Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 (Arrau)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

1. Maestoso
2. Adagio
3. Rondo. Allegro non troppo

Claudio Arrau – piano
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink – conductor


Concertgebrouw, Amsterdam, October 1969

No one, I trust, will deny that Arrau has lived with, wrestled with, and in a truly terribly way 'known' the D minor Concerto for more years than most of us can consciously recall. where contemporary pianists have often tended to refine or domesticate the concerto, withdrawing it from the world of heroic endeavour, Arrau has always done the reverse. No pianist, apart possibly from Serkin in his several recordings, has communicated so formidably the work's scope: its seriousness and its anxious, tragic mood. Often Arrau makes free with the text. It is an uncomfortable reading to meet. But the vision is huge, the technique astonishing. Haitink is a worthy accompanist. ---Richard Osborne, Gramophone

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