Brahms: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Kovacevich

Stephen Kovacevich, piano; London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Colin Davis, conductor

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 / Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 / Ballades (4), Op. 10 / Scherzo in E flat minor, Op. 4 / Klavierstücke (8), Op. 76

Gramophone Editor's Choice - Awards Issue 2010
Stephen Kovacevich was at the height of his considerable powers when he first recorded the two Brahms piano concertos, his titanic pianistic technique showing off these two bookends of Brahms’s career. The concertos are generously coupled with roughly contemporaneous solo works.

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