Wilhelm Backhaus、Karl Bohm、Gunter Wand、Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Brahms : Piano Concerto No.2 - Japan 2 SACD Hybrid Limited Edition

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Wilhelm Backhaus、Karl Bohm、Gunter Wand、Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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＜In addition to the super masterpiece Brahms with Böhm & VPO, two concertos and a collection of piano works are collected in a 2-CD set. DISC2 is the world's first SA-CD release! DISC 1 features the famous Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 recorded by Backhaus and Böhm in 1967, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27, also recorded in stereo with Böhm and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 1955, and DISC 2 features the only session recording by Vandt and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the 1960 recording of the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2. In addition to the piano concertos recorded in stereo by Backhaus for Decca, including Schumann's piano concerto from 1960, the only session recording by Vant and the Vienna Philharmonic, and Brahms's "Six Piano Pieces" Op.118, the entire original album of Brahms's piano works is included in the blank space of DISC2. DISC 1 was previously released commercially as SA-CD, but DISC 2 is the first SA-CD release.Wilhelm Backhaus' (1884-1969) recording of Brahms' (1833-1897) Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Böhm & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is known as a masterpiece. One of the reasons for this masterpiece is that Backhaus had heard Brahms play in person as a boy: in 1895, at the age of 11, Backhaus played the piano of Eugen d'Albert (1864-1932), a pupil of Liszt, and Brahms conducted, The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra played two of Brahms's piano concertos. On this occasion, Backhaus met Brahms, who gave him chocolates and wrote a passage from the last movement of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in the Backhaus family autograph book. Backhaus later made his debut as a professional pianist in 1900, performing Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 with the great conductor Hans Richter (1843-1916) at the age of 19. Richter was the conductor who gave the Vienna premiere of the same piece with Brahms as soloist with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on December 26, 1881.In other words, Backhaus knew the sounds and performances of Brahms's time, and the significance of this beautiful stereo recording of a performance in that tradition in 1967 is immeasurable. The Vienna Philharmonic also performed this work with pianist Brahms, as mentioned above, and gave the world premieres of Brahms' Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 and the Tragic Overture under the baton of Hans Richter. The orchestra is proud to retain "the sounds of Brahms' time" (Gerhard Hetzel). Once again, this is a masterpiece of enduring value. The repertoire of the Backhaus was dominated by Beethoven, followed by Brahms, but the orchestra also produced some masterful performances of Mozart that are casual and unobtrusive in form, but with a fascination of rhythm and touch, and a deep content. The Piano Concerto No. 27 here was recorded in stereo in 1955, the year before the bicentennial of Mozart's birth.Backhaus's deeply submerged inner playing is perfectly suited to the clean musical world of Mozart's last years, No. 27, which, as you know, has received the same high praise as Brahms's No. 2 from both music critics and listeners. (1/2)