Brahms: Works for Solo Piano Volume 1
Jonathan Plowright (piano)
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, Editor's Choice
His warmth and sincerity combine with a superbly assured and powerful technique to create one of the finest performances [of the F minor Sonata] on record...His Handel Variations, too, are subtly...
Brahms: Works for Solo Piano Volume 1
Jonathan Plowright (piano)
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Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, Editor's Choice
His warmth and sincerity combine with a superbly assured and powerful technique to create one of the finest performances [of the F minor Sonata] on record...His Handel Variations, too, are subtly...
About
British pianist Jonathan Plowright makes his début recording on BIS. Hailed by Gramophone as ‘one of the finest living pianists’, Plowright is recognised worldwide as a truly exceptional artist.
Brahms’s Piano Sonata No. 3 is heroic in scale, unconventional in layout and exudes high quality making it one of the most impressive sonatas since those of Beethoven and Schubert.
Brahms never wrote another piano sonata after completing No. 3 but instead concentrated on a series of large-scale sets of variations, among which the Handel Variations must be considered his crowning achievement. Completed in September 1861 the work shows Brahms at the height of his powers,
Contents and tracklist
Work length42:36
- Jonathan Plowright
- Recorded: August 2011
- Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
I. Allegro maestoso
Track length10:46
II. Andante espressivo
Track length13:59
III. Scherzo. Allegro energico
Track length4:39
IV. Intermezzo (Ruckblick): Andante molto
Track length5:16
V. Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato
Track length7:56
Work length29:54
- Jonathan Plowright
- Recorded: August 2011
- Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Aria (Live)
Track length0:53
Variation 1 (Live)
Track length0:54
Variation 2: Animato (Live)
Track length0:54
Variation 3 (Live)
Track length0:49
Variation 4: Vivace (Live)
Track length0:49
Variation 5 (Live)
Track length1:14
Variation 6 (Live)
Track length1:18
Variation 7: Molto vivace (Live)
Track length0:33
Variation 8 (Live)
Track length0:34
Variation 9: Poco più sostenuto (Live)
Track length1:41
Variation 10: Vivace (Live)
Track length0:32
Variation 11 (Live)
Track length0:52
Variation 12: Più moto (Live)
Track length0:53
Variation 13: Un poco largamente (Live)
Track length1:46
Variation 14: Vivace (Live)
Track length0:36
Variation 15 (Live)
Track length0:41
Variation 16 (Live)
Track length0:32
Variation 17 (Live)
Track length0:37
Variation 18 (Live)
Track length0:56
Variation 19: Molto vivace e leggiero (Live)
Track length1:06
Variation 20 (Live)
Track length1:34
Variation 21 (Live)
Track length0:51
Variation 22 (Live)
Track length0:53
Variation 23: Molto vivace (Live)
Track length0:35
Variation 24 (Live)
Track length0:34
Variation 25 (Live)
Track length0:44
Fugue (Live)
Track length6:33
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineFebruary 2013Editor's Choice
February 2013
His warmth and sincerity combine with a superbly assured and powerful technique to create one of the finest performances [of the F minor Sonata] on record...His Handel Variations, too, are subtly and economically inflected, never searching for easy glamour or effect...One could hardly wish for more and I can scarcely wait for further volumes from this pianist, adding that both the piano concertos positively cry out for his attention.
5th June 2013
If Brahms ever wrote a symphony for the piano then the Sonata No. 3 Op.5 is very much this piece, and Plowright’s range of expression, his daring periods of absolute repose, extended passages of development and extremes of contrast deliver this impression as few other performances I have encountered.
