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Post by hopebeck on Apr 1, 2011 15:30:24 GMT 1
Hello everyone
I have recently joined the forum having been a follower of Karajan's music for many years - some time ago I had a DG audio cassette recording (now lost) dated from 1976 of Brahms Piano Concerto 1 coupled with the Schumann Concerto. The casette details, I'm sure said the recording was with Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic with Krystian Zimerman. The Schumann concerto was from 1973 with Fisher? as soloist, possibly with a different orchestra and conductor also.
I have been searching for years for this recording on CD but without any success.
Has anyone perchance come across this recording from the 1970s, and or could confirm if Karajan and Zimerman did perform the Brahms 1 together?
Regards
David
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Post by charlesb on Apr 1, 2011 23:31:31 GMT 1
Karajan never recorded Brahms Piano Concerto 1 and he never conducted it in a live concert.
At the beginning of chapter 54 of his Karajan biography, Richard Osborne says "No one knows why Karajan avoided the work; whenever the matter was raised, he always changed the subject, as though the piece was jinxed."
The only recording Karajan made with Krystian Zimerman was the Grieg and Schumann Piano concertos in 1981 with the Berlin Philharmonic. "Live" recordings of the Schumann concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic also exist and there are also live performances of the 2nd Chopin Piano Concerto (a work that Karajan never recorded commercially).
As far as I know, Zimerman has recorded the Brahms 1st Piano Concerto twice, first with Bernstein in the 1980s and more recently with Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic.
The most famous 1970s DGG recording of the Brahms 1st Piano Concerto was with Gilels, Jochum and the Berlin Philharmonic. However, I cannot find any evidence that this was ever coupled with Schumann on cassette.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2011 7:51:46 GMT 1
Karajan never conducted Brahms' Serenades and Academic Festival, either.
As far as I can ascertain, it is no longer possible to obtain Brahms' complete string quartets as a CD set in Southern California.
On the bright side, an additional over-air classical radio station will be back to the region next week.
Would be interesting if "A Life in Music" discussed more on other conductors' work with the BPO during Karajan's tenure.
I'm reminded of another place in the book where "change of subject" occurred:
p. 813, Osborne talk with Perlman regarding a Karajan visit: "When I mentioned the saga to Perlman, he said, 'Oh, that!' and changed the subject.
Isn't there a 3rd place in the book where there is a "change of subject"? I can't recall.
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Post by charlesb on Apr 2, 2011 13:49:13 GMT 1
I think I have found a reference to the cassette David "hopebeck" was mentioning.
A DGG "pocket music" cassette couples Zimerman's Brahms 1st Piano Concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic and Bernstein with the Schumann Piano Concerto with Justus Frantz as the soloist (again with Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic).
As far as I can tell, the Brahms 1st Piano Concerto is not available on CD at the moment. However, the DVD of the concerto is currently available (the same artists and probably the same performance as the DGG cassette).
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