by Johannes Brahms, Radu Lupu, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Boris Belkin · DECCA · CD · EAN 0028945233529
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«Brahms: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Violin Concerto» is the compilation album by Johannes Brahms, released in 2002 by Decca, on a double CD.
This double CD brings together Brahms's two piano concertos and his violin concerto, three masterpieces of the Romantic repertoire. Radu Lupu performs Piano Concerto No. 1 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edo de Waart, and Vladimir Ashkenazy No. 2 with the London Symphony Orchestra and Zubin Mehta. Boris Belkin is the soloist in the Violin Concerto, accompanied by Ivan Fischer leading the London Symphony Orchestra.
The album belongs to the Double Decca series and includes two CDs. The original recordings date from 1967, 1975 and 1985; Nelson Cooke takes part as solo cellist in Piano Concerto No. 2.
Recommended for fans of Romantic classical music seeking reference performances of Brahms's concertos.
