Composer: Johannes Brahms, Luigi Cherubini
Performer: Alexander Melnikov
Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester Basel
Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM902602
Release: 2021
Size: 1.17 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
02. I. Maestoso
03. II. Adagio
04. III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo
05. Cherubini: Eliza ou Le Voyage aux glaciers du Mont St Bernard: Overture
With his First Concerto, the young Brahms set his own course in the wake of Beethoven and Schumann and at the same time poured forth his personal emotions in this work of impressive dimensions. Russian soloist, Alexander Melnikov, has chosen an instrument contemporary with the premiere, a magnificent Blüthner piano from 1859, a perfect match for the Sinfonieorchester Basel under it’s British conductor Ivor Bolton. In addition to Brahms’s Tragic Overture, the program also includes the much rarer Overture to Éliza, an opera by Cherubini, a composer whom Brahms greatly admired.