Piano Concerto No.2

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Portly, grey-bearded, and a celebrity, on the eve of his 45th birthday, Johannes Brahms began sketching themes for the Second Piano Concerto following the first of eight trips to Italy. He put these aside, however, to compose the D major Violin Concerto. Still in a symphonic mode after his Second Symphony, he added a s...

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Duration

Tracks

Emil Gilels, Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum

1972

51m

4

Recorded versions of this work

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Duration

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Géza Anda, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

1967

49m

4

Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

1967

48m

4

Stephen Kovacevich, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

1979

50m

4

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