Kempff plays Brahms – Volume II - Eloquence: ELQ4808293 - 2 CDs

Kempff's only recording of the D minor Piano Concerto features here, lyrical and understated rather than barnstorming. The Handel Variations are superb; the Third Sonata is slightly underpowered. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Apr 2014
Catalogue No: ELQ4808293
Label: Eloquence

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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Franz Konwitschny

Brahms: Rhapsodies (2), Op. 79

Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

Brahms: Intermezzi (3), Op. 117

Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24

Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5

Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

Brahms: Scherzo in E flat minor, Op. 4

Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

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The two volumes of Kempff plays Brahms focuses on his 1950s recordings from both, the Decca and Deutsche Grammophon catalogues. Volume I features shorter pieces – the miniature Brahms, so to speak. Volume II features his only recording of the First Piano Concerto, and goes on to include the 1957 Deutsche Grammophon recordings of the Third Sonata, the Op. 4 Scherzo and the Handel Variations, as well as two curiosities – the two Rhapsodies, Op. 79 from 1950 and the Op. 117 Intermezzi from 1953, both recorded for Decca, and both receiving their first release on CD. Correspondingly, the 1953 recording of the Rhapsodies and the 1950 recording of the Intemezzi appear on Volume I.

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August 2014

Kempff's only recording of the D minor Piano Concerto features here, lyrical and understated rather than barnstorming. The Handel Variations are superb; the Third Sonata is slightly underpowered.

Kempff plays Brahms – Volume II

2 CDs

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