.. has to be THIS legendary piece - Brahms' 1st piano concerto, being performed by Krystian Zimerman and conducted by Leonard Bernstein.
Yes, it's almost 55 minutes long in length, but if you could listen to it while you were working or something it would be great.
What you'll find is that it has some jaw dropping moments that you can't help but wonder if it is actually one single human being playing the piano. The orchestral and piano mixture is just divine and it's even harder to imagine that Johannes Brahms only wrote this pieces when he was 25!
Zimerman's accuracy is just mind boggling - I have yet to hear a recording of this piece which is played with such precision. To me, this is the only recording that exists of this piece that I will be listening to. (Obviously people are very much entitled to disagree).
This is one of the longer interpretations of the work, with the standard length amounting to between 40 and 50 minutes. Though much controversy has surrounded this work's length, especially as the infamous Glenn Gould-Leonard Bernstein interpretation was much critisized and yet was only 53 minutes long.
It is so beautiful. If only I could see these two performing live!
Yes, it's almost 55 minutes long in length, but if you could listen to it while you were working or something it would be great.
What you'll find is that it has some jaw dropping moments that you can't help but wonder if it is actually one single human being playing the piano. The orchestral and piano mixture is just divine and it's even harder to imagine that Johannes Brahms only wrote this pieces when he was 25!
Zimerman's accuracy is just mind boggling - I have yet to hear a recording of this piece which is played with such precision. To me, this is the only recording that exists of this piece that I will be listening to. (Obviously people are very much entitled to disagree).
This is one of the longer interpretations of the work, with the standard length amounting to between 40 and 50 minutes. Though much controversy has surrounded this work's length, especially as the infamous Glenn Gould-Leonard Bernstein interpretation was much critisized and yet was only 53 minutes long.
It is so beautiful. If only I could see these two performing live!
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