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布拉姆斯: 第一號鋼琴協奏曲/悲劇序曲
亞歷山大.梅尼可夫 鋼琴
艾佛.博爾頓 指揮
巴塞爾交響樂團

A peak of the Romantic concerto.
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. The Russian soloist has chosen an instrument contemporary with the premiere, a magnificent Bluthner piano from 1859, a perfect match for the Sinfonieorchester Basel under its British conductor. In addition to Brahms's Tragic Overture, the programme also includes the much rarer Overture to Eliza, an opera by a composer whom Brahms greatly admired: Cherubini.

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
1  Tragic Overture Op. 81 15'25
D minor / Re mineur / d-Moll
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15
D minor / Re mineur / d-Moll
2  I. Maestoso 23'49
3  II. Adagio 13'31
4  III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo 12'45
LUIGI CHERUBINI (1760-1842)
Eliza, ou Le Voyage aux Glaciers du Mont Saint-Bernard
5  Overture 8'37
Alexander Melnikov, Bluthner piano (c. 1859) restored by Christoph Kern
Sinfonieorchester Basel
Ivor Bolton, conducting