Nicholas Angelich plays Brahms

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There is a sense in which the Second Piano Concerto is...chamber music writ large. Yet there is nothing small-scale about this performance...Angelich produces a rich and solid tone-quality throughout... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 3rd May 2010
Catalogue No: 2663492
Label: Erato
Length: 73 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

September 2010

Editor's Choice

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

Work length48:42

Album only

Nicholas Angelich (piano)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi
Recorded: 2009-04-06
Recording Venue: 6-9 April 2009. Hessischer Rundfunk (Francfort - Allemagne)

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length17:59

Album only

II. Allegro appassionato

Track length8:50

$1.30

$1.70

III. Andante

Track length12:29

Album only

IV. Allegretto grazioso

Track length9:24

$1.30

$1.70

Brahms: Klavierstücke (8), Op. 76

Work length25:02

$10.40

$13.60

Nicholas Angelich (piano)
Recorded: 2009-04-06
Recording Venue: 6-9 April 2009. Hessischer Rundfunk (Francfort - Allemagne)

No.1 - Capriccio in F Sharp Major

Track length3:10

$1.30

$1.70

No.2 - Capriccio in B Minor

Track length3:20

$1.30

$1.70

No.3 - Intermezzo in A Flat Major

Track length2:30

$1.30

$1.70

No.4 - Intermezzo in B Flat Major

Track length2:22

$1.30

$1.70

No.5 - Capriccio in C Sharp Major

Track length3:06

$1.30

$1.70

No.6 - Intermezzo in A Major

Track length3:20

$1.30

$1.70

No.7 - Intermezzo in A Minor

Track length3:45

$1.30

$1.70

No.8 - Capriccio in C Major

Track length3:29

$1.30

$1.70

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Pianist Nicholas Angelich continues his authoritative and insightful survey of Brahms with his Piano Concerto No.2. In the past, Gramophone has praised Angelich’s “trenchant, focused Brahms,” describing him as “a formidable player … whose performances … are of a wholly exceptional drama, sweep and impeccable craftsmanship.”

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August 2010

There is a sense in which the Second Piano Concerto is...chamber music writ large. Yet there is nothing small-scale about this performance...Angelich produces a rich and solid tone-quality throughout its full range, with exceptionally powerful lower-register playing...[He] is also on excellent form for the Op. 76 pieces...with wonderul rhythmic vitality

September 2010

[Angelich] has made a speciality in Brahms, music superbly suited to his awe-inspiring gifts. For here is a young Titan of the keyboard...Few pianists in my experience have sensed Brahms's emotional turbulence to such an acute degree...these works have rarely, if ever, received finer performances.

July/August 2010

Angelich's approach is essentially lyrical. He employs an infinitely calibrated palette of extreme dynamic contrasts to launch contoured phrases of great refinement...[communicating] his tremendous love for this august masterpiece, born of a deep-seated musicality and compelling intelligence that are entirely his own.

27th May 2010

Angelich's approach in the concerto combines all the necessary power and technical skill in the first two movements with great finesse in the slow movement and finale; it's a mainstream performance that springs few surprises, but never leaves any doubts about its sense of direction or integrity.

21st May 2010

Angelich has the titanic technique that has to be the first port of call in tackling music of this magnitude and power. The tone he produces here has weight, depth and richness throughout the range...This is a magnificent disc, and deserves pride of place in any Brahms-lover’s library.

Nicholas Angelich plays Brahms

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