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Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

9/15/2023, 7 Tracks, 1:37:56

Featuring

  • Stephen Hough
  • Mark Wigglesworth
  • Marcus Pouget
  • Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
  • Johannes Brahms

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Brahms integrated new ideas into his art, including restless harmonies, involvement with popular and exotic music like the 'Hungarian' style, and rhythmic innovations that anticipated jazz and Stravinsky.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

In Brahms's piano concertos, the soloist is not always the center of attention but rather a participant in a symphonic dialogue, with a grand and 'two-fisted' keyboard style that is almost orchestral in itself.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Stephen Hough's recordings have received four Grammy nominations and eight Gramophone Awards, including two 'Record of the Year' awards.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Mark Wigglesworth, the conductor, won the Kondrashin International Conducting Competition in the Netherlands shortly after leaving the Royal Academy of Music.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

During his lifetime, Johannes Brahms was seen as a conservative composer, using traditional forms and genres, while the future of music seemed to belong to figures like Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Brahms's concertos are symphonic in approach and on a grand scale, making them 'alpine epics' compared to the smaller dimensions of concertos by Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Dvořák.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Stephen Hough, the pianist on this recording, was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2001 for his achievements in music.

Source: Booklet

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