Piano Concerto no. 1

Album by Johannes Brahms & Artur Schnabel & London Philharmonic Orchestra & George Szell

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 is a piano concerto by Johannes Brahms, completed in 1858. The work combines Romantic-era symphonic weight with virtuosic piano writing, featuring dense textures, dramatic contrasts and close piano-orchestra dialogue, and it represents an early but important step towards Brahms's mature compositional voice in the history of 19th-century concerto writing.
First released: 2001

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 15: I. Maestoso
    20:58
  2. 2.
    Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 15: II. Adagio
    15:52
  3. 3.
    Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo
    10:39
  4. 4.
    Intermezzo in E-flat major, op. 117 no. 1
    4:57
  5. 5.
    Intermezzo In A minor, op. 116 no. 2
    3:22
  6. 6.
    Rhapsody in G minor, op. 79 no. 2
    6:00

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