Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton, Alexander Melnikov - Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Tragic Overture - Cherubini: Éliza (Overture)

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£14.51

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: HMM902602
Barcode: 5400863054908
Release Date: 27 Aug 2021
Genre: Classical

 With his First Concerto, the young Brahms set his own course in the wake of Beethoven and Schumann and at the same time poured forth his personal emotions in this work of impressive dimensions.
 The Russian soloist has chosen an instrument contemporary with the premiere, a magnificent Blüthner piano from 1859, a perfect match for the Sinfonieorchester Basel under its British conductor.
 In addition to Brahms’s Tragic Overture, the programme also includes the much rarer Overture to Éliza, an opera by a composer whom Brahms greatly admired: Cherubini.

Tracklisting:
Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: I. Maestoso
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: II. Adagio
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo
Éliza, ou Le Voyage aux Glaciers du Mont Saint-Bernard: Overture