Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1

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The recording spotlights the piano so that Tiberghien's every note can be heard and pondered, and he never gives the impression of irresponsibility or excessive calculation. But everything is... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 7th Jan 2008
Catalogue No: HMC901977
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 69 minutes

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

Work length50:46

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Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek

I. Maestoso

Track length23:52

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II. Adagio

Track length14:11

$1.60

$2.00

III. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length12:43

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Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations'

Work length18:37

$10.00

$12.50

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek

Variation Theme: Chorale St. Antoni. Andante

Track length2:11

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$1.25

Variation I. Poco più animato

Track length1:19

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Variation II. Più vivace

Track length1:18

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Variation III. Con moto

Track length1:50

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Variation IV. Andante con moto

Track length1:55

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Variation V. Vivace

Track length0:56

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Variation VI. Vivace

Track length1:19

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Variation VII. Grazioso

Track length3:05

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Variation VIII. Presto non troppo

Track length1:03

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Finale. Andante

Track length3:41

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January 2008

The recording spotlights the piano so that Tiberghien's every note can be heard and pondered, and he never gives the impression of irresponsibility or excessive calculation. But everything is so shaped and rationally conceived that this powerful work never quite achieves its usual impact...

few recordings in recent years have matched the emotional intensity and drama that Tiberghien and Belohlavek bring to this masterpiece.

This notoriously difficult yet majestic concerto is the perfect vehicle to show off the considerable talents of dazzling French pianist Cedric Tiberghien, who tackles it with a combination of effortless virtuosity and maturity beyond his years.
Partnered with the BBC Symphony and new chief conductor Jiri Belohlavek, Tiberghien is equally at home in the light, contemplative passages, the stormy superstructure and the joyous final movement. The orchestra completes its
programme with a spirited rendering of Brahms's Haydn Variations.

The French pianist Cédric Tiberghien, now 32, has climbed to prominence slowly, gathering competition prizes, a Harmonia Mundi recording contract and four CD recital discs of core repertoire from Bach to Debussy. He's no flashy virtuoso: one Lang Lang is enough. But he's refreshingly individual, sensitive, strong-minded, intelligent; more than a name to watch.

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1

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