Alfred Brendel - Schumann: Piano Concerto - Brahms: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel (Live In Vienna) (2018)
Alfred Brendel, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Schumann: Piano Concerto - Brahms: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel (Live In Vienna) (2018)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 00:59:11 | 137 Mb
Classical | Label: Decca Classics
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 00:59:11 | 137 Mb
Classical | Label: Decca Classics
Live recordings from Austrian Radio broadcasts (ORF) released for the very first time by one of the greatest musicians of all time.Tracklist:
The Schumann Piano Concerto requires virtually everything a pianist should have to offer: poetry, virtuosity, poised restraint – Brendel passes the test on all accounts with his passionate, insightful and refreshing interpretation.
On this Schumann Piano Concerto performance, taken from Brendel’s 70th Birthday residency in 2001, with the inestimable partners in Sir Simon Rattle and the Wiener Philharmoniker, Alfred Brendel writes that “listening to this live recording I felt that, for once, I heard what I wanted to hear”.
Brahms “Handel” Variations are what many consider to be the most imposing piece of its kind composed in the four decades that separate it from Beethoven’s “Diabelli” Variations.
A work with a wealth of different characters, colour and masterful disposition. The Fugue in particular is something to marvel at with its contrapuntal and pianistic power. Even Wagner had to concede that the result was impressive, “One sees what can still be done with the old forms when someone comes along who knows how to handle them”.
Brendel has never recorded the Brahms “Handel” Variations in the studio which makes this his first commercially available recording of the work.
1. 1. Allegro affettuoso - Alfred Brendel, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
2. 2. Intermezzo (Andantino grazioso) - Alfred Brendel, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
3. 3. Allegro vivace - Alfred Brendel, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
4. Aria
5. Variation I
6. Variation II
7. Variation III
8. Variation IV
9. Variation V
10. Variation VI
11. Variation VII
12. Variation VIII
13. Variation IX
14. Variation X
15. Variation XI
16. Variation XII
17. Variation XIII
18. Variation XIV
19. Variation XV
20. Variation XVI
21. Variation XVII
22. Variation XVIII
23. Variation XIX
24. Variation XX
25. Variation XXI
26. Variation XXII
27. Variation XXIII
28. Variation XXIV
29. Variation XXV
30. Fuga