Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Violin Concerto - Schumann: Piano Quartet Frank Peter Zimmermann, Emanuel Ax, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Bernard Haitink

• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
• 1 Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: I. Allegro non troppo 22:18
• 2 Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio 08:55
• 3 Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace 08:24
• Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
• 4 Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47: I. Sostenuto assai - Allegro ma non troppo 09:05
• 5 Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47: II. Scherzo: Molto vivace 03:46
• 6 Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47: III. Andante cantabile 06:44
• 7 Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47: IV. Finale: Vivace 08:29
• Johannes Brahms:
• 8 Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: I. Maestoso 22:36
• 9 Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: II. Adagio 12:59
• 10 Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: III. Rondo: Allegro non troppo 12:41
• Total Runtime 01:55:57

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In the autumn of 1853, the twenty-year-old Johannes Brahms, encouraged by his friend the violinist Joseph Joachim, interrupted a concert tour to present himself in Düsseldorf to Robert Schumann and his wife Clara, a virtuoso pianist. A former child prodigy, Joachim had already made a name for himself, but no one had yet heard of Brahms or his music. The meeting would have far-reaching consequences. Brahms played a number of his still unpublished compositions for the Schumanns, who were deeply impressed. That evening, Schumann noted this first meeting in his diary: ‘Visit from Brahms, a genius.’ Clara, too, made an entry: ‘There is one that comes as if sent by God. He played us sonatas, scherzos, etc. of his own, all showing exuberant imagination, depth of feeling and mastery of form. Robert said he could not tell him to leave something out of, or to add to, his music.’ For his Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, Schumann wrote an article, entitled ‘Neue Bahnen’ (New Paths), in which he praised Brahms to the heavens, who, ‘like Minerva, [seemed] to have sprung fully armed from the head of Kronion’ and described his piano sonatas as ‘symphonies in disguise’. Although the meeting with Brahms did cheer him for a short while, Schumann was already suffering from mental distress and hallucinations. On 27 February 1854, he attempted suicide and was then removed to an asylum. Brahms tended to Clara and her seven children as best he could, and a close emotional bond, perhaps stronger than friendship, developed between them.

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, honorary conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Emanuel Ax, piano
RCO Chamber Soloists:
Vesko Eschkenazy, violin
Henk Rubingh, viola
Gregor Horsch, cello

Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 (1858)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, honorary conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano

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