Piano Concert
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- Composer
- Brahms, Johannes
- Label
- Naxos
- Barcode
- 9786307391973
Johannes Brahms(1833-1897) Piano Concerto No. 1in D minor, Op. 15Robert Schumann(1810-1856) Concert-Allegro withIntroduction, Op. 134Johannes Brahms was horn in Hamburg in 1833, the son of a double-bassplayer and his much older wife, a seamstress. His childhood was spent inrelative poverty, and his early studies in music, for which he showed a naturalaptitude, developed his talent to such an extent that there was talk of touringas a prodigy at the age of eleven. It was Eduard Marxsen who gave him agrounding in the technical basis of composition, while the boy helped hisfamily by playing the piano in dockside taverns.In 1851 Brahms met the emigre Hungarian violinist Remenyi, whointroduced him to Hungarian dance music. Two years later he set out in hiscompany on his first concert tour, their journey taking them, on therecommendation of the Hungarian violinist Joachim, to Weimar, where Franz Lisztheld court and might have been expected to show particular favour to afellow-countryman Remenyi profited from the visit, but Brahms, with a lack oftact that was later accentuated, failed to impress the Master. Later in theyear, however, he met the Schumanns, through Joachim's agency. The meeting wasa fruitful one.In 1850 Schumann had taken up the offer from the previous incumbent,Ferdinand Hiller, of the position of municipal director of music in D??sseldorf,the first official appointment of his career and the last. Now in the music ofBrahms he detected a promise of greatness and publis
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