A Piece of Brahms Well Played By All (Classical Music Pick #2)

Soloist Julia Fischer performs the dark first movement of Brahms’ Violin Concerto with the NDR Sinfonieorchester (North German Radio Symphony) under the baton of Michael Tilson-Thomas.

The second part of the first movement should appear as one of the options after the video ends. It should be titled ’02 Brahms Violin Concerto’. The same should be true of the third part.

 

Classical Music Pick

Staatskapelle Dresden’s clean, tart Eastern European sound complement Maurizio Pollini’s skillful playing in a recent adaptation of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor. The first movement is above.

A Two Week Hiatus

I won’t be writing for the next two weeks, and unfortunately won’t be able to approve any comments. See you soon!