Title: Brahms: Pno Ctos Nos 1 & 2 / Pno Pieces Artist: Wilhelm Backhaus Label: Eloquence Australia Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 028948008001 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2008-04-14 Number of Discs: 2
As An Eleven-year-old in 1895, Wilhelm Backhaus Met And Performed for D'albert, Grieg, Nikisch And Brahms, Among Others. Here Was a Pianist Who Shunned Hectoring Gestures of the Late Romantic Ear for Economy And Purposefulness. "his Facial Expression Always Remained Steady, Showing An Unceasing Concentration on the Sounds His Hands Were Coaxing from the Instrument with Such Concentrated Energy. Everything Lay in the Act of Playing, Just As the Preoccupation of a Great Painter Or Sculptor Would Be Not with Technique As Such, But with Craftsmanship - That Is, Skill Not As An End in Itself, But As a Vehicle for the Idea - Giving Pleasure to Those Who Were Able to Watch And Hear How a True Master Would Execute Even Difficult Passages Effortlessly," Writes Walter Frei. This 2 CD Set Brings Together Backhaus's Recordings with Karl Bohm And the Vienna Philharmonic of the Two Brahms Piano Concertos - the First Recorded in 1953, the Second in 1967 Shortly After the Pianist's 83rd Birthday! They Are Coupled with a Generous Selection of the Composer's Piano Pieces, Performed with the Same Nobility And Breadth. Artists: Wilhelm Backhaus - Piano, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Bohm.
Tracks: 1.1 1. Maestoso - Poco Piã¹ Moderato 1.2 2. Adagio 1.3 3. Rondo (Allegro Non Troppo) 2.1 1. Allegro Non Troppo 2.2 2. Allegro Appassionato 2.3 3. Andante 2.4 4. Allegretto Grazioso 2.5 1. Intermezzo in A minor 2.6 2. Intermezzo in a Major 2.7 3. Ballade in G minor 2.8 4. Intermezzo in F minor 2.9 5. Romanze in F Major 2.10 6. Intermezzo in E Flat minor
