Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Three Intermezzi Op. 117
Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Manfred Honeck
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
The opening horn calls and the piano’s response immediately lands us into the composer’s trademark long-legged melodies, coloured and shaped by Piemontesi with vigour and sensitivity — a soloist,...
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Three Intermezzi Op. 117
Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Manfred Honeck
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Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
The opening horn calls and the piano’s response immediately lands us into the composer’s trademark long-legged melodies, coloured and shaped by Piemontesi with vigour and sensitivity — a soloist,...
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Francesco Piemontesi, conductor Manfred Honeck, and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig come together in a new recording of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. This concerto transcends the traditional form, blending symphonic grandeur with virtuosic brilliance and moments of intimate chamber-like dialogue between piano and orchestra. Piemontesi’s sensitive playing and Honeck’s precise, passionate leadership create a richly detailed and moving interpretation of one of Brahms’s greatest masterpieces. Alongside the concerto are Brahms’ Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 - quiet, reflective pieces that offer a window into the composer’s most personal thoughts.
Francesco Piemontesi, one of today’s most-cherished pianists, presents the fifth release in his exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE, following the widely praised Schubert – Last Piano Sonatas (2019), Bach Nostalghia (2021), Schoenberg, Messiaen & Ravel (2022), and Liszt Transcendental Etudes & Piano Sonata (2023).
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Francesco Piemontesi on Brahms and Alchemy
7th Oct 2025
A deep-thinking and communicative pianist, Francesco Piemontesi spoke to Matthew Ash about his new Brahms album, the support that made it possible, and the things that need to come together to create music on the most orchestral of instruments.
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Presto Recordings of the YearWinner 2025
The opening horn calls and the piano’s response immediately lands us into the composer’s trademark long-legged melodies, coloured and shaped by Piemontesi with vigour and sensitivity — a soloist, moreover, in perfect harmony with the surrounding orchestra, this concerto’s key requirement… Another pleasure lies in store when Piemontesi fills out the album with the composer’s three late Intermezzi, Op 117…
