Brahms: Piano concerto No.2 - Garrick Ohlsson

Since his triumph as winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, pianist Garrick Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. Although he has long been regarded as one of the world's leading exponents of the music of Frederic Chopin, Mr. Ohlsson commands an enormous repertoire, which ranges over the entire piano literature. A student of the late Claudio Arrau, Mr. Ohlsson has come to be noted for his masterly performances of the works of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, as well as the Romantic repertoire. His concerto repertoire alone is unusually wide and eclectic - ranging from Haydn and Mozart to works of the 21st century - and to date he has at his command some 80 concertos.

Tracks:

Johannes Brahms:
Piano concerto No.2 in B flat major, Op.83
1 - Allegro non troppo
2 - Allegro appassionato
3 - Andante
4 - Allegretto grazioso

Bis:
5 - Walt in A flat major, Op.39 No.15

Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Orchestre Natianal de France
Kurt Masur, conductor
Recorded live in Paris, april 5th, 2004