Brahms: Piano Concerto after Op. 25 & Haydn Variations
Silver-Garburg Piano Duo, Wiener Symphoniker, Florian Krumpock
To Dünser’s credit, he successfully avoids further thickening Brahms’s already dense textures...In the Haydn Variations, Silver-Garburg’s focus on the beauty, shape and contour of the phrase...
Brahms: Piano Concerto after Op. 25 & Haydn Variations
Silver-Garburg Piano Duo, Wiener Symphoniker, Florian Krumpock
Purchase product
To Dünser’s credit, he successfully avoids further thickening Brahms’s already dense textures...In the Haydn Variations, Silver-Garburg’s focus on the beauty, shape and contour of the phrase...
About
Brahms' repertoire is huge and varied - however, due to the large number of recordings it is almost impossible to interpret anything new from his repertoire. The Piano Duo Silver-Garburg has therefore asked the arranger and long-time friend Richard Dünser to write a concert arrangement of the Piano Quartet Op. 25. The result is an overwhelming work which supports the rousing effect of the original and captivates the listener. Brahms already was a great enthusiast of four- hands writing and has left us a wide array of works for this genre. Some, as the Haydn Variations or his early two-pianos Sonata (which led to his 1st piano concerto), were first created as works for two pianos, while many others are a later version, which he wrote for the majority of his chamber, symphonic and even choral oeuvre.
Contents and tracklist
- Silver Garburg Piano Duo, Wiener Symphoniker
- Florian Krumpöck
- Silver Garburg Piano Duo
Awards and reviews
February 2021
To Dünser’s credit, he successfully avoids further thickening Brahms’s already dense textures...In the Haydn Variations, Silver-Garburg’s focus on the beauty, shape and contour of the phrase is evident throughout, though forward momentum and the long line feel occasionally hampered by a preoccupation with details. That said, this is a performance of admirable clarity that will surely satisfy discriminating Brahms aficionados.
March 2021
Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg provide a finely shaped, nuanced performance, ably supported by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Florian Krumpöck holds the whole together firmly, never letting the pace flag, especially in the ‘gypsy’ finale which zings along. The first two movements also progress with determination while never sounding driven.