Yefim Bronfman Johannes Brahms [DVD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.The Cleveland Orchestra is the 'aristocrat among American orchestras' (The Telegraph) and its sovereign, Franz Welser-Mxf6st, rules his subjects with a velvet glove. Indeed, velvet and silk keep showing up in descriptions of the Clevelandersx92 sound under its principal conductor. It is Welser-Mxf6stx92s nimble alternation between smoothness and a sound thatx92s as 'sharp-edged as a skyscraper' (The Telegraph after the Brahmsx92 First at the orchestrax92s London Proms concert). That keeps the ensemble and the audience figuratively on its toes. The Second Piano Concerto, completed in 1881, is the work of a composer who has become skilled in the manipulation of large forms. Brahms treats the soloist as an equal partner with the orchestra. Yefim Bronfman has the uncanny ability to play large without stridency, to handle the most delicate passages without losing presence, and to play everything in between with a ravishing sense of tonal colour. Welser-Mxf6st and Bronfman brought pulsing energy to the concertox92s second movement, a Scherzo, setting up an oasis of calm for the third that segued immediately into the genial finale, whose last chords were nearly obliterated by roars of approval from the audience. Laced into his forceful performance of Piano Concerto No. 1 was a surprising element of fury, as if the pianist had come unhinged momentarily. And yet Bronfman was also wholly present, taking time in relaxed passages to savour every second. Which of the two concertos Bronfman knocked further out the park is impossible to say. Both scores the pianist seized by their very hearts, drawing forth all the majesty, raw power and exquisite beauty that each contains.

Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn; Piano Concerto No. 1; Tragic Overture; Piano Concerto No. 2 [Yefim Bronfman] [Belvedere: BVE08008] [DVD]

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