Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

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Goerner’s beauty of touch is manifest on the first page and, though he has the heft for the chunkier passages, the piano is never allowed to clang…There are, among listeners, otherwise dedicated... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 20th Apr 2018
Catalogue No: ALPHA395
Label: Alpha
Length: 49 minutes

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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

Work length49:42

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Tadaaki Otaka, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Nelson Goerner

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length17:59

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II. Allegro appassionato

Track length9:08

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$2.30

III. Andante

Track length12:42

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$3.05

IV. Allegretto

Track length9:53

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$2.30

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Recorded live in Tokyo on 20 May 2009 with the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tadaaki Otaka, this concert provides a new opportunity to take the full measure of the poetry deployed by Nelson Goerner, the poetic approach has come to be seen as the pianist’s trademark in his recordings of Chopin or Debussy. Yet his interpretation also shows unfailing virtuosity, with a precision and power that place him among the most eminent pianists of our time.This recording is one that Nelson Goerner was particularly keen to make, for he views Brahms’s Second Concerto as an immense masterpiece. Premiered in Budapest in 1881 with Brahms himself at the piano, the work enjoyed immediate success with critics and public alike.

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August 2018

Goerner’s beauty of touch is manifest on the first page and, though he has the heft for the chunkier passages, the piano is never allowed to clang…There are, among listeners, otherwise dedicated Brahmsians who find the wayward sprawl of this particular work a bit questionable. Here is a recording to restore their faith.

July 2018

With Nelson Goerner you know you’re going to get something intelligent and supremely musical and this Brahms is no exception. Tadaaki Otaka is clearly on the same wavelength, temperamentally speaking, and the NHK Symphony acquit themselves well.

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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

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