Lugansky - Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 (1881)
Nikolai Lugansky, soloist
Dmitry Khrychov, first cello
Yuri Temirkanov conducting St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (2018)

[0:00] I. Allegro non troppo
[17:55] II. Allegro appassionato
[27:13] III. Andante
[39:27] IV. Allegretto grazioso

“[Brahm’s second concerto] is more of a symphony, not in the sense of the role of an orchestra and a piano; it is a whole cosmos, and every time you enter it again. This concerto is special in that there are no definitive answers in it, as is sometimes the case with Beethoven, perhaps even Rachmaninov. He creates a joyful and contemplative mode using the absolutely insane possibilities of the piano: one can imagine children's joy and openness when a new day has come; one can imagine an old man who has gone through mad losses and comes to the conclusion that the world is still beautiful. I can’t compare this concerto to any other; It’s a giant open music book.”

- Lugansky, 2019 (translated)

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