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Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
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Johannes Brahms: Piano Concertos
RecommendedAndrás Schiff (piano/director), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Schiff conducts from the keyboard...securing crisp ensemble and cogent longer-term grasp of structure in his forward-moving tempos...The wiry tone of his restored circa-1859 Blüthner grand may... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th June 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Concerto
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Brahms: Piano Concertos & Solo Piano Op. 116-119
RecommendedIgor Levit (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Levit’s utterly compelling accounts of the late sets are the more impressive element in this collection. He does not put a foot wrong in any of them; each piece is perfectly shaped, its subtly... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Concerto
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It is a splendid showcase, not just for the performers, but for the music: it has such a pleasing, expansive warmth and sense of relish. Apart from anything else, it sounds as if the performers... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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The booklet-notes make reference to the original Gramophone review, in which Gilels and Jochum were praised for 'a rapt songfulness that in no way detracts from Brahms's heroism, and so comes... —
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedIvan Moravec (piano)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Ballades Op. 10
RecommendedPaul Lewis (piano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
[Lewis and Harding] encapsulate the contrasting moods of defiance and lyricism without indulging in unwarranted touches of rubato or having to negotiate awkward gear changes…Lewis brings all... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th April 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Arthur Rubinstein plays Great Piano Concertos
RecommendedArthur Rubinstein (piano)
RCA Victor Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Symphony of the Air, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Alfred Wallenstein, Josef Krips, Daniel Barenboim, Stanislaw...
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Classical Album of the Year
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Brahms & Mozart: Geza Anda Live 1963 & 1974
Géza Anda (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
In the Mozart concerto he presents himself with a fluid, light and clearly sparkling playing. Karl Böhm accompanies with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with particularly beautifully and substantially... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Winner - Historical
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Brahms: The Piano Concertos - Deluxe digital version
RecommendedNelson Freire (piano)
Gewandhaus Orchester, Riccardo Chailly
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Concerto
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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