Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1, Variations on a theme by Handel

Release Date: 22nd Jan 2016
Catalogue No: DSD350068
Label: Praga
Series: Digitals

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Claudio Arrau (piano)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Rafael Kubelik

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Claudio Arrau (piano)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Rafael Kubelik

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Having won particular fame as a great Beethoven interpreter, Claudio Arrau was no less celebrated for his Brahms. The first concerto he, of course recorded for Philips with Bernard and the Concertgebouw, with Giulini and the Philharmonia [EMI] and in a live recording with Kubelik from 1962 on Orfeo d'Or. Here he is accompanied by Bavarian Radio under Kubelík with whom he had a particularly deep understanding.

Arrau's recital programmes included the Brahms Paganini and Handel variations as far back as the 1920's and while he continued featuring the Paganini variations for many years, he had a more enduring association with the Handel variations which was a staple of his recitals right through the 1960's, and which Donald Tovey appropriately ranked as one of "the half-dozen greatest sets of variations ever written."

Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1, Variations on a theme by Handel

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