: Christian Thielemann

    3. Fantasies (7), Op. 116

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Igor Levit (Piano)

    4. Intermezzi (3), Op. 117

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Igor Levit (Piano)

    5. Klavierstücke (6), Op. 118

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Igor Levit (Piano)

    6. Klavierstücke (4), Op. 119

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Igor Levit (Piano)

    7. Waltz in A, Op. 39, No. 15

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Igor Levit (Piano), Christian Thielemann (Piano)


This is the first recording of pianist Igor Levit, conductor Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic with Brahms' two Piano Concertos. The release is a triple-CD album with Levit's recording of Brahm's late solo piano works opp 116-119. As a special encore Levit and Thielemann also play the four-hand Brahms Waltz op. 39/15 together.

REVIEW:

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 varied emotional charge instantly identified. It’s hard to think of many better recordings of these 20 gems, and certainly not of all four opus numbers together.

— The Guardian